Overview

• Emi Buendía broke the deadlock on 61 minutes and John McGinn added a late second to seal Villa’s victory in Rotterdam.
• Emiliano Martínez was withdrawn minutes before kick-off with a calf issue, with Marco Bizot stepping in and making several key saves to preserve the clean sheet.
• Referee Rade Obrenovic upheld a yellow card for Anel Ahmedhodzic after a VAR review of a last-man foul on Ollie Watkins and later ruled out an Ayase Ueda header for a foul on Matty Cash.
• Unai Emery made four changes from the Fulham win, including Pau Torres starting with Tyrone Mings unavailable, as Villa logged a third successive victory across competitions.
• The result gives Villa a 100% record two games into the Europa League league phase against a Feyenoord side that entered the match leading the Eredivisie.