Sunday , 16 August 2026

FC Basel 1893 vs Aston Villa FC, Europe 2025-26 LEAGUE STAGE

UEFA Europa League · 2025-26
FC Basel 1893
1 – 2
Full Time
Aston Villa FC
Thu 11 Dec 2025 · 20:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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FC Basel 1893 vs Aston Villa FC — Europe .

Match Details

  • Referee Halil Meler (Turkey)
9 games this season 🟨 2.0/game ⚽ 7.8 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21
2 Aston Villa FC 8 21
3 FC Midtjylland 8 19
4 Real Betis Balompié 8 17
5 FC Porto 8 17
6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17
7 SC Freiburg 8 17
8 AS Roma 8 16
9 KRC Genk 8 16
10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15
11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15
12 Ferencvárosi TC 8 15
13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14
14 FC Viktoria Plzeň 8 14
15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14
16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13
17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12
18 Lille OSC 8 12
19 Fenerbahçe SK 8 12
20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12
21 Celtic FC 8 11
22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10
23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10
24 SK Brann 8 9
25 BSC Young Boys 8 9
26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7
27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7
28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7
29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6
30 FC Basel 1893 8 6
31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6
32 Rangers FC 8 4
33 OGC Nice 8 3
34 FC Utrecht 8 1
35 Malmo FF 8 1
36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1

Head-to-Head

1
FC Basel 1893 1 games · Avg 3.0 goals Aston Villa FC
Last 5 meetings
2025-12-11 FC Basel 1893 1–2 Aston Villa FC

Recent Form

FC Basel 1893
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
11 Dec Aston Villa FC H 1–2 L
27 Nov KRC Genk A 1–2 L
06 Nov FCSB Bukarest H 3–1 W
23 Oct Olympique Lyonnais A 0–2 L
02 Oct VfB Stuttgart H 2–0 W
24 Sep SC Freiburg A 1–2 L
Aston Villa FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
11 Dec FC Basel 1893 A 2–1 W
06 Dec Arsenal FC H 2–1 W
03 Dec Brighton & Hove Albion FC A 4–3 W
30 Nov Wolverhampton Wanderers FC H 1–0 W
27 Nov BSC Young Boys H 2–1 W
23 Nov Leeds United FC A 2–1 W

Season Stats

FC Basel 1893 Aston Villa FC
#30 Position #2
6 Points 21
8 Played 8
2 / 0 / 6 W / D / L 7 / 0 / 1
9 Scored 14
13 Conceded 6
-4 GD +8
0.75 PPG 2.63
25% Win % 88%

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
13% Clean Sheets
FC Basel 1893 this season
60% Clean Sheets
Aston Villa FC this season

FC Basel 1893 are 30th (6 pts). Aston Villa FC are 2nd (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Aston Villa FC
0-15
–/–
16-30
2/–
31-45
5/–
46-60
3/–
61-75
–/1
76+
4/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Aston Villa FC
Ollie Watkins 5 G 2 A
John McGinn 5 G 1 A
Emiliano Buendia 4 G 5 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against FC Basel 1893 and Aston Villa FC has kicked off!
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-2 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

FC Basel 1893 Lineups

Aston Villa FC Lineups

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.13 FC Basel 1893 xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.04 Aston Villa FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 60% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Basel 189323% Draw24% Aston Villa FC53%
Actual: Aston Villa FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes59% 0% No41%
Avg goals/match: 3.17
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 82%
18%
± 2.5 60%
40%
± 3.5 39%
61%
± 4.5 22%
78%

Double Chance

FC Basel 1893 or Draw
47%
Draw or Aston Villa FC
77%
FC Basel 1893 or Aston Villa FC
76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Basel 189317% Draw42% Aston Villa FC41%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.5%
1 – 2
Actual
0 – 2
8.7%
0 – 1
8%
1 – 3
6.4%
0 – 0
5.8%
0 – 3
5.7%
2 – 2
5.4%
2 – 1
5.3%
1 – 0
4%
2 – 3
3.7%
1 – 4
3.3%

Asian Handicap — FC Basel 1893

Handicap FC Basel 1893 covers Push Aston Villa FC covers
-2.5 2% — 98%
-2 2% 5% 92%
-1.5 8% — 92%
-1 8% 12% 80%
-0.5 20% — 80%
+0.5 43% — 57%
+1 43% 22% 35%
+1.5 65% — 35%
+2 65% 17% 17%
+2.5 83% — 17%

Clean Sheet

FC Basel 1893 keeps clean sheet
14% ✓
Aston Villa FC keeps clean sheet
33% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.