Lille will play Aston Villa in the Europa Conference League quarter-final. The French club is fourth in Ligue 1, while Aston Villa is 5th in the Premier League.
The match will take place in Birmingham on April 11, 2024. Lille has not lost a match since February 25, and Aston Villa has lost two matches in a row. The English club is one of the favorites for a final victory in the competition. It will be a reunion for Lille defender Lucas Digne, who played for Losc before joining Paris Saint-Germain. The Villans are coached by Unai Emery, who has won the Europa League 3 times in arow (2014-2015-2016) Lille is coached by Paulo Fonseca, who was in charge of Marseille between 2011 and 2013. The club was founded in 1874, and is currently in fourth place in the French league. It is the first time Lille will have reached the quarter-finals of a European competition.