Aston Villa travel to Lille with a one-goal advantage after their narrow win at Villa Park in the Europa Conference League quarter-final first leg.
Unai Emery’s side won 2-1 thanks to goals from Ollie Watkins and John McGinn and will head to France buoyed by their impressive weekend display in the Premier League which saw them upset title contenders Arsenal 2-0 at the Emirates.
Lille, meanwhile, did not play at the weekend but have been an impressive outfit in front of their home fans, losing just once all season. Thursday’s victor will progress to face the winner of Olympiacos vs Fenerbahce in the semi-finals. Follow all the action below plus get the latest odds and tips right here:
Lille vs Aston Villa
Lille host Aston Villa in the Europa League quarter-final second leg after 2-1 first-leg win
Lille XI: Chevalier; Santos, Yoro, Diakite, Ismaily; Andre, Bentaleb; Yazici, Haraldsson, Gudmundsson; David
Villa XI: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Tielemans, McGinn; Zaniolo, Luiz, Diaby; Watkins
GOAL 15’ – Yazici scores early to level on aggregate (1-0)
GOAL 67’ – Andre heads in at the near post to give Lille the aggregate lead (2-0)
GOAL! 87’ – Cash brings Villa level in the tie after Lille ‘keeper drops it (2-1)
FULL-TIME! Lille 2-1 Aston Villa (Villa win 4-3 on penalties)
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FULL-TIME! Lille 2-1 Aston Villa (Villa win 4-3 on penalties)
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And that is that! Villa are through to the semi-finals of a European competition for the first time since 1982.
Not even the most ardent Villa fan would argue they deserved it on the night, but they’ve done it on penalties.
Lille fans and players look shellshocked, but it’s Villa who’ll face Olympiacos or Fenerbahce in the semis.
PENALTIES: Lille 3-4 Aston Villa
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Captain Benjamin Andre to take next! He fires it down to the right and Martinez saves! There’s a quick check but there’s no re-take, and Martinez sends Aston Villa through to the semi-finals!
PENALTIES: Lille 3-4 Aston Villa
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Told that the initial yellow for Martinez doesn’t carry over to the shootout, hence why the Argentinian is still on.
Douglas Luiz is next in line to take. A long run-up, he stutters, and he fires it low and into the bottom left corner. Excellent penalty.
PENALTIES: Lille 3-3 Aston Villa
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Cabella steps up. Another cool penalty, as he slots it down the middle and Lille are level in the shootout for now!
PENALTIES: Lille 2-3 Aston Villa
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Leon Bailey steps up and shoots low and to the right, but Chevalier saves!
PENALTIES: Lille 2-3 Aston Villa
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Angel Gomes steps up and puts his penalty in the same place as Cash. Solid effort.
PENALTIES: Lille 1-3 Aston Villa
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Matty Cash up next. The Poland international hits it low and to the left, sending Chevalier the wrong way.
PENALTIES: Lille 1-2 Aston Villa
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Martinez stays in goal! The referee has had a shocker all night, and that’s no different.
Jonathan David lines up the penalty and he slots it down the middle.
PENALTIES: Lille 0-2 Aston Villa
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Watkins is waiting to take the next penalty, but it looks like Emi Martinez has been sent off! Confusion here, as it looks like maybe the referee has changed his mind.
In any case, Watkins steps up and fires his penalty into the top-left corner.
PENALTIES: Lille 0-1 Aston Villa
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Bentaleb is the first Lille player up to take. He fires his spot-kick down to the right and Martinez makes a great save!
PENALTIES: Lille 0-1 Aston Villa
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Tielemans takes first and easily slides it home, just right of down the middle. 1-0!
PENALTIES: Lille 0-0 Aston Villa
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We’ve seen one English side go out of Europe on penalties so far this week. Are we about to see another?
Martinez will be hoping to repeat some of his previous penalty-related heroics.
FULL-TIME! Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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FULL-TIME IN EXTRA TIME! We’re going to penalties in Lille.
ET: Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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120 mins: Just one minute of added time as it looks like both sides have accepted penalties.
ET: Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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119 mins: Lille threaten to counter, but Konsa does brilliantly to dispossess David.
Villa attack again with Rogers down the wing; he turns past the defender and hits in a hopeful cross, which Duran hits right at Chevalier!
ET: Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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118 mins: Watkins turns near the box and spreads it wide to Bailey, and the Jamaican’s cross is turned behind.
