Aston Villa vs Lille Preview & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Europa League | Round of 16
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Aston Villa will believe they have a real chance of winning this competition and they may well need to as they welcome Lille to Villa Park with a slender aggregate lead.
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Key stats
- Lille and Aston Villa had met in two previous UEFA ties before this one, playing four matches in total: Lille won their 2002 Intertoto Cup semi‑final 3-1 on aggregate, while Aston Villa progressed from the 2023/24 Europa Conference League quarter‑finals after a 3-3 aggregate draw and a penalty shoot‑out victory.
- Aston Villa have won three of their five previous UEFA two-legged ties against French teams.
- Aston Villa have won four of their five previous UEFA home matches against French teams (L1).
- Aston Villa have won 15 of their last 17 UEFA home matches (D1 L1), including each of the last seven.
- Aston Villa have won 12 of their last 14 UEFA competition matches (L2), including each of their most recent six.
- Aston Villa are aiming to reach a UEFA quarter-final for the third consecutive season — each time in a different competition. They beat Ajax 4-0 on aggregate in the 2023/24 UEFA Europa Conference League round of 16 and overcame Club Brugge 6-1 on aggregate in last season’s UEFA Champions League round of 16.
- Aston Villa have won one and lost one of their two previous UEFA two‑legged ties after winning the first leg away by a one‑goal margin.
- Lille have lost nine of their last 11 UEFA matches against English teams (W1 D1).
- Lille have lost six of their last nine UEFA Europa League matches (W3).
- Lille have lost their last four UEFA two-legged ties against English opposition.
- This is Lille’s first UEFA Europa League round of 16 appearance since the 2009/10 campaign, where their run ended with a 3-1 aggregate defeat to Liverpool.
- Lille have won five of their last seven UEFA two-legged ties.
- Lille have won one and lost four of their five previous UEFA two‑legged ties after losing the first leg at home by a one‑goal margin, with the sole success coming this season against Crvena Zvezda in the Europa League knockout play-off round, where they overturned a 1-0 defeat with a 2-0 extra‑time win.
Aston Villa vs Lille prediction
Aston Villa have collapsed in the Premier League, moving from a title race to now in a precarious spot in terms of UEFA Champions League qualification as a result of being beaten 3-1 by Manchester United at Old Trafford at the weekend.
It is therefore a positive thing for Unai Emery’s men that their alternative route into Europe’s elite competition, which is seemingly financially imperative, is this tournament and they have a 1-0 aggregate lead against Lille in he round of 16, courtesy of a second-half winner scored by Ollie Watkins in the first-leg at Stade Pierre-Mauroy last week.
Lille have been strong at times this season but have been under par since the turn of the year and, with their home advantage, Aston Villa would be expected to come out on top and move themselves into the quarter-finals.
Aston Villa vs Lille tip: Aston Villa to win
