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Unai Emery’s Aston Villa hope to extend their winning start to pre-season when they face Porto this weekend
16:00, 25 Jul 2026Updated 16:32, 25 Jul 2026
Johan Manzambi could make his unofficial Aston Villa debut in a pre-season friendly against Porto(Image: Aston Villa FC via Getty Images)
All you need to know to watch Porto vs Aston Villa:
- Date and time: Aston Villa’s pre-season friendly against Porto is scheduled to take place on Saturday. The match will kick off at exactly 8pm UK time for fans watching back home.
- Match venue: The summer clash will be hosted at Porto’s iconic Estadio do Dragao on Portugal’s west coast. It serves as a formidable test for Unai Emery’s squad ahead of their upcoming Champions League campaign.
- UK broadcast info: UK fans can catch all the live action exclusively broadcast and streamed online via VillaTV. There are no traditional terrestrial or satellite TV channels showing the game in the UK, making the club’s official platform the only way to tune in.
- Aston Villa transfer news: Aston Villa head into this fixture following the major news of Morgan Rogers departing for Chelsea for a British-record £117million fee. In response, Villa have bolstered their attack by securing winger Alejandro Garnacho on a season-long loan from Chelsea, as well as signing Swiss midfielder Johan Manzambi in what’s been reported as a club-record £59.5m deal.
- Porto transfer news: Porto have also been active in the summer transfer window, recently securing South Korean midfielder Hwang In-beom from Feyenoord for around £3.5m. Additionally, the Portuguese giants confirmed the return of highly-rated 17-year-old forward Cardoso Varela on a three-year deal following his spell with Dinamo Zagreb.
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