That is 9pm for those following along in Amsterdam, and around the Netherlands. Hello and welcome to The Athletic's live coverage of Aston Villa vs Ajax in the Europa Conference League.

Aston Villa will welcome Ajax to Villa Park in the second leg of the UEFA Europa Conference League round of 16 on Thursday. The teams met in Amsterdam last week, which ended in a goalless draw ...

On Sunday afternoon, Aston Villa suffered ... season for Ajax up to now. It began in catastrophic fashion, as a return of two wins in their first 10 games left the Amsterdam outfit bottom of ...

You could say that was an old school European away performance from Aston Villa against Ajax at the Johan Cruyff ... Leon Bailey started on the bench in Amsterdam and they will almost certainly ...

AFC Ajax Amsterdam and Aston Villa will trade tackles in the first leg of their UEFA Europa Conference League round-of-16 tie on Thursday. The home side are coming off a routine 2-0 win over ...