From the corner, Bailey’s delivery is easily collected by Chevalier.
ET: Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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116 mins: Lille are on top as we creep towards penalties. Chevalier sends a free-kick long but Villa clear.
ET: Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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114 mins: Konsa does well to intercept but he gives it away to Ismaily. The Lille full-back wins the challenge and it bounces to Angel Gomes, who opts for the spectacular shot from outside the box, but it flies over.
ET: Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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112 mins: Less than 10 minutes until we face penalties. Santos plays in Cavaleiro, whose cross is a good one – it deflects off Cash’s arm and Lille want a penalty, but VAR deny it.
ET: Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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110 mins: Lille are enjoying a bit of possession now, just knocking it around and probing the Villa defence.
ET: Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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108 mins: Watkins is booked for an elbow to the face of Ismaily as the two battled for a high ball.
ET: Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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107 mins: First chance of the second period as Cavaleiro collects the cross from Ismaily, and lays it off to Santos. The full-back’s shot flies narrowly wide of the far post.
ET: Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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KICK-OFF! We’ve begun the second half of extra time.
ET: Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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104 mins: Torres is the latest to easily clear a tired Lille cross. Cabella – who came on earlier for Gudmundsson – clips in a first-time cross that Martinez collects, and it’s half-time in extra time.
ET: Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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102 mins: Bentaleb tries to clip in a ball to David, but Konsa is there to intercept. Soon after, Gomes skips past one challenge but his shot is blocked.
ET: Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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99 mins: CLOSE! How has this not gone in?
Digne spreads it wide to Bailey, who cuts inside and curls a shot. Chevalier saves fairly easily, but he palms it straight out to Luiz, who heads it straight back at the ‘keeper! Chevalier saves and tips it over for a corner.
ET: Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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97 mins: Leon Bailey, who’s provided much of the Villa threat since coming on, hits a shot straight at Chevalier.
ET: Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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96 mins: Lille will probably wonder how on Earth they’ve actually been taken to extra time. The home side dominating possession once again.
ET: Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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94 mins: Bailey tries to clip it over the top for Cash, but there’s too much on it.
ET: Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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92 mins: Unsurprisingly, extra-time has started in the same way that much of the previous 90 minutes went. Neither side threatening so far.
Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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FULL-TIME! On 95 minutes, it’s all Lille in the final exchanges, but that’s it! The final whistle blows, and we’ll have extra-time.
Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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93 mins: Gomes swings in an excellent corner and David has a free header, but it’s straight at Martinez!
Lille attack again, but Cavaliero’s shot is off target.
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93 mins: David spreads it wide to Cavaleiro, who cuts in and shoots, but it’s deflected over for a corner.
Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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91 mins: Nothing comes from the Lille free-kick. There’ll be five minutes of added time, but we’ve eaten into it with the injuries.
Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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89 mins: Can Villa go on and win it before extra-time? Duran and Santos come together and both are briefly down injured.
The Villa man is booked for his troubles.
GOAL! Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
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86 mins: GOAL! Villa have equalised, but will it count?
Excellent work from Watkins down the left and he turns the defender and manages to clip in a cross. Chevalier collects but he tumbles over his own player and drops the ball – Lille half-mange to clear it but only as far as Matty Cash, who rifles it into the back of the net!
2-1 on the night but level, 3-3, on aggregate.
Lille 2-0 Aston Villa
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84 mins: Villa are managing to keep possession now, but Rogers is second to a ball in the Lille box and the home side have a free-kick.
Yazici comes off for Ivan Cavaleiro.
Lille 2-0 Aston Villa
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83 mins: The corner is cleared but now it’s Villa’s turn to keep the pressure on. Bailey swings at the half-volley on the edge of the box, but it rolls straight to Chevalier. That’s two shots on target now for Villa.
Lille 2-0 Aston Villa
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81 mins: Cash lines up the long shot and hits it from around 25 yards, but it’s straight at Chevalier. Villa corner.
Lille 2-0 Aston Villa
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79 mins: Villa are keeping the ball okay but are still lacking a decisive threat. 10 minutes left and Villa haven’t had a noteworthy chance.
Lille 2-0 Aston Villa
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78 mins: Villa still toiling away, but nothing so far. Remember they only need one goal to take it to extra-time.
Bailey plays it to the overlapping Cash, but his clipped cross it easily cleared.
Jhon Duran comes on for McGinn.
Lille 2-0 Aston Villa
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75 mins: Another booking as Rogers drags down Santos. From the free-kick, Haraldsson plays an inviting ball in, but Lille can’t convert.
