Aston Villa’s bid to finish in the Premier League’s top four was rocked by a 1-0 defeat at Brighton, while Chelsea thrashed West Ham 5-0 to keep alive their hopes of European qualification on Sunday. A Villa win combined with a Tottenham loss at Liverpool in Sunday’s late game would have sealed a Champions League […]
El Kaabi Hits Hat-trick As Olympiakos Shock Aston Villa, Fiorentina Edge Club Brugge
Ayoub El Kaabi scored a hat-trick as Olympiakos stunned Aston Villa 4-2 on Thursday to close in on the final of the Europa Conference League on home soil in Athens later this month. Despite being in their first European semi-final for 42 years, Villa were favourites to lift the trophy, thanks in large part to […]
Aston Villa vs Olympiacos prediction, betting odds, picks for Europa Conference League semifinal first leg
Aston Villa couldn’t have dreamed that as May begins, they would be fighting for a top four place in the league table, alongside contesting a two-legged European semifinal. Yet that’s where they stand as they host Olympiacos at Villa Park on Thursday. Hoping to fend off Tottenham for the final Champions League place domestically, Villa […]
Unai Emery's Transformation Allows Aston Villa To Dream In Europe Again
Aston Villa head into a first European semi-final for 42 years against Olympiakos on Thursday but have the experience of a proven winner at this stage of continental competition in manager Unai Emery. The Spaniard is a four-time Europa League champion from his spells at Sevilla and Villarreal and is now targeting a first Europa […]
Emiliano Martinez Penalty Heroics Take Aston Villa To Conference League Semi-Finals
Emiliano Martinez starred in a drama-filled penalty shootout as Aston Villa squeezed past Lille and into the Europa Conference League semi-finals on Thursday following a late Matty Cash goal in normal time. Villa led 2-1 from last week’s first leg but their quest for a first European trophy since 1982 looked doomed when goals from […]