US EditionAston Villa Wins 8th Straight Game with 2-1 Victory over Basel in Europa League
Aston Villa reached 15 points, tying Olympique Lyonnais and Midtjylland for first place in the Europa League group after a 2-1 win over Basel.
- On Dec 11, Aston Villa defeated FC Basel 2-1 at St. Jakob-Park in a Europa League group match.
- Following a Saturday win over Arsenal, Aston Villa carried momentum into Europe, having bounced back from a poor start to sit third in the Premier League under Unai Emery, a four-time Europa League winner.
- Evann Guessand opened the scoring after 12 minutes from a corner, Basel equalised through Flavius Daniliuc from Xherdan Shaqiri's free kick in the 34th minute, and Youri Tielemans restored Villa's lead eight minutes after coming on.
- The win lifted Villa to 15 points, drawing them level at the top of the group with Olympique Lyonnais and FC Midtjylland after six group matches and secured at least a Europa League playoff spot.
- Villa have now won nine of their last 11 major European matches in 2025, and under the format the top eight in the 36-team table progress to the round of 16 in March.
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Aston Villa wins 8th straight game with 2-1 victory over Basel in Europa League
Aston Villa extends its winning streak to eight games in all competitions with a 2-1 victory against Basel in the Europa League to secure at least a playoff spot.
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