Former Manchester United man Angel Gomes comes on for Haraldsson.
Lille 2-0 Aston Villa
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73 mins: Villa are hunting the (tie) equaliser, but they still can’t create anything notable. They’ll get something before 90 minutes though.
Bailey collects but McGinn messes up the one-two opportunity.
Lille 2-0 Aston Villa
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70 mins: The corner comes short but it’s cleared easily by the home side. Santos then shepherds the ball out for a goal kick.
Lille 2-0 Aston Villa
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68 mins: Villa make the substitution as Diaby comes off for Leon Bailey, who immediately wins a corner.
GOAL! Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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67 mins: GOAL! From the corner, and it’s the man who’s been winning headers all evening!
Haraldsson swings in the corner and Andre is at the near post. He connects with the back of his head and directs it to the far post – it bounces in off the woodwork!
2-0 on the night, but crucially, Villa are now going out with the tie at 3-2 to Lille.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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65 mins: Lille keeping possession once more. There’s been a strangely high number of occasions on which no one seems to be making the run / wanting to make the key pass.
Lille win a corner after Cash turns behind another cross.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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63 mins: Villa manage to sail the wave of Lille pressure, after Martinez collects a corner. The away side have a free-kick on halfway now, but almost straight away they concede possession as McGinn fouls Bentaleb near the Lille box.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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60 mins: Lille turning the screw now. A couple of crosses have been cleared well by Villa already, but Lille recycle once more and the attack continues until Digne brings down Santos. The Villa fullback is booked for his efforts.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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59 mins: Gudmundsson gets away down the left but he can’t create anything. Lille recycle and Gudmundsson gets to Santos’ cross, but no one can meet it in the middle of the box.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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57 mins: Lille attack once more and get a decent opportunity in the Villa box, but the cross is cleared behind. More attacking from both teams, at least.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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55 mins: Not a lot happening at the minute, with little breaks in play whenever Martinez has the ball. Lille refuse to be baited into pressing.
Villa do get an opportunity though as McGinn gets into the box and flicks a back-heel to Matty Cash. He hits a decent shot but it flies against the side netting.
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53 mins: Lille’s turn to threaten as David tries to find Haraldsson, but he was offside. Just before, Haraldsson had ventured into the box, but had his cross blocked.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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50 mins: Cash does well to win a free-kick in defence and Villa have some respite. Digne gets in down the left, but his cross is taken easily by Chevalier.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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49 mins: The second half begins much like the first, with both teams struggling to make their mark. Lille are still dominating possession though.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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KICK-OFF! We’re underway once more in Lille!
Immediately Lille have an opportunity, as Haraldsson wins possession and fizzes a shot wide.
HALF-TIME! Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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A huge second half for Aston Villa in their bid to win a second major European trophy.
They’ve played poorly so far in truth, but they’ll have plenty of time to rectify it, and they’ll know that they can cause problems in this Lille defence.
For the home side, fans will want more of the same, plus a little bit more attacking threat. Their goal was very well worked, but there’s been little to no real attacking since.
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HALF-TIME! Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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HALF-TIME! The home side go into the break 1-0 up on the night, with the tie level at 2-2. Work to do for Villa, who have been poor by their standards.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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48 mins: Digne tries to attack but his only option is to fire it in to Rogers, who is easily dispossessed. That sums up Villa’s half, really.
Digne plays the long throw-in and it falls to Luiz, whose half-volley flies over, but the whistle had already gone for a foul.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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46 mins: Yazici brings down Digne, who had intercepted well down the left, and Villa have possession again, but they can’t create anything.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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45 mins: There’ll be four minutes of aded time.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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44 mins: There was a little disagreement between Emery and fonseca, and now both managers have been booked!
Luiz takes the free-kick but it runs straight to Chevalier. Will that count as a shot maybe?
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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42 mins: Rogers slips through a lovely pass to the overlapping Cash, and it finds him in the box, but his shot is saved by the onrushing Chevalier. The flag goes up though, so STILL no shots for Villa.
Now Andre is booked for dragging Watkins back. That’s both of Lille’s defensive midfielders on a yellow now.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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41 mins: Bentaleb is the latest to be booked after dragging down Tielemans as Villa looked to counter. Quite an early booking for the ex-Spurs man.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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40 mins: Santos swings in a half-shot, half-cross and Cash heads it away. Lille’s turn for some sustained possession now – the home side look more dangerous when they do attack.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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38 mins: Santos tries to play it through to David, but it’s overhit. Very little attacking threat from either side since the goal.
