Red Bull Salzburg to Villa Park, Tammy and Douglas and match BBC facts

So it’s game day but it’s like that game we play at the end of the season and it doesn’t really matter. Although winning is important, I think we will go into this match as a strong team and will look to win it.

And I believe, I could be wrong here, that there is a little extra money the higher you finish. And money is king!

So tonight it’s going to be fun and for tonight I’ll be somewhere in a bar in London. If there are any suggestions, contact us. But on the other hand, we kind of have new players. I mean, they’re new but they’re not new.

And I’m not usually a fan of the return but at Douglas Luiz and Tammy Abraham, I think we got a good deal. Firstly, we lack a midfielder and Luiz knows what is expected of him and the class is constant. It might not have worked for him in Italy or Forest, but he was given enough time to shine, so to speak.

Luiz should be able to fit in quite quickly and if he can reach the levels we’ve seen before he will be a very good player for us and a valuable asset.

In Tammy we have a proven goalscorer and someone who I imagine enjoyed his time with us in the league. The Premier League, as we all know, is a different level, but he will want to prove himself. And if that’s true, the manager wanted him here before and that’s a good sign.

That’s right, I have to run. I’m going to schedule the post around 10 a.m.

Match the BBC Facts

• Aston Villa and FC RB Salzburg have never faced each other in a European match before: the Villans’ only previous matches against an Austrian team came in UEFA Europa League qualifying in 2009-10 and 2010-11 against SK Rapid, with eliminations on both occasions.

• FC RB Salzburg are winless in their eight major European encounters against English sides (D2 L6), losing their previous two UEFA Europa League matches against Man City in 2010-11 (0-2 home, 0-3 away).

• Including qualifiers, Aston Villa have won 14 of their last 16 home matches in European competitions (D1 L1), winning each of their last six matches in a row. The Villans are aiming to make it seven wins in a row at Villa Park for the first time ever in a European competition.

• FC RB Salzburg have lost their last five away matches in a major European competition – they have never lost six in a row before.

• All five of Aston Villa’s UEFA Europa League goals at Villa Park this season have been scored by players whose last name begins with M (x1 McGinn, x1 Maatsen, x3 Malen), although Donyell Malen has since left the club. Players whose last name does not begin with M took 29 shots and scored none.