UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, March 19, 2026
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2nd Leg - Aston Villa advance 3-0 on aggregate · Villa Park · 37,583 att. · CBSSN

Match Report

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Aston Villa ease past Lille to Europa League quarterfinals

A moment of brilliance from Emiliano Martínez helped Aston Villa reach a third successive European quarterfinal as they saw off Lille in the Europa League.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
3
48
Possession
52
8
SHOTS
8
3
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
404
Accurate Passes
425
454
Passes
502
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
1
16
Crosses
11
0.2
Cross %
0.1
45
Long Balls
49
28
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
12
17
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
12
Interceptions
9
24
Effective Clearances
13
24
Clearances
13

Head to Head

AVL leads series 2-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 14Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 3Victor LindelöfCD-R
  4. 22Ian MaatsenLB
  5. 26Lamare BogardeRB
  6. 27Morgan RogersAM
  7. 21Douglas LuizLM
  8. 24Amadou OnanaRM
  9. 18Tammy AbrahamF
  10. 7John McGinnAM-L
  11. 19Jadon SanchoAM-R

LILL · 3-4-3

  1. 1Berke ÖzerG
  2. 18Chancel MbembaCD
  3. 4AlexsandroCD-L
  4. 3Nathan NgoyCD-R
  5. 32Ayyoub BouaddiCM-L
  6. 6Nabil BentalebCM-R
  7. 15Romain PerraudLM
  8. 12Thomas MeunierRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 27Felix CorreiaCF-L
  11. 17Ngal'ayel MukauCF-R

Timeline

  1. 25' Félix Correia (Lille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 54' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Lille 0. John McGinn (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jadon Sancho following a fast break.
  3. 56' Substitution, Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins replaces Tammy Abraham.
  4. 66' Substitution, Lille. Hákon Haraldsson replaces Félix Correia.
  5. 66' Substitution, Lille. Noah Edjouma replaces Ayyoub Bouaddi.
  6. 66' Substitution, Lille. Matias Fernandez-Pardo replaces Ngal'ayel Mukau.
  7. 72' Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 73' Substitution, Lille. Aïssa Mandi replaces Alexsandro Ribeiro.
  9. 74' Substitution, Aston Villa. Matty Cash replaces Lamare Bogarde.
  10. 74' Substitution, Aston Villa. Emiliano Buendía replaces John McGinn.
  11. 81' Substitution, Lille. Tiago Santos replaces Thomas Meunier.
  12. 84' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey replaces Jadon Sancho.
  13. 84' Substitution, Aston Villa. Harvey Elliott replaces Morgan Rogers.
  14. 86' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Lille 0. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.