Match Report
15 points separated the sides: Aston Villa 2nd on 21, Basel 30th on 6. Per game in the league, Basel were scoring 1.13 and conceding 1.63, Aston Villa 1.75 and 0.75, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
Aston Villa came in having won seven on the spin, having scored in 7 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Basel held 5 points of 15 and Aston Villa 15.
The venue was St. Jakob-Park, with room for 37,994 spectators. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Basel: Flavius Daniliuc (34') · Aston Villa: Evann Guessand (12'), Youri Tielemans (53')
Key stats
Possession: Basel 43% · Aston Villa 57% · Total shots: 11-7 · On target: 4-4 · Corners: 2-4