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Freiburg vs Aston Villa Europa League Final Predictions - Villa to clinch Europa League trophy

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 19 May 2026

Simon Lewis 19 May 2026

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Freiburg meet Aston Villa in the Europa League Final on 20 May 2026.
Aston Villa have won 18 and drawn 8 of their Premier League matches this season.
Can Aston Villa win their first trophy since the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2001?

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John McGinn scores against Notts Forest (Getty Images).

Freiburg vs Aston Villa Predictions

Aston Villa are favourites after a successful season that has seen them secure a Champions League spot for next season along with all-but-securing fourth place in the Premier League, with a goal difference of plus-6.

Freiburg vs Aston Villa Predictions
Head-to-Head
Freiburg Form
Aston Villa Form
Freiburg vs Aston Villa Team News & Squads

Freiburg are seventh in the Bundesliga with a minus-6 goal difference and have not qualified for next season’s Europa League but are up for the qualification rounds for the Europa Conference.

Freiburg have lost four of their last seven matches in all competitions.
Freiburg have kept just two clean sheets in 15 matches, failing to score twice.
Freiburg’s leading goalscorer is Igor Matanovic, who has scored 11 goals this season, including three in his last two matches.
Aston Villa have kept five clean sheets in their last 15 matches.
Aston Villa have scored four goals in four of their last eight matches.
Aston Villa’s leading goalscorer is Ollie Watkins, with 14 goals this season, including four in his last three matches.

Head-to-Head

Freiburg have never met Aston Villa before in any form of competition.

Freiburg Form

Freiburg enjoyed six wins in seven matches before losing three on the trot at the end of April.

Freiburg have scored 30 goals in 13 of their last 14 matches, with just one goalless match when they lost 4-0 away to Dortmund, who finished 2nd in the Bundesliga this season with a goal difference of plus-36.

Freiburg’s route to the final included a 6-1 aggregate win over Celta Vigo in the quarter-final, followed by scraping through 5-4 against Braga in the semi-final.

Aston Villa Form

Aston Villa suffered a three-match losing streak at the end of April, but it was part of a 10-match run of five wins and two draws that saw them secure Champions League football for next season as well as a spot in the Europa League final.

Villa have scored 10 goals in their last three matches, which included two wins and a draw. They have netted 30 times in their last 15 matches.

Villa’s route to the final saw them beat Bologna 7-1 on aggregate in the quarter-final, before going on to beat Premier League rival Notts Forest 4-1 on aggregate in their semi-final clash.

Freiburg vs Aston Villa Team News & Squads

Freiburg coach Julian Schuster has led his side to their first major Cup final in just his second season in charge of the club.

"I see pressure as something positive because it challenges and motivates me to take on challenges directly and to do everything necessary to successfully complete a task," said Schuster in a pre-match press conference.

"I think that, when you looked at people's faces and saw the glint in their eyes, you could feel what it meant to everybody. It was even noticeable throughout the week before. That sense of anticipation is particularly special and obviously very important. Even then, plenty of people said that they had already booked for Istanbul.

"The sense of support and solidarity in the city is now even stronger than it already was. It's great. That's the power of football: that it can captivate so many people and bring them together. It's a really nice feeling and one we're enjoying at the moment," added Schuster.

Aston Villa are chasing a first major European title in 44 years and will come into the final on the back of a superb 4-2 win over Liverpool on the weekend to secure their place in the Champions League next season.

"I have my own experiences before in this competition and different momentum as well, but it is completely different. In football, everything you have done before, though it may be fantastic, it's done. Now it is a new chapter and I want to write a new chapter here," said Villa manager Unai Emery.

“When you are not able to compete in the Champions League to fight for the title, the Europa League gives you another stage. And you have to want that competition, you have to feel it. I learned that at Sevilla. And how I pass that on to the players is very important.

“It always gives you recognition, and it also gives you a global televised platform because when you play in Europe, reaching the quarter-finals, semi-finals or the final, you are seen all over the world. It is football which can be followed everywhere on television and reaches audiences through UEFA, and gives you a stage,” added Emery.

Freiburg (possible XI): Atubolu; Kubler, Ginter, Lienhart, Treu; Eggestein, Hofler; Beste, Manzambi, Grifo; Matanovic.

Aston Villa (possible XI): Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Lindelof, Tielemans; McGinn, Rogers, Buendia; Watkins.

Verdict

Freiburg v Aston Villa

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