Go Ahead Eagles vs Aston Villa, 2025-26 UEFA Europa League, League Phase
· UEFA Europa LeagueAston Villa suffer Europa League humbling by Go Ahead Eagles
Aston Villa suffered a Europa League humbling as they were beaten 2-1 by Dutch minnows Go Ahead Eagles in Deventer.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Evann Guessand (Aston Villa).
- 1': Melle Meulensteen (Go Ahead Eagles) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 2': Attempt missed. Gerrit Nauber (Go Ahead Eagles) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jakob Breum following a set piece situation.
- 4': Goal! Go Ahead Eagles 0, Aston Villa 1. Evann Guessand (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 5': Offside, Go Ahead Eagles. Richonell Margaret is caught offside.
- 6': Attempt missed. Jakob Breum (Go Ahead Eagles) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Milan Smit.
- 9': Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Jari De Busser (Go Ahead Eagles). Assisted by Evann Guessand.
- 11': Attempt saved. Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Jari De Busser (Go Ahead Eagles). Assisted by Jadon Sancho.
- 12': Foul by Gerrit Nauber (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 12': Lamare Bogarde (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Delay in match because of an injury Gerrit Nauber (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 13': Delay in match because of an injury Lamare Bogarde (Aston Villa).
- 14': Gerrit Nauber (Go Ahead Eagles) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 14': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 15': Substitution, Go Ahead Eagles. Calvin Twigt replaces Gerrit Nauber because of an injury.
- 15': Foul by Pau Torres (Aston Villa).
- 15': Mats Deijl (Go Ahead Eagles) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Offside, Go Ahead Eagles. Mathis Suray is caught offside.
- 18': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Calvin Twigt.
- 18': Attempt missed. Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía with a cross following a corner.
- 19': Attempt missed. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Ian Maatsen with a cross.
- 21': Attempt blocked. Jadon Sancho (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ian Maatsen.
- 22': Foul by Yassir Salah Rahmouni (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 22': Lamare Bogarde (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 23': Foul by Jadon Sancho (Aston Villa).
- 23': Mats Deijl (Go Ahead Eagles) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pau Torres.
- 25': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Jakob Breum.
- 26': Attempt missed. Amadou Onana (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner following a corner.
- 27': Foul by Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa).
- 27': Milan Smit (Go Ahead Eagles) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 28': Attempt saved. Jakob Breum (Go Ahead Eagles) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa). Assisted by Dean James with a cross.
- 28': Offside, Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins is caught offside.
- 29': Attempt saved. Evann Guessand (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Jari De Busser (Go Ahead Eagles). Assisted by Emiliano Buendía with a through ball.
- 30': Attempt saved. Jadon Sancho (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Jari De Busser (Go Ahead Eagles). Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
- 34': Offside, Go Ahead Eagles. Richonell Margaret is caught offside.
- 36': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Mats Deijl.
- 36': Attempt blocked. Lamare Bogarde (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Victor Lindelöf.
- 36': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Yassir Salah Rahmouni.
- 37': Attempt saved. Amadou Onana (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Jari De Busser (Go Ahead Eagles). Assisted by Emiliano Buendía with a cross.
- 38': Delay in match because of an injury Jakob Breum (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 39': Substitution, Go Ahead Eagles. Kenzo Goudmijn replaces Jakob Breum because of an injury.
- 39': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 42': Foul by Amadou Onana (Aston Villa).
- 42': Kenzo Goudmijn (Go Ahead Eagles) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 42': Goal! Go Ahead Eagles 1, Aston Villa 1. Mathis Suray (Go Ahead Eagles) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Calvin Twigt following a set piece situation.
- 45': Evann Guessand (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45': Foul by Dean James (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Foul by Mathis Suray (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 45'+1': Jadon Sancho (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+5': First Half ends, Go Ahead Eagles 1, Aston Villa 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Go Ahead Eagles 1, Aston Villa 1.
- 46': Foul by Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa).
- 46': Yassir Salah Rahmouni (Go Ahead Eagles) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Attempt missed. Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Amadou Onana.
- 54': Foul by Mats Deijl (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 54': Jadon Sancho (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 55': Handball by Lamare Bogarde (Aston Villa).
- 58': Offside, Go Ahead Eagles. Mats Deijl is caught offside.
- 59': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Calvin Twigt.
- 61': Goal! Go Ahead Eagles 2, Aston Villa 1. Mats Deijl (Go Ahead Eagles) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joris Kramer with a through ball.
