Aston Villa vs Young Boys · Europa League
Aston Villa
5-0-1
2 – 1
FT
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Young Boys
3-0-3
Villa Park · Birmingham · England
One goal separated them as Aston Villa beat Young Boys 2-1 at Villa Park (crowd 32,158); Aston Villa have now won 4 straight. Donyell Malen scored the winner at the 27-minute mark and Donyell Malen added to the lead after 42 minutes; Joel Monteiro reduced the gap for Young Boys late on, at 90 minutes. Aston Villa kept 60% of possession and took 19 shots to Young Boys's 6. Aston Villa hit the target 8 times from 19 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Europa League UEFA
- Campaign
- 2025-26 UEFA Europa League, League Phase
- Ground
- Villa Park · Birmingham · England
- Crowd
- 32,158
- Referee
- Georgi Kabakov
- Aston Villa form
- DWWWD
- Young Boys form
- LLWLL
On TV
Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.
- USParamount+Streaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Villa | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Young Boys | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Side by side
11Fouls12
2Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
1Offsides6
7Corner Kicks0
0Saves6
60.4%Possession39.6%
19Shots6
8On Goal1
40%On Target %20%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
509Accurate Passes315
569Passes376
90%Pass Completion %80%
4Accurate Crosses1
14Crosses4
30%Cross %30%
27Long Balls28
15Accurate Long Balls8
60%Long Balls %30%
6Blocked Shots4
10Effective Tackles11
16Tackles15
60%Tackle %70%
12Interceptions21
5Effective Clearances16
5Clearances16
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
🟨Ian Maatsen
90'+7'
90'2 - 1
⚽Joel MonteiroAssist: Gregory Wüthrich
82'
🔁Gregory Wüthrichreplacing Tanguy Zoukrou
🔁Boubacar Kamarareplacing Amadou Onana
79'
70'
🔁Chris Bediareplacing Sergio Córdova
70'
🔁Joel Monteiroreplacing Christian Fassnacht
63'
🔁Alvyn Sanchesreplacing Rayan Raveloson
62'
🔁Alan Virginiusreplacing Darian Males
🟨Amadou Onana
61'
🔁Ezri Konsareplacing Pau Torres
60'
🔁Ollie Watkinsreplacing Youri Tielemans
60'
🔁Ross Barkleyreplacing Donyell Malen
60'
🔁Emiliano Buendíareplacing Morgan Rogers
60'
48'
🟨Sandro Lauper
Half-time · 2-0
⚽Donyell MalenAssist: Morgan Rogers
42'2 - 0
⚽Donyell MalenAssist: Youri Tielemans
27'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Aston Villa4-2-3-1
17⚽⚽↓Malen
19Sancho
27↓Rogers
29Guessand
8↓Tielemans
24🟨↓Onana
22🟨Maatsen
14↓Torres
26Bogarde
3Lindelöf
23Martínez
Bench
- 11Ollie Watkinson for Youri Tielemans, 60'
- 4Ezri Konsaon for Pau Torres, 60'
- 10Emiliano Buendíaon for Morgan Rogers, 60'
- 95Rhys Oakley
- 9Harvey Elliott
- 44Boubacar Kamaraon for Amadou Onana, 79'
- 6Ross Barkleyon for Donyell Malen, 60'
- 12Lucas Digne
- 7John McGinn
- 40Marco Bizot
- 16Andrés García
- 2Matty Cash
Young Boys3-4-2-1
9↓Córdova
16↓Fassnacht
39↓Males
3Hadjam
13Pech
17Janko
45↓Raveloson
23Benito
30🟨Lauper
4↓Zoukrou
1Keller
Bench
- 2Ryan Andrews
- 29Chris Bediaon for Sergio Córdova, 70'
- 66Rhodri Smith
- 5Gregory Wüthrichon for Tanguy Zoukrou, 82'
- 10Alvyn Sancheson for Rayan Raveloson, 63'
- 77Joel Monteiroon for Christian Fassnacht, 70' ⚽
- 12Heinz Lindner
- 48Janis Lüthi
- 7Alan Virginiuson for Darian Males, 62'
- 53Elio Rufener
- 25Emmanuel Tsimba
- 40Dario Marzino
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Benfica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 9 |
| 2 |  Bayer Leverkusen | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 9 |
| 3 |  AFC Bournemouth | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 9 |
| 4 |  Ferencvaros | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 9 |
| 5 |  Olympiacos | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 9 |
| 6 |  Union St.-Gilloise | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +7 | 7 |
| 7 |  Juventus | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +6 | 7 |
| 8 |  Besiktas | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +4 | 7 |
| 9 |  Sunderland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 7 |
| 10 |  AZ Alkmaar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| 11 |  Omonia Nicosia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 |
| 12 |  Lyon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 |  Stade Rennais | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 5 |
| 14 |  Real Sociedad | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 4 |
| 15 |  Crystal Palace | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
| 16 |  Sparta Prague | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| 17 |  Levski Sofia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 |  Dinamo Zagreb | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 19 |  SK Sturm Graz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 20 |  NEC Nijmegen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| 21 |  RB Salzburg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| 22 |  Anderlecht | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| 23 |  TSG Hoffenheim | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 |  AC Milan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 25 |  Celta Vigo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 26 |  OFI Crete | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 27 |  Jagiellonia Bialystok | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 28 |  Torreense | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 29 |  NK Celje | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 1 |
| 30 |  Hapoel Be'er | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 1 |
| 31 |  Lillestrom | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 1 |
| 32 |  Lech Poznan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -8 | 1 |
| 33 |  Viktoria Plzen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 34 |  Marseille | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 35 |  Celtic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| 36 |  Ararat-Armenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -9 | 0 |
Meetings
1Aston Villa wins
0Level
0Young Boys wins
Last times they met
FT
Young Boys
0–3
Aston Villa · 2024-25 UEFA Champions League
Form
Last games: Aston Villa
W1-0L2-0W2-0W4-0W2-1
Last games: Young Boys
L4-1W4-2W2-0W3-2L4-0
