Lille 0–1 Aston Villa

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61'

O. Watkins

Assist: E. Buendia

Match Recap

Aston Villa beat Lille 1–0 in the UEFA Europa League (Round of 16) on 12 March 2026. Aston Villa saw more of the ball with 51% possession, and Lille had 7 shots (3 on target) to Aston Villa's 9 (1 on target). The expected-goals (xG) figures read 0.32 for Lille and 0.51 for Aston Villa. The goal came from O. Watkins 61'. Relive the Lille vs Aston Villa UEFA Europa League highlights on Daily Goal: watch every goal and the full match below, free, with each strike timestamped so you can jump straight to the moment it happened.

Match Statistics

Lille

Aston Villa

49% Ball Possession 51%

0.32 Expected goals (xG) 0.51

7 Total Shots 9

3 Shots on target 1

2 Shots off target 5

2 Blocked Shots 3

3 Shots inside box 7

4 Shots outside box 2

3 Corner Kicks 2

5 Offsides 1

11 Fouls 12

0 Yellow Cards 2

— Red Cards —

0 Goalkeeper Saves 3

442 Total passes 470

381 Accurate passes 405

86% Pass accuracy 86%

0.62 Goals prevented 0.62

Lineups

Lille

Bruno Genesio 4-2-3-1

Aston Villa

Unai Emery 4-2-3-1

1Ozer

15Perraud 23Mandi 18Mbemba 22Santos

6Bentaleb

21Andre

28Perrin 10Haraldsson

17Mukau

9Giroud

11Watkins

10Buendia 27Rogers 19Sancho

24Onana 21Luiz

12Digne 14Torres 4Konsa

26Bogarde

23Martinez

Substitutes — Lille

16A. Bodart 60Z. Lanssade 4Alexsandro 3N. Ngoy 7M. Fernandez-Pardo 20N. Edjouma 35S. Diaoune 12T. Meunier 24C. Verdonk 27F. Correia 32A. Bouaddi 42S. Boussadia