Aston Villa make the trip to Switzerland to take on Basel at St. Jakob-Park on matchday six of the Europa League. These clubs met in the 2001 Uefa Intertoto Cup, with Aston Villa winning 5-2 on aggregate to qualify for the Uefa Cup. Aston Villa have not suffered defeat since losing 2-0 at Liverpool at the start of November, winning their last seven games on the trot in all competitions and 13 of their last 15. That includes beating Premier League leaders Arsenal 2-1 at Villa Park last weekend, meaning they sit third just three points off Arsenal. Unai Emery’s side have won four of their first five Europa League matches this season, with their only defeat coming away at Go Ahead Eagles. They are third on 12 points in the big table, level on points with Lyon and Midtjylland above them. “We are in December and of course there are still a lot of matches to play in different competitions,” Emery said. “We have a lot of things to improve, but [from] how we …