Aston Villa Report

John Townley

Aston Villa will play Lille in the Europa League R16, and have second leg home advantage home throughout the knockout rounds. Villa's route to the final is AS Roma/Bologna in the QF, then Stuttgart/Porto/Nottingham Forest/Midtjylland in the SF. #AVFC

2026-02-27 12:21:00.000Z

Jacob Tanswell

#AVFC will play Lille in the last 16 of the Europa League. The first leg is away on March 12, with the return fixture the following week, on March 19.

2026-02-27 12:17:00.000Z

The Athletic

The 16 teams remaining in the Europa League: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nottingham Forest 🇩🇪 Freiburg 🇩🇪 Stuttgart 🇵🇹 Braga 🇵🇹 Porto 🇫🇷 Lyon 🇫🇷 Lille 🇪🇸 Celta 🇪🇸 Real Betis 🇮🇹 Bologna 🇮🇹 Roma 🇬🇷 Panathinaikos 🇩🇰 Midtjylland 🇧🇪 Ge

2026-02-26 22:32:00.000Z

John Townley

Unai Emery insists Ollie Watkins is a proven goalscorer for #AVFC, and his reduced output this season is due to chance creation and tactics. "There's still matches to play. I believe he'll get his objective scoring goals and adding assists. I believe it." https://www.birminghamm

2026-02-26 22:32:00.000Z

Jacob Tanswell

50 seats in the lower North Stand will be used as a singing section against Chelsea. This is with a view to taking up an area in future matches. #AVFC https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7067606/2026/02/26/whats-happened-to-villa-parks-atmosphere-and-how-can-it-be-fixed/?source=e

2026-02-26 18:19:00.000Z

John Townley

#AVFC are expected to grant the 1897 Group space inside Villa Park to help boost the atmosphere for the final league games of the season. Football staff, including manager Unai Emery, have encouraged efforts to enhance the Villa Park backing. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/spo

2026-02-26 18:05:00.000Z

John Townley

Rob Edwards has great respect and admiration for Aston Villa and Unai Emery. #AVFC

2026-02-26 16:56:00.000Z

John Townley

Rob Edwards calls on his Wolves players to show passion against #AVFC, saying his side's performance "needs to look like it matters." "It's a Midlands derby. There needs to be a lot of passion. To not be too robotic. We need it like against Arsenal." https://www.birminghammail.c

2026-02-26 15:16:00.000Z

John Townley

Unai Emery goes in search of his first win at Molineux tomorrow and insists he shouldn't need to remind his #AVFC players to avoid complacency against the PL's bottom club. "My experience was so, so poor there, playing against Wolverhampton." https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/spo

2026-02-26 14:44:00.000Z

John Townley

Unai Emery expects Alysson to be fit enough to feature in the Aston Villa squad to face Wolves tomorrow night. #AVFC https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-receive-injury-boost-33495843

2026-02-26 14:06:00.000Z