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Lille vs Aston Villa Prediction & Betting tips
Thursday evening from 17:45, the 4th direct confrontation between Lille and Aston Villa will be played. The match is the return of the Europa League quarter-finals, after the round match was played a week ago and Aston Villa won 2-1. The previous two confrontations took place in the Intertoto Cup, a competition abolished in the meantime, and then in the double confrontation that took place in the semi-finals, the round match ended in a tie, score 1-1, and the return match was won by Aston Villa with 2-0. The team that qualifies further will face the winner of Olympiakos and Fenerbahce in the semi-finals.
Lille:
Lille scored an important goal in the round match in the 84th minute and hopes to return the qualification on home ground. Lille’s advantage is that they had a whole week to prepare for this match, as there were no Ligue 1 matches at the weekend. In the previous match in Ligue 1, Lille recorded an important victory at home, score 3 -1 against those from Marseille. Lille is in 4th place in Ligue 1, but hopes to qualify directly for the UEFA Champions League groups, if it takes 2nd or 3rd place. In the next match, Lille will play at home against Strasbourg.
Aston Villa:
On the other hand, Aston Villa is on a roll at the moment, achieving an important away victory over the weekend, where they beat Arsenal 2-0 and dethroned them from 1st place, in favor of Manchester City. This victory was very important for Aston Villa, because they are in 4th place in the Premier League standings and hope to qualify directly for the UEFA Champions League groups next season. Aston Villa wants to perform in Europe and the first step is to qualify for the semi-finals. In the next match, Aston Villa will play at home against Bournemouth.
Lille vs Aston Villa head to head matches
11.04.24 ECL Aston Villa vs Lille 2:1
07.08.02 IC Aston Villa vs Lille 0:2
31.07.02 IC Lille vs Aston Villa 1:1
* Our advice is: BTS / YES
* Selection odd for this bet is: 1.65
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