Watch Basel vs Aston Villa as Unai Emery's side push for a top eight spot in the Europa League today, with all the details on live streams and TV coverage right here in this guide.
• Date: Thursday, 11 December 2025
• Kick-off time: 8:00pm BST / 3:00pm ET
• Venue: St Jakob-Park, Basel
• TV & Streaming: TNT Sports / Discovery+ (UK), Paramount+ (USA), Stan Sport (Australia)
• Free stream: Play RSI, Play SRF, Play RTS (Switzerland), Sporza (Belgium)
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Only top eight go directly through to the knockouts, with the next 16 teams going into the playoffs, and the bottom 12 dumped out. Basel are currently on the precipice in 24th, so they badly need a result.
Villa are among the favourites for the Europa League title and here their boss Unai Emery, who has won the competition four times as a manager, returns to St Jakob-Park, the scene of the third of those titles with Sevilla in 2016.
It should be a great game, and FourFourTwo has all the information you need to watch Basel vs Aston Villa online, on TV, and from anywhere.
Can I watch Basel vs Aston Villa for free?
You can watch Basel vs Aston Villa for free in some countries, including Basel's homeland of Switzerland, where the public broadcasters are showing the game.
These vary on language, so it's SRF for German speakers, RTS for French speakers and RSI for Italian speakers. The game is on channel 2 on TV for all of these broadcasters, with free live streaming of Basel vs Villa available on each of their respective websites: Play SRF, Play RTS, Play RSI. Coverage is geo-restricted to Switzerland.
Over in Belgium, Sporza has free coverage of Villa vs Basel on VRT Canvas on TV and the Sporza website online. Coverage is geo-restricted to Belgium.
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How to watch Basel vs Aston Villa in the UK?
Fans in the UK can watch Basel vs Aston Villa on TNT Sports 1 and the Discovery+ streaming platform.
Watch Basel vs Aston Villa in the US
Basel vs Aston Villa is available for streaming in the United States on Paramount+.
How to watch Basel vs Aston Villa in Australia
Football fans in Australia can watch Basel vs Aston Villa live through Stan Sport.
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