Martinez gets a yellow card for time–wasting; the referee seems to indicate that that’s the fourth time today he’s been too slow.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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36 mins: McGinn collects on the edge of the box and tries to slide it in to Watkins, but Lille intercept. That’s the closest they’ve come so far really.
0 shots to Lille’s five, but a little bit more possession.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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35 mins: Villa have still not managed to create anything noteworthy. They’re keeping the ball better now though.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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32 mins: Villa’s first corner as Diaby’s cross is turned behind. Digne delivers, but Andre clears.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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31 mins: Rogers’ first involvement is to win a foul near halfway. Villa can’t make anything of the attacking opportunity though, as McGinn plays an easy pass straight out of play.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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30 mins: The corner is headed away by Digne. Lille come again, and Cash does well to intercept and turn behind for another corner.
Andre meets the corner in the six-yard box again, but he heads wide!
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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27 mins: The stretcher is out for Zaniolo and it looks like he’ll come off, but he’s back to his feet briefly. He’d landed on his back, and Morgan Rogers is waiting.
Rogers comes on for the Italian.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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24 mins: Yazici whips in the free-kick, which Andre connects with, but his header is straight at Martinez’s face, and the Argentinian is down brielfly.
He didn’t know a lot about it but it was some save actually – Andre will be thinking he should have scored, as anywhere but against Martinez’s face and it would’ve been 2-0.
Zaniolo is also down, near halfway. We’ll have a corner when play resumes.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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23 mins: Lille certainly look the more confident of the two sides here. Villa are struggling to keep the ball for any meaningful period of time.
Torres is the latest to give it away – Santos drives forward and wins a free-kick to the right of the box.
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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20 mins: Corner is easily collected by Chevalier, but Haraldsson messes up the counter-attack opportunity.
Villa counter themselves, but there’s a coming together between Santos and Zaniolo, and the Villa player is booked!
Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
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18 mins: Not necessarily a deserved goal, but Lille have certainly been on top so far and that was excellently worked. The home side have dominated midfield, and Villa haven’t really been able to get into the game.
McGinn wins a free-kick on the right and Villa have the chance to respond, but it’s out for a corner.
GOAL! Lille 1-0 Aston Villa
18:03 , Chris Wilson
15 mins: GOAL!! And Lille are ahead on the night, and level in the tie!
A goal from nothing really. Both sides had been fighting to get into it, but the home side are suddenly ahead.
The long ball is played to Gudmundsson on the left wing. He brings it down and fizzes a half-volleyed cutback across the box, which Yazici just confidently sweeps into the bottom left corner!
Lille 0-0 Aston Villa
17:58 , Chris Wilson
11 mins: No clear-cut chances yet.
Haraldsson swings it over to Santos, but the full-back is offside.
Lille 0-0 Aston Villa
17:56 , Chris Wilson
9 mins: And now first meaningful shot of the night! Bentaleb plays it into Yazici, who has made the run to the edge of the box, and he lays it off to Jonathan David. The Canadian’s shot flies over.
Lille 0-0 Aston Villa
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8 mins: First corner of the night as Yazici and Haraldsson combine and force Digne to put it behind.
Martinez flaps at the original cross but he manages to palm it to McGinn from the loose ball!
Lille 0-0 Aston Villa
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6 mins: Bentaleb is the latest to swing a ball into the box, but Martinez collects under no pressure.
Lille 0-0 Aston Villa
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5 mins: Andre wins the ball back well in midfield, sliding past Zaniolo, and now Lille have the ball.
The ball is lofted into the box and almost lands near the feet of Gudmundsson, but Villa clear.
Lille 0-0 Aston Villa
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4 mins: Villa’s first meaningful attack sees Watkins and Zaniolo combine, but McGinn’s scooped ball in is wasteful.
Lille 0-0 Aston Villa
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2 mins: Boos continue whenever Martinez gets the ball, which is quite a lot as Villa keep the ball in their half early on.
Lille 0-0 Aston Villa
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1 min: Lille’s first foray forward sees Digne let the ball run out play for a goal kick after the home side tried hitting one long.
KICK
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KICK-OFF! We’re underway in northern France. Martinez seems to be getting booed, and commentators seem to believe it’s due to his antics in the 2022 World Cup final!
