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 · Aston Villa · Europa League predictions

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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Evann GuessandAston Villa · 0-1
  • 17'Yellow card · Matty CashAston Villa
  • 34'Goal · Flavius DaniliucBasel · 1-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Emiliano BuendíaAston Villa
  • 53'Goal · Youri TielemansAston Villa · 1-2
  • 72'Yellow card · Léo LeroyBasel
  • 80'Yellow card · Philip OteleBasel
  • 84'Yellow card · Ezri KonsaAston Villa
  • 87'Yellow cardAston Villa
  • 87'Yellow card · John McGinnAston Villa

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