Aston Villa vs Lille Prediction & Betting Tips (11 April)

After a complicated start, Aston Villa were finally able to raise their level during the group stage of the Conference League to finish at the top of their group ahead of Legia Warsaw, AZ Alkmaar and Zrinjski Mostar. The English were therefore able to avoid the play-offs and went directly to the 1/8 finals where they easily dismissed Ajax Amsterdam by winning largely in front of their home crowd 4-0 after the first leg drew 0-0 . Very nice surprise of the season in the Premier League, the Birmingham club is now 5th and has, with 1 game more, the same number of points as 4th Tottenham. For their return after the break, the Villans did the job against Wolverhampton Wolves 2-0 before conceding the 3 points quite logically against Manchester City at the Etihad defeat 4-1. Last weekend, they failed to bounce back and were held to a draw at home by Brentford 3-3 after suffering a huge gap in conceding 3 goals in 9 minutes. Just like their opponent of the day, LOSC quite easily finished at the top of its Conference League group by beating Slovan Bratislava, Olimpija Ljubljana and Klaksvik without losing a single match and it was therefore able to spare itself a passage through the dams to join directly the 1/8th finals.

Lille then overcame the Austrians from Sturm Graz by doing the job in the first leg 0-3 before calmly managing the return 1-1. In Ligue 1, the Mastiffs are in the running to try to finish on the podium in 4th place. Hanging against Brest 1-1 before the international break, Paulo Fonseca's men subsequently got the better of Lens in the Northern derby, winning 2-1 before dominating OM last Friday at the end of a rather controlled encounter. 3-1.

The Villans will approach this meeting without the long-term injured former Marseillais Boubacar Kamara, Tyrone Mings and Emiliano Buendia whose seasons have already ended. Also note the injury to Polish international Matty Cash and the uncertainty surrounding the participation of interesting winger Ramsey. Starting last weekend, the essential Watkins (18 goals and 10 assists in PL, 3 goals in C4) stood out with a double. It should logically start this Thursday. Suspended during the previous round, the defender who has just returned from injury Konsa and Zaniolo will this time be authorized to play. Unaï Emery has no shortage of assets in his game with the interesting McGinn (6 goals, 3 assists in PL, 2 goals, 2 assists in C4), the French international Moussa Diaby (5 goals, 7 goals in the league, 2 goals in C4), Bailey (8 goals, 8 assists in the league, 4 goals, 2 assists in C4), and Douglas Luiz (9 goals, 5 assists in the league, 1 goal, 4 assists in C4).For their part , the Mastiffs will cross the Channel without defender Samuel Umtiti, new recruit Andrej Ilic, and the little used Fernandes.

In addition, former Manchester United player Angel Gomes (6 assists in L1) is not guaranteed to be able to apply. The young Dago (3 matches in L1) was not included among the players authorized to play C4. The headliner of the northern offensive sector obviously remains the Canadian Jonathan David who has already scored 4 times in this Conference League. He is also very effective in Ligue 1 with 16 goals (2nd top scorer in the championship, quite far behind Mbappé). Right winger Edon Zhegrova (5 pawns, 5 assists in L1) could also start while the Italian Mannone is preferred to Chevalier in the cages in this Europa Conference League.