Olivier Giroud playing for Lille during the Round of Sixteen 2nd Leg game
at Aston Villa.
2025-2026 Europa League. League phase.
Game 1. 25th September 2025
Lille 2–1 Brann. Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France.
Game 2. 2nd October 2025
Roma 0–1 Lille. Rome, Italy.
Game 3. 23rd October 2025.
Lille 3–4 PAOK.
Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France.
Game 4. 6 November 2025.
Red Star 1–0 Lille.
Belgrade, Serbia.
Game 5. 27 November 2025.
Lille 4–0 Dinamo Zagreb. Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France.
Game 6. 11 December 2025.
Young Boys 1–0 Lille.
Bern, Switzerland.
Game 7. 22 January 2026
Celta Vigo 2–1 Lille .
Vigo, Spain.
Game 8. 29 January 2026.
Lille 1–0 Germany SC Freiburg.
Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
Knockout phase play-offs.
First leg 9 February 2026.
Lille France 0–1 Serbia Red Star Belgrade
Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France.
Second leg. 26 February 2026.
Red Star Belgrade Serbia 0–2 Lille (a.e.t.)
(1–2 agg.) Belgrade, Serbia.
Knock out phase Round of 16.
Lille (0) v (1) Aston Villa. (Watkins). Decathlon Arena, Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille, France .
12th March 2026 Attendance: 40,187.
Lille:
1. Berke Özer (GK), 23. Aïssa Mandi, 18. Chancel Mbemba, 15. Romain Perraud,
22. Tiago Santos (12. Thomas Meunier 66 min), 10. Hákon Haraldsson (35. Soriba Diaoune 83 min)
6. Nabil Bentaleb, 21. Benjamin André (32. Ayyoub Bouaddi 45 min),
28. Gaetan Perrin (7. Matias Fernandez-Pardo 52 min),
17. Ngal'ayel Mukau (27. Felix Correia 66 min), 9. Olivier Giroud.
Aston Villa:
23.
Emiliano Martínez (GK),
14.
Pau Torres,
4.
Ezri Konsa,
12.
Lucas Digne,
26.
Lamare Bogarde,
27.
Morgan Rogers
(9.
Harvey Elliott 90 min),
24.
Amadou Onana,
21.
Douglas Luiz
(7. John McGinn 77 min),
11.
Ollie Watkins
(18.
Tammy Abraham 77 min),
10.
Emiliano Buendía
(22.
Ian Maatsen 83 min),
19.
Jadon Sancho
(31.
Leon Bailey 83 min).
2025-26 UEFA Europa League, Round of 16. 2nd Leg.
Aston Villa (2) v (0) Lille. (McGinn 54m, Bailey 86m). Villa Park, Birmingham, England
Thursday March 19th. Attendance: 37,583.
Aston Villa:
23. Emiliano Martínez (GK), 14. Pau Torres, 3. Victor Lindelöf, 22. Ian Maatsen,
26. Lamare Bogarde (2. Matty Cash 74 min), 27. Morgan Rogers (9. Harvey Elliott 84 min),
21. Douglas Luiz, 24. Amadou Onana, 18. Tammy Abraham (11. Ollie Watkins 56 min),
7. John McGinn (10. Emiliano Buendía 74 min), 19. Jadon Sancho, 31. Leon Bailey.
Lille:
1. Berke Özer (GK), 18. Chancel Mbemba, 4. Alexsandro (23. Aïssa Mandi 73 min),
3. Nathan Ngoy, 32. Ayyoub Bouaddi (20. Noah Edjouma 66 min), 6. Nabil Bentaleb,
15. Romain Perraud, 12. Thomas Meunier (22. Tiago Santos 81 min), 9. Olivier Giroud,
27. Felix Correia (10. Hákon Haraldsson 66 min),
17. Ngal'ayel Mukau (7. Matias Fernandez-Pardo 66 min).
Aston Villa won 3-0 on aggregate.