A reminder that Cash, Luis, McGinn and Tielemans are all one yellow card away from suspension (if they do make it to the semi-finals).
Lille vs Aston Villa LIVE
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The teams are out of the tunnel and the Stade Pierre-Mauroy is very up for this. Flags and banners aplenty as the competition anthem is played.
We’re moments from kick-off as the captains meet for the coin toss.
Lille vs Aston Villa
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Lille won Ligue 1 as recently as 2020/21, but their European success has been limited to an Intertoto Cup win in 2004.
Villa haven’t won England’s top league trophy since winning the old Division One in 1980/81. They went even better the next season, winning the European Cup in 1982 after beating Bayern Munich in the final.
That year was the last time Villa reached a European semi-final.
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Will it be another big performance from the men below?
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Head-to-head and how the teams are faring
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These two sides had only met on two occasions before this season. Those were in July and August 2002, in the Intertoto Cup – a UEFA summer tournament that was abolished in 2008. The first match ended in a draw, with the second was a 2-0 win for the French side.
Back in the present, both teams sit fourth in their respective leagues as they aim to qualify for next season’s Champions League.
Lille come off the back of two wins, two draws and a loss (to Villa) in their last five games, while the away side enter the game having beaten Premier League title chasers Arsenal 2-0 at the Emirates.
Before that match, Villa had lost 4-1 to Man City, drawn 3-3 at Brentford and beaten Wolves 2-0.
On this day in 2016: Aston Villa relegated from Premier League
17:20 , Chris Wilson
Aston Villa have certainly come a long way since 2016, when they finished bottom of the Premier League with just 17 points.
On that day, Marcus Rashford’s 32nd-minute goal condemned Villa to the second tier of English football for the first time in 28 years.
Today, they are on the brink of a first European semi-final since ____ thanks to goals from Ollie Watkins and John McGinn.
And in stark contrast to 2016, the Villans sit fourth in the Premier League table as they battle Spurs for a place in the top four and next season’s Champions League.
On this day in 2016: Aston Villa relegated from Premier League
Why Premier League is now at risk of missing out on fifth Champions League spot
17:10 , Chris Wilson
As Villa are vying for a place in next season’s Champions League, last night’s results will have dealt a blow to the Villans’ hopes.
The Champions League is being expanded to a 36-team tournament from 2024/25 and two of the extra four places will be awarded to countries whose teams perform best in this season’s European competitions.
As confirmed by Uefa on their website, England currently sits third in the race, behind Italy and Germany, which would mean Serie A and the Bundesliga receive a fifth Champions League place next season.
Quarter-final defeats for Manchester City against Real Madrid and Arsenal to Bayern Munich means there is now a real chance that England’s coefficient will not be high enough to claim one of the two extra spots.
Why Premier League is now at risk of missing out on fifth Champions League spot
Prediction
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Aston Villa to hold firm to reach the semi-finals and face either Olympiacos or Fenerbahce.
Lille 1-1 Aston Villa (2-3 agg.)
Team news
16:52 , Chris Wilson
For Lille – who didn’t have a game at the weekend – it is just one change from the side that last 2-1 at Villa Park.
Yusuf Yazici comes in for Edon Zhegrova in right midfield. Winger Adam Ounas comes onto the bench, with Zhegrova out of the squad.
Team news
16:47 , Chris Wilson
LILLE XI: Chevalier; Santos, Yoro, Diakite, Ismaily; Andre, Bentaleb; Yazici, Haraldsson, Gudmundsson; David.
SUBS: Mannone, Negrel, Alexsandro, Toure, Gomes, Bouaddi, Cabella, Ounas, Cavaleiro, Morais, Ferrah.
Team news
16:42 , Chris Wilson
So Aston Villa manager Unai Emery makes two changes to the side that beat Arsenal 2-0 at the weekend. Douglas Luiz replaces Morgan Rogers in midfield, while Poland international Matty Cash comes in for Diego Carlos, who moves to the bench.
Leon Bailey, who scored the crucial first goal at the weekend, remains on the bench.
Team news
16:33 , Chris Wilson
ASTON VILLA XI: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Tielemans, McGinn; Zaniolo, Luiz, Diaby; Watkins.
SUBS: Olsen, Gauci, Carlos, Lenglet, Duran, Rogers, Kesler-Hayden, Bailey, Iroegbunam; Munroe, Kellyman.
Team news imminent
16:30 , Chris Wilson
The teams should be announced any moment now…
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