Basel 1-2 Aston Villa: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 11 December 2025
Result
Basel 1-2 Aston Villa
Europa League · Thursday 11 December 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Basel 1-2 Aston Villa: match report
Basel were beaten by Aston Villa 1-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 11 December 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Evann Guessand opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Basel's goal came from Flavius Daniliuc (34'). Aston Villa scored through Evann Guessand (12') and Youri Tielemans (53').
Discipline: Basel received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Basel were 34th on 6 points from 5 and Aston Villa 16th on 12 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Basel lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Youri Tielemans of Aston Villa (7.6), ahead of Evann Guessand (7.5).
Going into the match Basel's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Aston Villa's W-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Evann Guessand
- 17'Yellow card · Matty Cash
- 34'Goal · Flavius Daniliuc
- 35'Yellow card · Emiliano Buendía
- 53'Goal · Youri Tielemans
- 72'Yellow card · Léo Leroy
- 80'Yellow card · Philip Otele
- 84'Yellow card · Ezri Konsa
- 87'Yellow card
- 87'Yellow card · John McGinn
Team news
Basel line-up (4-1-4-1)
Marwin Hitz, Keigo Tsunemoto, Jonas Adjetey, Flavius Daniliuc, Dominik Schmid, Metinho, Bénie Traoré, Léo Leroy, Andrej Bacanin, Philip Otele, Xherdan Shaqiri
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marco Bizot, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Victor Lindelöf, Lucas Digne, Lamare Bogarde, Amadou Onana, Evann Guessand, Emiliano Buendía, Jadon Sancho, Donyell Malen