Aston Villa secured their place in the Europa League round of 16 after defeating Fenerbahce 1-0 in their seventh league match at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul on Thursday.
In this match, Aston Villa's victory over Fenerbahce came thanks to a goal from Jadon Sancho in the 25th minute, according to UEFA records.
Thanks to this victory, Aston Villa is in third place in the Europa League standings with 18 points from seven matches, ensuring qualification for the last 16 with one match remaining.
On the other hand, the defeat left Fenerbahce stuck in 16th place in the Europa League standings with 11 points from seven matches.
Fenerbahce still has a chance to qualify automatically for the Europa League last 16 if they can win their eighth match, while hoping that their other competitors fail to get full points.
Villa took the initiative to attack first in this match and were able to take the lead in the 25th minute through a goal from Jadon Sancho after receiving a pass from Matty Cash, making the score 1-0.
Sancho had another chance to give Villa an extra lead, but his shot was blocked by the Fenerbahce defense.
Entering the second half, Fenerbache had a chance to equalize through Talisca's shot, but it was thwarted by Villa goalkeeper Marco Bizot.
Matty Cash had a chance to extend Villa's lead, but his shot hit the Fenerbahce post.
Villa managed to break through Fenerbahce's goal through an own goal from Ismail Yuksek, but the goal was disallowed by the referee due to an offside by The Villas player.
Yukses had a chance for Fenerbahce to equalize, but his shot was saved by Bizot.
Fenerbahce finally managed to break through Villa's goal through Karem Akturkoglu's shot, but the referee disallowed it after a VAR review.
In the remaining time, Fenerbahce continued to try to at least equalize, but until the match ended, the score remained 1-0 for Aston Villa's victory.
