Aston Villa defeated Lille 2-0 in their Europa League fixture on Friday, 20 March 2026.

Goals

• 54' — John McGinn (Aston Villa)
• 86' — Leon Bailey (Aston Villa)

The half-time score was 0-0.

The referee issued 2 yellow cards during the match.

Lineups

Aston Villa: Emiliano Martínez, Lamare Bogarde, Victor Lindelöf, Pau Torres, Ian Maatsen, Amadou Onana, Douglas Luiz, Jadon Sancho, Morgan Rogers, John McGinn, Tammy Abraham

Lille: Berke Özer, Nathan Ngoy, Chancel Mbemba, Alexsandro Ribeiro, Thomas Meunier, Nabil Bentaleb, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Romain Perraud, Ngal'ayel Mukau, Olivier Giroud, Félix Correia

Round: Round of 16

Quote of the Match

"It's going to be a very difficult game. Um they're very clinical in terms of the the xG that they create in terms of the values of the goals that they score. Um they're a good team. They're going to be they're going to it's going to be tough because they're going to have a reaction from their last last result and we have to make sure we're prepared for for a very difficult game." — Liam Rosenior