UEFA Europa League 25/26, Round of 16 · 19 Mar 2026

Aston Villa 2–0 Lille

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Feb 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Aston Villa favourites at 58%.

Aston Villa won and made the better chances: 1.7 xG to 0.4.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Chancel Mbemba, 66.4 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Chancel Mbemba +17.9, Ngal'ayel Mukau +11.4, Alexsandro Ribeiro +9.0.

Well below it: Ian Maatsen −16.9, Pau Torres −15.2, Berke Özer −13.9.

Each side's last five results before this match.

15 Mar 2026	L 1–3	at Manchester United Premier League
12 Mar 2026	W 1–0	at Lille Europa League
4 Mar 2026	L 1–4	v Chelsea Premier League
27 Feb 2026	L 0–2	at Wolverhampton Premier League
21 Feb 2026	D 1–1	v Leeds United Premier League

15 Mar 2026	W 2–1	at Stade Rennais Ligue 1
12 Mar 2026	L 0–1	v Aston Villa Europa League
8 Mar 2026	D 1–1	v Lorient Ligue 1
1 Mar 2026	W 1–0	v Nantes Ligue 1
26 Feb 2026	W 1–0	at FK Crvena zvezda Europa League

12 Mar 2026	Lille 0–1 Aston Villa Europa League

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Leon Bailey Forward	9	1	0	0.71	100.0	–
Emiliano Buendía Midfielder	16	0	0	–	94.7	–
John McGinn Midfielder	74	1	0	0.53	59.8	+8.6
Emiliano Martínez Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	59.1	+7.6
Matty Cash Defender	16	0	0	–	50.3	–
Jadon Sancho Midfielder	84	0	1	0.22	49.7	−1.5
Amadou Onana Midfielder	90	0	0	0.09	49.6	+0.0
Ollie Watkins Forward	34	0	1	0.12	48.7	–
Douglas Luiz Midfielder	90	0	0	0.08	48.6	−9.7
Lamare Bogarde Midfielder	74	0	0	–	48.0	+2.1
Victor Lindelöf Defender	90	0	0	–	41.0	−6.5
Tammy Abraham Forward	56	0	0	–	40.8	−4.8
Morgan Rogers Midfielder	84	0	0	–	40.4	−10.9
Pau Torres Defender	90	0	0	–	36.1	−15.2
Harvey Elliott Midfielder	9	0	0	–	36.0	–
Ian Maatsen Defender	90	0	0	–	34.3	−16.9

Player	Min	xG	Score	vs usual
Hakon Arnar Haraldsson Midfielder	23	–	73.9	–
Chancel Mbemba Defender	90	–	66.4	+17.9
Alexsandro Ribeiro Defender	73	0.06	65.3	+9.0
Ngal'ayel Mukau Midfielder	67	–	56.6	+11.4
Nathan Ngoy Defender	90	–	52.8	+0.9
Noah Edjouma Forward	23	0.06	50.6	–
Thomas Meunier Defender	81	0.02	50.1	+4.3
Nabil Bentaleb Midfielder	90	0.07	49.1	−1.2
Romain Perraud Defender	90	0.02	46.6	−4.3
Aïssa Mandi Defender	17	–	44.5	–
Matías Fernández-Pardo Forward	23	–	44.2	–
Félix Correia Midfielder	67	–	44.0	−0.7
Ayyoub Bouaddi Midfielder	67	0.12	42.2	−4.2
Olivier Giroud Forward	90	0.02	40.7	−6.7
Berke Özer Goalkeeper	90	–	37.6	−13.9
Tiago Santos Defender	9	–	36.1	–