EUROPA LEAGUE : THURSDAY – 19/03/2026 (PHOTO – JOHN MCGINN CELEBRATES!)

WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING THE EXCITING MATCH BETWEEN ASTON VILLA VS LILLE FROM YESTERDAY – 19/03/2026, WHERE ASTON VILLA MADE 482 PASSES, WITH AN 87% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 5 CORNERS, (52% POSSESSION), AND 7 SHOTS, WITH 3 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING 2 STUNNERS FROM JOHN MCGINN AT 54 MINS. AND LEON BAILEY AT 86 MINS! LILLE MADE 438 PASSES, WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 5 CORNERS, AND 5 SHOTS WITH 1 ON-TARGET, BUT WERE UNABLE TO REACH-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET ON THIS OCCASION, SO THE GAME ENDED IN AN EXCITING 2 – 0 WIN TO ASTON VILLA!

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE : ASTON VILLA VS LILLE – 19/03/2026

UNAI EMERY SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH

NOTTINGHAM FOREST HAD A GOOD DAY AT THE OFFICE YESTERDAY IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST FC MIDTJYLLAND, MAKING 487 PASSES, WITH A 79% PASS ACCURACY, 11 CORNERS, AND 20 SHOTS WITH 9 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING 2 CRACKING GOALS FROM NICOLAS DOMINGUEZ AT 41 MINS., AND RYAN YATES AT 52 MINS!  MIDTJYLLAND MADE 459 PASSES, WITH A 78% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 4 CORNERS, (51% POSSESSION), AND 10 SHOTS WITH 3 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING A GREAT GOAL FROM MARTIN ERLIC AT 69 MINS! SO AFTER 90 MINS. IT WAS 2 – 1 TO NOTTINGHAM FOREST, MAKING THE TIE 2 – 2 ON AGGREGATE. SO THE MATCH WENT ONTO EXTRA TIME, AND WITH NOTHING DOING, ONTO PENALTIES, WITH MIDTJYLLAND MISSING ALL 3 OF THEIR SPOT-KICKS, WHILST MORGAN GIBBS-WHITE, IBRAHIM SANGARE AND NECO WILLIAMS ALL NETTED CRACKERS PROPELLING NOTTS INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS!

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE : FC MIDTJYLLAND VS NOTTINGHAM FOREST – 19/03/2026

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE : FC MIDTJYLLAND VS NOTTINGHAM FOREST – PENALTY SHOOT-OUT – 19/03/2026

VITOR PEREIRA SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH

WORDS BY AMANDA WATERS