Aston Villa secured a crucial 1-0 victory over Lille in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie, with Ollie Watkins scoring the lone goal. The English club takes a narrow lead into the second leg.

In an all-Italian matchup, Bologna and AS Roma played to a 1-1 draw. Jonathan Rowe set up Federico Bernardeschi for Bologna's opener, while Lorenzo Pellegrini equalized for Roma. Donyell Malen was instrumental in Roma's late push.

Elsewhere, Porto defeated VfB Stuttgart 2-1, and Panathinaikos secured a late win against Real Betis despite playing with 10 men.