The two teams head into the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie at Villa Park with the Premier League outfit holding a 3-1 advantage from the opening fixture.
Although Maxim De Cuyper cancelled out Leon Bailey's early opener, a late Brandon Mechele own goal and Marco Asensio penalty ensured that Unai Emery's side secured a potentially-pivotal victory.
Villa will now look to defend their lead with the winners of this contest playing whoever prevails from the tie involving Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool in the quarter-finals.
For now, though, full focus will be on Wednesday's showdown, and Emery and his squad are looking to extend a dismal streak held by their Belgian opponents.
What streak do Brugge hold?
In 14 matches in England, Brugge have not won a single competitive match, losing 12 of the aforementioned games across that period since first suffering defeat to West Bromwich Albion in the 1968-69 Cup Winners Cup.
Most notably, Brugge have lost their most recent five such fixtures, including giving up a lead to succumb 3-1 at Manchester City in January.
Coincidentally, it was a trip to Birmingham that marked the last time that Brugge last avoided defeat in England when they earned a 2-2 draw versus Birmingham City at St Andrew's in the 2011-12 Europa League.
Back in 1984-95, another visit to the Midlands ended with Brugge earning a draw, this time against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground in the 1984-95 UEFA Cup.
Should Brugge fail to win on Wednesday, they will join Dynamo Kiev in second place on the all-time list when it comes to a foreign team failing to ever prevail in England.
Villa have not played host to Belgian opposition in a competitive encounter since April 1982 when they defeated Anderlecht by a 1-0 scoreline in the European Cup semi-finals.
Villa looking to extend own run
From Villa's perspective, they have only ever been eliminated from two European knockout ties when holding a lead from the first leg.
Not since the 1998-99 UEFA Cup have they failed to convert an advantage, losing the second game 3-1 to Celta Vigo having initially held a 1-0 lead.
Furthermore, Club Brugge have never overturned a deficit when losing the home first leg of a knockout tie, that occurring on six occasions.
However, they do have experience of pulling off comebacks when losing on their travels in the first leg, responding to a 2-1 defeat away in Molde to win 3-0 at home in the 2023-24 Conference League last 16.
Written by
Darren Plant