English teams have had a bad time of it in Europe this week but Aston Villa manages to grind out a one-goal advantage against Lille.It was far from a liveliest first half in France with much for the

Aston Villa secured a narrow but valuable 1-0 win over Lille in the first leg of their Europa League tie, with Ollie Watkins’ second-half header the difference in France. Lille started brightly in front of a vocal home crowd and looked the more threatening side during the early stages.

Match report as Ollie Watkins ends his barren spell with a super second-half header; Watkins, Amadou Onana and Emi Buendia had chances to add a second but Villa take one-goal advantage back to Villa P

Ollie Watkins hit Aston Villa's winner at Lille, while Porto and Midtjylland also took one-goal away advantages in the first legs of the UEFA Europa League round of 16.

Ollie Watkins ends goal drought to give Aston Villa huge Europa League boost - Lille 0-1 Aston Villa: Watkins scored his first goal since the end of January in the 62nd minute of the first leg of the

Sandro Tonali's rocket strike completed a brace and Newcastle United's comeback in a 3-1 win over Aston Villa in an FA Cup fourth round tie at Villa Park on Saturday.

Aston Villa captain John McGinn gave his verdict on the 1–0 win in Lille and Ollie Watkins ending his goal drought

Manchester United aim to rebound from the first loss of Michael Carrick's tenure as caretaker manager when Aston Villa come to Old Trafford on Saturday. The Red Devils were surprised by 10-man Newcastle United when William Osula’s counterattacking golazo ...

There is an argument that Aston Villa’s title challenge fell apart in the Emirates Stadium locker room in December.

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