"It was an end-to-end start that saw Matty Cash and Dominik Schmid both go close, but Guessand made the breakthrough after 12 minutes as he scored on the spin in a crowded box after Xherdan Shaqiri failed to clear a corner. Leo Leroy saw a goal ruled out for offside shortly before the half-hour mark, but Shaqiri atoned for his earlier error when his cross from a free-kick was guided past a helpless Marco Bizot by Daniliuc."
"Emery replaced Cash with Tielemans for the second half, and his decision paid dividends after just seven minutes as Tielemans curled the ball in the bottom-right corner with ease to give Villa the lead. Guessand and Jadon Sancho both went close to adding a third for the Premier League outfit, while Metinho fired over the bar at the other end, as Villa held on for all three points and their eighth consecutive victory in all competitions."
"It was a tight contest at St. Jakob-Park, with Basel producing 0.83 expected goals (xG) from 11 attempts to Villa's 0.42 from seven shots, but Tielemans managed to separate the sides in Switzerland. Along with his goal, the Belgium captain created one chance, completed 24 of his 26 passes (92.3%), and won 100% of his duels in midfield (four) to help Villa get over the line."
Aston Villa beat Basel 2-1 in the Europa League after Youri Tielemans came on at half-time and scored the winner seven minutes into the second half. Evann Guessand opened the scoring from a crowded box after a corner, and Flavius Daniliuc equalised from Xherdan Shaqiri’s free-kick cross before half-time. Tielemans replaced Matty Cash and curled the decisive finish into the bottom-right corner. Villa held on despite Basel generating higher expected goals (0.83 to Villa’s 0.42), secured their eighth consecutive victory in all competitions, and ended Basel’s long unbeaten home run in the competition.
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