Villa are preparing to take on Freiburg in the Europa League final - with thousands of Villa fans heading out to Turkey for the game.
They may only have had an allocation of just over 11,000 tickets - but that hasn’t stopped tens of thousands of fans making their way to Istanbul.
The atmosphere has been building for days and here is a selection of some of the best pictures.
5. Aston Villa fans ahead of the final in Istanbul Photo by BERK OZKAN / AFP via Getty Images)
Aston Villa fans ahead of the final in Istanbul | AFP via Getty Images
6. Aston Villa fans ahead of the final in Istanbul (Photo by BERK OZKAN / AFP via Getty Images)
Aston Villa fans ahead of the final in Istanbul | AFP via Getty Images
7. Aston Villa fans ahead of the final in Istanbul . (Photo by BERK OZKAN / AFP via Getty Images)
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8. Aston Villa fans ahead of the final in Istanbul (Photo by BERK OZKAN / AFP via Getty Images)
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