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Aston Villa and Lille have confirmed their starting squads for their meeting at Villa Park in the second leg of the 2025/26 Europa League Round of 16.
Ollie Watkins’ second-half winner gave the Premier League side a 1-0 lead to secure a quarter-final chase against Roma or Bologna.
The Italian sides meet again in Rome on Thursday (20:00 GMT) after drawing 1-1 in the first leg of the tie.
101GreatGoals.com has the Villa vs Lille Europa League line-up news and details on how to watch.
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Aston Villa have confirmed their starting line-up against Lille
Right-back Matty Cash (calf) and midfielders Boubacar Kamara (knee) and Youri Tielemans (ankle) are out, as are wings Emiliano Buendia and Harvey Elliott with knocks. Ross Barkley is ineligible.
Aston Villa starting XI: Martinez, Bogarde, Lindelof, Pau, Maatsen, Lewis, Onana, McGinn, Rodgers, Sancho, Abraham
Villa substitutes: Bizo, Wright, Mings, Konsa, Digne, Cash, Garcia, Elliott, Buendia, Bailey, Watkins
Lille vs Villa full line-up
Defender Ousmane Toure and striker Hamza Igamane have knee injuries. Wingers Ethan Mbappe (thigh) and Oussame Sahrawi (groin) and goalkeeper Marc-Orel Caillard (elbow) are also out.
Lille starting XI: Ozer, Ngoy, Alexandre, Mbemba, Perot, Bouadi, Bentaleb, Mukau, Meunier, Giroud, Correa
Substitutes for Lille: Bodart, Lansade, Fernandez-Pardo, Haraldsson, Ejuma, Santos, Mandy, Verdonck, Diaun, Barrett, Busadia
Where to watch Villa vs Lille: TV channel, live streams online
Kick-off is on Thursday at 20:00 GMT (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT). In the UK, live coverage is on TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate and the Discovery Plus app.
TNT Sports costs £30.99 a month, including Eurosport and entertainment, and is available on a wide range of devices, including smart TVs and games consoles.
Starting March 26, TNT Sports streaming will switch from Discovery Plus to HBO Max.
Aston Villa vs Lille Stats
- These teams have met in two previous meetings in four games: Lil won their 2002 Intertoto Cup semi-final 3-1 on aggregate, while Villa progressed from the quarter-finals of the 2023/24 Conference Europa League after a 3-3 aggregate draw and victory on penalties
- Villa have won three of their previous five bilateral matches against French teams and four of their previous five home matches against French clubs (L1)
- The Villans have won 15 of their last 17 European home games (D1 L1), including each of their last seven.
- They are aiming to reach the quarter-finals in Europe for the third successive season after beating Ajax 4-0 on aggregate in the last 16 of the 2023/24 Conference League and Club Brugge 6-1 on aggregate in the last 16 of the Champions League last season
- In two previous two-legged European meetings in which they won the first leg away from home by one goal, Aston Villa advanced once and exited once
- Lille have lost nine of their last 11 games against English teams (W1 D1) and six of their last nine Europa League games overall (W3)
- Their last four bilateral matches against English opposition have been unsuccessful
- This is a first for Lille Europa League last 16 of the 2009/10 campaign when they lost 3-1 on aggregate to Liverpool
- Les Dogues have advanced from five of their last seven bilateral European meetings.
- They have won one and lost four of their previous five bilateral European meetings after losing the first leg at home by one goal, with the only success this season coming against Red Star in the Europa League knockout round, overturning a 1-0 defeat with 2-0 overtime win
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