Aston Villa vs. Brisbane Roar: Time, TV channel, live stream, squads for preseason friendly in Australia

Kieran Francis

Aston Villa vs. Brisbane Roar: Time, TV channel, live stream, squads for preseason friendly in Australia image

Aston Villa will take on Brisbane Roar in a pre-season friendly on July 20 as the Queensland Champions Cup continues in Australia.

This will be the third and final match of the exhibition tournament with Aston Villa shading Leeds by a single goal in their contest, while Brisbane were defeated 2-1 by the Whites.

The Sporting News has the all details on the friendly match Down Under.

When and where is Aston Villa vs. Brisbane Roar taking place?

This preseason friendly is expected to kick off at 19.45 local time (10.45 BST) on Wednesday, July 20.

The match is being played in Queensland, Australia at the Queensland Country Bank Stadium in the city of Townsville. 

Date Time Stadium
Wednesday, July 20 19.45 (local) 10.45 (BST) Queensland Country Bank Stadium

How to watch Aston Villa vs. Brisbane Roar

The game will be shown globally on VillaTV, which requires a subscription. 

In Australia, the match will be televised on 10 Bold and streamed for free on 10 Play

  UK USA Canada Australia
Date Wednesday, July 20 Wednesday, July 20 Wednesday, July 20 Wednesday, July 20
Time 10:45 BST 05:45 ET 05:45 ET 19.45 AEST
TV channel 10 Bold
Streaming VillaTV VillaTV VillaTV

VillaTV/10 Play/Paramount+

Which players could feature in Aston Villa vs. Brisbane Roar?

Aston Villa will be looking to get another win on their Australian tour after overcoming Leeds by a single goal in their opening match Down Under on Sunday.

Villa fans will be keen to see the club's new signings in action, including defender Diego Carlos and midfielder Boubacar Kamara.

The Premier League side features plenty of star power, with the likes of Philippe Coutinho, Aaron Ramsey, Danny Ings, Ollie Watkins and Lucas Digne likely to play minutes.

Aston Villa squad

Goalkeepers: Emiliano Martínez, Robin Olsen, Oliwier Zych, Filip Marschall.

Defenders: Ashley Young, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne, Ezri Konsa, Calum Chambers, Diego Carlos, Matty Cash, Frederic Guilbert, Ludwig Augustinsson, Josh Feeney, Kaine Kesler Hayden, Ben Chrisene.

Midfielders: Philippe Coutinho, Boubacar Kamara, Douglas Luiz, John McGinn, Jacob Ramsey, Emiliano Buendía, Leon Bailey, Marvelous Nakamba, Morgan Sanson, Bertrand Traoré, Jaden Philogene-Bidace, Tim Iroegbunam, Aaron Ramsey.

Wingers/Forwards: Ollie Watkins, Danny Ings, Keinan Davis, Cameron Archer.

Aston Villa in Premier League 2022/23: TV channels, live streams

  UK USA Canada Australia
TV channel Sky Sports, BT Sport USA Network, Telemundo, Universo
Streaming NOW TV, Sky Go, Amazon Prime fuboTV, Peacock fuboTV Optus Sport

UK: Matches are carried across Sky Sports and BT Sport streaming and TV platforms, with select matches on Amazon Prime.

USA: Select matches are televised on USA Network (English) and Telemundo or Universo (Spanish), and all three channels can be streamed on fuboTV. The rest of the matches are streamed on NBC platform Peacock for subscribers.

Canada: Every Premier League game streams live and on demand exclusively via fuboTV.

Australia: Fans in Australia can stream matches live and on demand on Optus Sport

Kieran Francis

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Kieran Francis is a senior editor at The Sporting News based in Melbourne, Australia. He started at Sportal.com.au before being a part of the transition to Sporting News in 2015. Just prior to the 2018 World Cup, he was appointed chief editor of Goal.com in Australia. He has now returned to The Sporting News where his passions lay in football, AFL, poker and cricket - when he is not on holiday.