UEFA Europa League

FT Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Aston Villa LLWDW 3
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SC Freiburg LDWLW 0
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Match Report

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Aston Villa cruise past Freiburg to win Europa League

Aston Villa ended their 30-year wait for a trophy as they strolled to an emphatic 3-0 victory over SC Freiburg in the Europa League final in Istanbul.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
8
Corner Kicks
1
2
Saves
3
49.3
Possession
50.7
17
SHOTS
4
6
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
306
Accurate Passes
309
356
Passes
366
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
2
15
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.1
42
Long Balls
46
21
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
0
5
Effective Tackles
10
10
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
3
Interceptions
6
16
Effective Clearances
19
16
Clearances
19

Highlights

00:59 Thomas Frank backs Ollie Watkins as Harry Kane back-up Watch on ESPN 01:02 Leboeuf: Unai Emery is one of Aston Villa's best-ever coaches Watch on ESPN

Lineups

SCF · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Noah AtuboluG
  2. 3Philipp LienhartCD-L
  3. 28Matthias GinterCD-R
  4. 29Philipp TreuLB
  5. 17Lukas KüblerRB
  6. 44Johan ManzambiAM
  7. 27Nicolas HöflerLM
  8. 8Maximilian EggesteinRM
  9. 31Igor MatanovicF
  10. 32Vincenzo GrifoAM-L
  11. 19Niklas BesteAM-R

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 14Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 12Lucas DigneLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 27Morgan RogersAM
  7. 8Youri TielemansLM
  8. 3Victor LindelöfRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 10Emiliano BuendíaAM-L
  11. 7John McGinnAM-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Philipp Treu (SC Freiburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 15' Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 21' Matty Cash (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 41' Goal! SC Freiburg 0, Aston Villa 1. Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Morgan Rogers following a corner.
  5. 45'+3' Goal! SC Freiburg 0, Aston Villa 2. Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by John McGinn following a corner.
  6. 58' Goal! SC Freiburg 0, Aston Villa 3. Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía with a cross.
  7. 61' Substitution, SC Freiburg. Max Rosenfelder replaces Philipp Lienhart.
  8. 61' Substitution, SC Freiburg. Lucas Höler replaces Nicolas Höfler.
  9. 66' Substitution, Aston Villa. Amadou Onana replaces Victor Lindelöf.
  10. 73' Substitution, SC Freiburg. Derry Scherhant replaces Vincenzo Grifo.
  11. 73' Substitution, SC Freiburg. Jordy Makengo replaces Lukas Kübler.
  12. 81' Substitution, Aston Villa. Ian Maatsen replaces Lucas Digne.
  13. 81' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jadon Sancho replaces Emiliano Buendía.
  14. 84' John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 86' Substitution, SC Freiburg. Christian Günter replaces Niklas Beste.
  16. 88' Substitution, Aston Villa. Tyrone Mings replaces Pau Torres.
  17. 88' Substitution, Aston Villa. Douglas Luiz replaces Youri Tielemans.

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.