Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest reach Europa League quarter-finals
Crystal Palace into Conference League last eight
Report: Aston Villa 2-0 Lille (3-0 agg)
Report: Midtjylland 1-2 Nottingham Forest (agg 2-2, 0-3 on penalties)
Report: AEK Larnaca 1-2 Crystal Palace (agg 1-2)
Aston Villa 0-0 Lille (agg 1-0)
Dion Dublin
Former Aston Villa striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at Villa Park
I'm looking for Morgan Rogers to have more of an effect on this game. He's been a bit loose. I want him to dictate how Villa play in the final third.
FT: Midtjylland 1-2 Nottingham Forest (agg 2-2, 0-3 on pens)
Forest players head over to celebrate with their travelling fans. Brilliant scenes.
A sad way for it to end for Midtjylland but Forest will take huge confidence from that going into another huge match in the Premier League as they take on Tottenham in a battle at the bottom of the table.
Aston Villa 0-0 Lille (agg 1-0)
Only two out of the six English sides in the Champions League advanced this week, but it is two out of two so far today in European competition, with Nottingham Forest advancing in the Europa League and Crystal Palace into the Conference League quarter-finals.
Can Aston Villa join Forest in the next phase of this competition? If Villa do and then both English sides get through their quarter-final ties, then it would be a two-legged Midlands semi-final between the two English teams.
FT: Midtjylland 1-2 Nottingham Forest (agg 2-2, 0-3 on pens)
Joe Hart
Former England goalkeeper on TNT Sports
Forest have been excellent tonight, absolutely brilliant. It's been an epic battle over two legs. They stepped up at the crucial moment with three excellent spot kicks.
Image source, Getty ImagesFT: Midtjylland 1-2 Nottingham Forest (agg 2-2, 0-3 on pens)
Three penalties scored, three missed.
What a battle but it's Forest who progress to the last eight!
Aston Villa 0-0 Lille (agg 1-0)
Villa don't want to see Morgan Rogers limping around as he has been one of their best players all season. He takes a knee in the lower back, but is OK to carry on for now.
Edward Chilufya
He slips and skies his effort!
Forest are through!
Image source, Getty ImagesNeco Williams
The Welshman thunders his penalty into the top corner with ease to put Forest on the brink of a place in the quarter-final!
Penalty shootout - Midtjylland 0-2 Nottingham Forest
Oh my goodness. Two have hit the woodwork!
Neco Williams steps up next.
Aral Simsir
Midtjylland strike the post again!
Ibrahim Sangare
His effort is too high for Elias Olafsson to keep out!
Cho Gue-Sung
He smashes his effort against the post!
Morgan Gibbs-White
The midfielder just about squeezes his effort past Elias Olafsson!
Aston Villa 0-0 Lille (agg 1-0)
Good goalkeeping from Lille's Berke Ozer as he gets there ahead of Morgan Rogers after Jadon Sancho had slid a tempting ball through the away defence.
Midtjylland 1-2 Nottingham Forest (agg 2-2)
Joe Hart
Former England goalkeeper on TNT Sports
Show time. That's your mindset. This is your moment. Both goalkeepers have been excellent tonight. They have their side's European adventures at stake.
AEK Larnaca 1-2 Crystal Palace (agg 1-2)
Palace hold on against the nine men of Larnaca to set up a quarter‑final tie against Fiorentina next month.
FT: Midtjylland 1-2 Nottingham Forest (agg 2-2)
Penalties will be taken at the opposite end to the Forest fans but the visitors will go first and it looks like Morgan Gibbs-White will be the first man to step up to the spot.
Aston Villa 0-0 Lille (agg 1-0)
Dion Dublin
Former Aston Villa striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at Villa Park
Villa are doing their best to pick up the pace, they have been slow. There's been a lack of communication between players. I want to see more.
AEK Larnaca 1-2 Crystal Palace (agg 1-2)
What a frantic couple of moments!
Larnaca are awarded a free‑kick and the goalkeeper goes up. Palace clear the free‑kick and break at pace, only for Ismaila Sarr to hit the post with the goal gapping.
Aston Villa 0-0 Lille (agg 1-0)
Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter at Villa Park
It's been quite a flat opening 20 minutes at Villa Park. Villa are comfortable and Lille are yet to threaten but while the hosts only have a one-goal lead the anxiety will remain.
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Aston Villa’s only previous time hosting Lille in major European competition came in the 2023-24 UEFA Conference League, winning 2-1 in the first leg of a quarter-final tie; the Villans lost 2-1 in the second leg but did eventually progress on penalties.
Lille have never won on nine previous visits to England in major European competition (D1 L8), losing their last seven in a row since a 0-0 draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford in the 2005-06 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Aston Villa have won each of their last six UEFA Europa League games and the only English team to put together a longer winning streak in the competition are Chelsea between April 2013 and November 2018, an eight-match run which encompassed the 2012-13 final.
Lille have lost six games in the UEFA Europa League this season, their outright most defeats in a major European campaign – they have also lost three of their last four away matches, but did beat Crvena Zvezda 2-0 in the previous round.
Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins will be looking to score in back-to-back major European appearances for the first time since April 2024, when the second goal came against Lille in the UEFA Conference League; four of the Englishman’s last five goals in Europe have come in the knockout stages, with Lille one of two sides he has netted more than once against (also AZ).
