#match-safety

#match-safety

In ticketing guidance announced on Tuesday, the Premier League club said doing so was "strictly prohibited and will result in immediate ejection and the issuing of a stadium ban". It comes after Maccabi Tel Aviv said they would decline any ticket allocation from Aston Villa over safety concerns, despite the UK government saying it was working to have a controversial ban on the Israeli club's fans reversed.

Birmingham's safety advisory group is meeting next week and is expected to produce proposals about the extra resources West Midlands police would need to allow the match to go ahead safely with away fans. The force last week barred Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters from the match because of concerns that officers would not be able to police it safely. They cited violent clashes and hate crime offences at a Maccabi Tel Aviv match in Amsterdam in 2024.