The Knockout draw of the 2025-2026 UEFA Europa League pitches Bologna vs. Aston Villa on 2026-04-09 (kick-off 20:00 GMT).
In the last 2 clashes, head-to-head was 2-0 in favor of Unai Emery, with no draws against V. Italiano.
Bologna are missing 9 players: K. Bonifazi (Inactive), L. De Silvestri (Inactive), B. Dominguez (Hip Injury), E. Fauske Helland (Inactive), L. Skorupski (Muscle Injury), M. Vitik (Yellow Cards), T. Dallinga (Injury), C. Lykogiannis (Thigh Injury), J. Odgaard (Thigh Injury) whereas Aston Villa are missing 4 players: Alysson (Inactive), B. Kamara (Knee Injury), B. Madjo (Inactive), J. Sancho (Injury).
We're predicting Bologna to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-3-3, and Aston Villa are expected to line up in 4-2-3-1.
Conflicting outcomes: Bologna triumphed 2-1 over Cremonese, while Aston Villa went down 1-2 to Elche.
Bologna (3-1-1) and Aston Villa (3-0-2) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
Aston Villa lead this rivalry - 2 wins from 2 matches versus Bologna (who've won just 0 games), alongside 0 draws.
With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (2-4-0 vs 4-0-1) and scoring roughly 1.50-2.00 goals, a 1-1 draw seems on the cards.
Bologna is going head to head with Aston Villa on 9/4/2026 19:00 GMT for the Eurocups UEFA Europa League. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Bologna v Aston Villa H2H statistics!