How to watch LOSC Lille vs Aston Villa, team news, predicted line-ups and more | OneFootball

Aston Villa travel to face LOSC Lille in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League Round of 16 tie.

Villa will be hoping to repeat their success against Lille in 2024, when they eliminated the French side in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa Conference League after winning on penalties.

However, Villa also experienced disappointment against French opposition in Europe last season. They were knocked out of the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League by eventual winners Paris Saint‑Germain in a closely contested tie.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of this game…

Kick-off time:

5:45pm UK time, Thursday 12th March

How to watch

The game will be live on TNT Sport 1

Streaming available on Discovery+

Injuries and Suspension:

LOSC Lille: Ousmane Touré (out), Ethan Mbappé (out), Hamza Igmane (out), Osame Sahraoui (out)

Aston Villa: Boubacar Kamara (out), Youri Tielemans (out), Andres Garcia (out), Matty Cash (out)

Predicted line-ups:

LOSC Lille (4-2-3-1):

Özer; Santos, Ngoy, Mandi, Perraud; André, Bouaddi; Haraldsson, Bentaleb, Correia; Giroud.

Aston Villa (4-2-3-1): 

Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Maatsen; Luiz, Onana; Sancho, Rogers, Buendia; Watkins

Recent form:

LOSC Lille have been in steady form recently. The French side currently sit sixth in Ligue 1 and have won three of their last four matches in all competitions.

Lille secured their place in this tie with a 2–0 away victory over FK Crvena zvezda, overturning a 1–0 defeat at home in the first leg against the Serbian side.

Aston Villa have endured a difficult run of form in recent weeks, recording just one victory in their last six matches in the Premier League.

That dip in results has placed their hopes of qualifying for next season’s Champions League in serious jeopardy, after it previously appeared that Villa were strong favourites to secure third place in the league table.

However, the English side will look to maintain their near-flawless form in Europe this season, having finished second in the group phase after winning seven of their eight matches.

What’s been said:

Lille manager Bruno Genesio said: “I remember my clash with Lyon against Unai Emery’s PSG very well. He inspires a lot of respect in me; he has a lot of experience, has won 4 Europa Leagues with 2 different teams, and he always coaches big teams.

“I’m glad to face him, many years later. It’ll be interesting to gauge ourselves against one of the Premier League’s best teams, but I have confidence in my group.”

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery said: “Of course, it’s a massive test tomorrow. Two matches, two legs, the second leg as well, of course, we will play at home, but my expectation is very difficult and my expectation, before the matches, of course, be so focused and be trying to build our structure strong and try to feel comfortable and try to respect them.

“And everything will happen tomorrow, still 90 minutes to play at home, and of course, with our supporters, will be a second leg important for us how we can respond as well.