- 65': Corner, Go Ahead Eagles. Conceded by Pau Torres.
- 66': Offside, Go Ahead Eagles. Mats Deijl is caught offside.
- 66': Substitution, Aston Villa. Matty Cash replaces Amadou Onana.
- 66': Substitution, Aston Villa. Morgan Rogers replaces Victor Lindelöf.
- 67': Substitution, Aston Villa. Donyell Malen replaces Ollie Watkins.
- 67': Substitution, Aston Villa. Boubacar Kamara replaces Jadon Sancho.
- 70': Foul by Lamare Bogarde (Aston Villa).
- 70': Mathis Suray (Go Ahead Eagles) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 72': Foul by Mathis Suray (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 72': Lamare Bogarde (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 73': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Mats Deijl.
- 73': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Richonell Margaret.
- 74': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Joris Kramer.
- 75': Foul by Mathis Suray (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 75': Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 76': Attempt missed. Donyell Malen (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ian Maatsen with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 76': Substitution, Aston Villa. John McGinn replaces Lamare Bogarde.
- 77': Penalty conceded by Dean James (Go Ahead Eagles) with a handball in the penalty area.
- 79': Penalty missed. Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) right footed shot is just a bit too high.
- 80': Foul by Richonell Margaret (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 80': Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Attempt missed. Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Boubacar Kamara.
- 83': Substitution, Go Ahead Eagles. Robbin Weijenberg replaces Mathis Suray.
- 83': Substitution, Go Ahead Eagles. Aske Adelgaard replaces Richonell Margaret.
- 83': Substitution, Go Ahead Eagles. Evert Linthorst replaces Yassir Salah Rahmouni.
- 84': Foul by Aske Adelgaard (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 84': Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Attempt saved. Evann Guessand (Aston Villa) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner by Jari De Busser (Go Ahead Eagles). Assisted by Morgan Rogers.
- 89': Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Foul by Kenzo Goudmijn (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 89': Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Foul by Robbin Weijenberg (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 89': Robbin Weijenberg (Go Ahead Eagles) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Calvin Twigt.
- 90'+1': Foul by Donyell Malen (Aston Villa).
- 90'+1': Jari De Busser (Go Ahead Eagles) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Matty Cash with a cross.
- 90'+3': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Robbin Weijenberg.
- 90'+3': Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+3': Foul by Kenzo Goudmijn (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Go Ahead Eagles 2, Aston Villa 1.
- 0': Match ends, Go Ahead Eagles 2, Aston Villa 1.
Statistics
 AVL |
GAE |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 13 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 5 |
| 10 | Corner Kicks | 1 |
| 1 | Saves | 6 |
| 69.6 | Possession | 30.4 |
| 18 | SHOTS | 5 |
| 7 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 469 | Accurate Passes | 180 |
| 524 | Passes | 234 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 9 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 34 | Crosses | 7 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 31 | Long Balls | 50 |
| 23 | Accurate Long Balls | 12 |
| 0.7 | Long Balls % | 0.2 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 0 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
| 13 | Tackles | 19 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 2 | Interceptions | 11 |
| 10 | Effective Clearances | 38 |
| 10 | Clearances | 38 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Europa League
Venue: De Adelaarshorst
Location: Deventer, Netherlands
Attendance: 9,598
Venue: De Adelaarshorst
Location: Deventer, Netherlands
Attendance: 9,598
UEFA Europa League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Midtjylland | 3 | +6 | 9 |
| 2 | Braga | 3 | +5 | 9 |
| 3 | Lyon | 3 | +5 | 9 |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 3 | +4 | 7 |
Line-Ups
Go Ahead Eagles (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 22 | Jari De Busser (GK) |
| 4 | Joris Kramer |
| 3 | Gerrit Nauber  |
| 5 | Dean James |
| 2 | Mats Deijl |
| 7 | Jakob Breum |
| 34 | Yassir Rahmouni |
| 21 | Melle Meulensteen |
| 9 | Milan Smit |
| 17 | Mathis Suray |
| 18 | Richonell Margaret |
Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 23 | Emiliano Martínez (GK) |
| 14 | Pau Torres |
| 5 | Tyrone Mings |
| 22 | Ian Maatsen |
| 3 | Victor Lindelöf |
| 10 | Emiliano Buendía |
| 24 | Amadou Onana |
| 26 | Lamare Bogarde |
| 11 | Ollie Watkins |
| 19 | Jadon Sancho |
| 29 | Evann Guessand |
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