Lille v Aston Villa: Europa League last 16, first leg – live

2026-03-12 - 16:53

⚽ Europa League updates from the 5.45pm GMT kick-off ⚽ Live scores | Read Football Daily | And email Daniel Football is weird and so are people – that’s one reason we’re all here. But even by the standard, Aston Villa are in the midst of a weird season, still with plenty of scope for epochal glory and abject failure. They opened the season poorly, failing to win in their first six games, but from there, Unai Emery’s men went on a run of 17 from 19, playing not that well, before the Ghost of xG past began its haunting; the following 15 fixtures yielded just six victories and they arrive at this one having lost three and drawn one of their last four. As such, the Champions League spot that looked almost certain to be theirs is now in serious jeopardy, while tonight’s tie, against the sixth-best team in Ligue 1, looks a lot more losable that would previously have been the case. Continue reading...