Villa Park plays host to Young Boys on Thursday evening. It’s been a strong start to the Europa League campaign for Villa; they currently sit in 6th place after securing nine points from their first four games.

It’s been a mixed start to the Europa League for Young Boys; they’ve acquired six points after four games, winning twice and being defeated twice.

Qualification for the next round of the competition is well within sight for the visitors.

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📈 Aston Villa v Young Boys Form & Stats

After a dreadful start to the season, which saw Villa winless in their first five Premier League games, while scoring just the one goal, things have turned around drastically. Since those opening five games, Villa have picked up 18 points from an available 21 points. They currently occupy 4th spot in the league, with a quest for Champions League football once again looking a possibility.

Those Premier League performances have generally been backed up by their Europa League form. Despite a minor blip against Go Ahead Eagles, Villa won all three of their other games, keeping three clean sheets in the process.

It’s been a solid start to the season for Young Boys domestically, picking up 25 points from fourteen games and sitting 2nd. However, league leaders FC Thun currently sit 6 points ahead of them; there’s certainly ground to make up in the title charge. The visitors should be confident coming into this encounter, having picked up a 5-0 win and a 4-1 win in their two most recent games.

However, a sobering 4-0 defeat to PAOK in their most recent Europa League game was a reality check; their cause wasn’t helped by a 6th-minute red card, which handed the opposition all the impetus and momentum. The visitors are an effective side going forward, but also leaky at the back; their eighteen matches across the Swiss Super League and Europa League have featured a hefty 68 goals, working out at 3.78 goals per match.

📔 Aston Villa v Young Boys Formation & Team News

Unai Emery has generally favoured a 4-2-3-1 formation over his Aston Villa tenure. The attacking personnel are very interchangeable, and he often rotates in attacking positions between domestic and European football. The return of Youri Tielemans has boosted Aston Villa in the centre of the park; he got 84 minutes at the weekend. However, as a means of not overdoing his workload, he may miss out here. There will likely be heavy rotation from the weekend game, especially given Aston Villa’s position in the Europa League so far.

Aston Villa are in a good position regarding injuries. Tyrone Mings is the only long-term absentee, while Andres Garcia and Amadou Onana are injury question marks ahead of this one.

Young Boys are managed by Gerardo Seoane, the manager returning for his second spell at the club after managing them from 2018 to 2021. Young Boys have adopted a 4-2-3-1 since the new manager has been in charge. Seoane employs a direct style of play, looking to feed the ball to attacking players quickly. There’s also an emphasis on pressing high up the pitch to force turnovers in dangerous positions of the pitch.

Young Boys currently have Facinet Conte and Edmilson Fernandes out injured, while Ebrima Colley and Joel Monteiro are injury question marks heading into the game. Armin Gigovic is suspended after picking up a red card against PAOK.

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