Aston Villa are handed a French test in Europa Conference quarter-finals

Unai Emery’s men will host the French club in the first leg on Thursday, April 11, before travelling across the channel for the second leg on April 18.

The winners of the tie will then host either Fenerbahce or Olympiacos in the first leg of a semi-final on May 2, with the return leg away on May 9.

Lille currently sit fourth in the French First Division, reaching the last-eight of the Conference League with a comfortable 4-1 win over Austrian club Sturm Graz. It will be the second time they have faced Villa in European competition, with Lille winning 3-1 on aggregate in a 2002 Intertoto Cup.

Villa remain favourites with bookmakers to win the Conference League after beating Ajax 4-0 on aggregate in the last-16.