UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, December 11, 2025
Aston Villa WWWWW 2
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FC Basel LWLWL 1
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AVL112
FCB101
St. Jakob Park · 27,509 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Aston Villa beat Basel, stay third in Europa League table

Second-half substitute Youri Tielemans hit the winner to help Aston Villa move a step closer to automatic qualification in the Europa League with a 2-1 win at FC Basel.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
12
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
7
4
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
2
57.2
Possession
42.8
7
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
4
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
473
Accurate Passes
338
537
Passes
396
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
4
10
Crosses
13
0.0
Cross %
0.3
39
Long Balls
41
17
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
12
16
Tackles
21
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
8
14
Effective Clearances
16
14
Clearances
16

Lineups

FCB · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Marwin HitzG
  2. 24Flavius DaniliucCD-L
  3. 32Jonas AdjeteyCD-R
  4. 5MetinhoDM
  5. 31Dominik SchmidLB
  6. 6Keigo TsunemotoRB
  7. 14Andrej BacaninCM-L
  8. 22Leo LeroyCM-R
  9. 7Philip OteleLM
  10. 11Bénie TraoréRM
  11. 10Xherdan ShaqiriF

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 40Marco BizotG
  2. 3Victor LindelöfCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 12Lucas DigneLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 10Emiliano BuendíaAM
  7. 24Amadou OnanaLM
  8. 26Lamare BogardeRM
  9. 17Donyell MalenF
  10. 19Jadon SanchoAM-L
  11. 29Evann GuessandAM-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Basel 0, Aston Villa 1. Evann Guessand (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  2. 17' Matty Cash (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 34' Goal! Basel 1, Aston Villa 1. Flavius Daniliuc (Basel) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri with a through ball following a set piece situation.
  4. 35' Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Youri Tielemans replaces Matty Cash.
  6. 53' Goal! Basel 1, Aston Villa 2. Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía.
  7. 62' Substitution, Basel. Albian Ajeti replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
  8. 64' Substitution, Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins replaces Jadon Sancho.
  9. 65' Substitution, Aston Villa. Boubacar Kamara replaces Amadou Onana.
  10. 65' Substitution, Aston Villa. Morgan Rogers replaces Emiliano Buendía.
  11. 72' Léo Leroy (Basel) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 74' Substitution, Basel. Koba Koindredi replaces Andrej Bacanin.
  13. 75' Substitution, Basel. Ibrahim Salah replaces Bénie Traoré.
  14. 79' Substitution, Aston Villa. John McGinn replaces Donyell Malen.
  15. 80' Philip Otele (Basel) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 84' Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 85' Substitution, Basel. Moritz Broschinski replaces Léo Leroy.
  18. 85' Substitution, Basel. Marin Soticek replaces Philip Otele.
  19. 87' John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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.