Pre season 2026.

[PeterWithesShin]

Aston Villa is pleased to announce the addition of two friendly matches to the club’s pre-season schedule.

Unai Emery’s Europa League winners will head to Walsall, for what has become a traditional fixture to mark the start of pre-season, on Tuesday, July 21 with kick-off at 7.30pm at the Pallet-Track Bescot Stadium.

Before the Premier League begins, Villa will also travel to Germany to face Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday, August 15. Kick-off at Borussia-Park will be at 3.30pm local time, against a Gladbach side who finished 12th in last season’s Bundesliga.

The club have already confirmed a pre-season showpiece fixture with Bayern Munich in Hong Kong on Friday, August 7 in the inaugural Audi Football Summit and will hope to announce further fixtures both domestically and overseas.

Ticket details for the matches against Walsall and Borussia Monchengladbach will be announced in due course while all our pre-season fixtures will be broadcast live on VillaTV. Streaming information will also be confirmed as soon as possible.

[Dogtanian]

Nice one.

I am very tempted by Borussia Monchengladbach.

[Somniloquism]

All the people who booked Salzburg are now changing their return plans.

[VillaMatt93]

I would recommend Monchengladbach Friendly to anyone available a great stadium to visit and a very passionate fanbase. I would recommend staying in Cologne to anyone attending there isn't a great deal in Monchengladbach. The Belgisch Viertel is great for bars etc in Cologne and of course you have the area near the Cathedral. Dusseldorf is also another place to stay a bit for more upscale reputation in Germany but a lot of nice bars also and where many will fly back from. Any other recommendations needed let me know.

[Dogtanian]

I've been looking at Dusseldorf and getting the train, it's about 49 minutes I think.

[VillaMatt93]

I've been looking at Dusseldorf and getting the train, it's about 49 minutes I think.

Holiday Inn Hauptbahnhof in Dusseldorf is currently £57 on Expedia! It is near the Train station in general in Germany I wouldn't stay too close to the station but that's a very good price. Anything under £100 in Altstadt and area south of Altstadt is very good. I've been to Cologne/Dusseldorf 10-20 times prefer Cologne but Dusseldorf is also great. The advantage you will have with Dusseldorf though is it is within the same travel VRR area as Monchengladbach so you should be able to travel free with match tickets on the day of the game. This is common in Germany for football matches.

[kippaxvilla2]

I've been looking at Dusseldorf and getting the train, it's about 49 minutes I think.

You could stay in a hut in Dusseldorf before travelling down.

[Nev]

I've been looking at Dusseldorf and getting the train, it's about 49 minutes I think.

You could stay in a hut in Dusseldorf before travelling down.

Pro tem man, pro tem.

[Clampy]

I've been looking at Dusseldorf and getting the train, it's about 49 minutes I think.

You could stay in a hut in Dusseldorf before travelling down.

Scuse me, do yow wanna come back to our hut?

[PeterWithesShin]

I've been looking at Dusseldorf and getting the train, it's about 49 minutes I think.

You could stay in a hut in Dusseldorf before travelling down.

That's livin' alright.

[Dogtanian]

I've been looking at Dusseldorf and getting the train, it's about 49 minutes I think.

Holiday Inn Hauptbahnhof in Dusseldorf is currently £57 on Expedia! It is near the Train station in general in Germany I wouldn't stay too close to the station but that's a very good price. Anything under £100 in Altstadt and area south of Altstadt is very good. I've been to Cologne/Dusseldorf 10-20 times prefer Cologne but Dusseldorf is also great. The advantage you will have with Dusseldorf though is it is within the same travel VRR area as Monchengladbach so you should be able to travel free with match tickets on the day of the game. This is common in Germany for football matches.

Danke!