Aston Villa vs Bologna Prediction, Lineups & Odds

By Peter Morris, Senior Football Analyst | Published: 8 months ago | Last Updated: Oct 23, 02:00 | 4 min read

Aston Villa FC

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Bologna FC 1909

  1. Prediction
  2. Odds
  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Lineups
  6. Injuries
  7. Squads
  8. Table

Villa Look Great Value

We’re keeping things simple by backing Aston Villa on the 1x2 market. They should get the better of Bologna and our betting prediction is available at 1.67.

Match Preview

Aston Villa won 3-1 in their previous match when facing Fulham away in the English Premier League. Unai Emery's team had five shots on goal and recorded 48% possession, with Morgan Rogers, Ollie Watkins and an Issa Diop own goal on the scoresheet for Villa at Craven Cottage.

In their most recent Champions League game, Villa beat Bayern Munich 1-0 at home.

Bologna´s last game was a 2-2 draw on the road against Genoa in the Italian Serie A. I Rossoblu boasted 62% possession and had eight shots on target, with Riccardo Orsolini and Jens Odgaard scoring the goals at Stadio Luigi Ferraris.

In their last Champions League encounter, Bologna lost 2-0 away to Liverpool.

Aston Villa – Last 10 League Games

7 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws, averaging 1.9 goals from 4.3 shots on goal and 11.1 attempts. The Villans have had 53.0% possession and 4.6 corners per game. On average, the Birmingham side have conceded 1.0 goals from 4.4 shots on goal and 10.8 attempts, while the opposition have been awarded 4.6 corners.

Top scorers are Ollie Watkins and Jhon Duran on 5 goals, while Morgan Rogers has racked up 2. Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins are top assists makers with 3, while goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez has kept 3 clean sheets.

Bologna – Last 10 League Games

Bologna have 1 win, 2 losses and 7 draws, averaging 0.9 goals from 13.7 attempts and 4.3 shots on goal. Vincenzo Italiano's men have averaged 57.8% possession, 482.7 passes and 5.8 corners per game, conceding 1.3 goals and 4.5 corners from 9.4 attempts and 3.0 shots on goal.

Santiago Castro has landed 3 goals, Riccardo Orsolini 2, with Jens Odgaard and two others scoring 1. Nikola Moro, Dan Ndoye and Remo Freuler have clocked up 1 assists, with Lukasz Skorupski keeping 3 clean sheets in the previous 10 games.

Confirmed Lineups

Aston Villa confirmed lineup (4-2-3-1): Emiliano Martinez (GK), Ezri Konsa, Diego Carlos, Pau Torres, Ian Maatsen, Amadou Onana, Youri Tielemans, Leon Bailey, Morgan Rogers, John McGinn, Jhon Duran.

Bologna confirmed lineup (4-3-3): Lukasz Skorupski (GK), Stefan Posch, Sam Beukema, Jhon Lucumi, Charalambos Lykogiannis, Kacper Urbanski, Remo Freuler, Giovanni Fabbian, Riccardo Orsolini, Thijs Dallinga, Dan Ndoye.

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Expert Champions League Analysis

We always have a keen eye on team news, while our football experts have their finger on the pulse by knowing the latest form. You will also find a compendium of stats which provide some valuable pointers ahead of the action.

Key Aston Villa vs Bologna stats:

  • Aston Villa have not lost any of their last 8 Premier League matches
  • Aston Villa have scored 2 or more goals in 6 of their past 8 Premier League matches
  • Aston Villa have won 7 of their past 10 Premier League home matches
  • Bologna have failed to win any of their last 4 Serie A matches

Aston Villa vs Bologna Prediction

Our pick is that there will be a home win in this Champions League game. You can currently get 1.67 about this happening which looks a great price.

If you’re looking for bigger odds, check out Villa on the Asian Handicap market. You can potentially back them -1 or even -1.5 if you’re expecting them to win comfortably.

Our Pick

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Aston Villa vs Bologna Odds

Bookies favourites Aston Villa are regarded as the likeliest winners for this Champions League game and the 1.67 about them triumphing means a 60% chance of winning based on their current betting odds. For those wanting to back Bologna, you will find 5.00 about this outsider.

Bet on Over 2.5 Goals or Under 2.5 Goals at similar odds right now. If you think both teams will score, then BTTS Yes could appeal. Otherwise, you can back BTTS No as an alternative.

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Team Stats

Latest Champions League and domestic league stats. Full Time Result, Goals, Corners and Possession.

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa Betting Stats

Bologna logo Bologna Betting Stats

Full time Result

  • 10 wins, 4 defeats and 6 draws in previous 20 matches
  • 7 wins, 1 defeats and 2 draws in previous 10 home matches

Full time Results

  • 5 wins, 3 defeats and 12 draws in previous 20 matches
  • 1 wins, 2 defeats and 7 draws in previous 10 away matches

Goals

Goals

Aston Villa

Bologna

Goals / match
1.6 1
Conceded / match
0.8 1.2
Total / match
2.4 2.2

Corners

Corners

Aston Villa

Bologna

For / match
4 5.4
Against / match
6.8 4.6
Total / match
10.8 10

Possession

Possession

Top Scorers & Assists

Team News

It’s good to know about any injuries and this is reflected in our Aston Villa vs Bologna team news, with this leading to predicted and confirmed lineups.

The Champions League squads highlight the star players operating for every team in the division.

Aston Villa vs Bologna Lineups

Aston Villa Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

Bologna Confirmed Lineup 4-3-3

Aston Villa Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

23 Emiliano Martinez
4 Ezri Konsa 3 Diego Carlos 14 Pau Torres 22 Ian Maatsen
24 Amadou Onana 8 Youri Tielemans
31 Leon Bailey 27 Morgan Rogers 7 John McGinn
9 Jhon Duran
1 Lukasz Skorupski
3 Stefan Posch 31 Sam Beukema 26 Jhon Lucumi 22 C. Lykogiannis
82 Kacper Urbanski 8 Remo Freuler 80 Giovanni Fabbian
7 Riccardo Orsolini 24 Thijs Dallinga 11 Dan Ndoye

Bologna Confirmed Lineup 4-3-3

Aston Villa Substitutes

  • 2Matty Cash
  • 5Tyrone Mings
  • 6Ross Barkley
  • 10Emiliano Buendia
  • 11Ollie Watkins
  • 12Lucas Digne
  • 19J. Philogene-Bidace
  • 20Kosta Nedeljkovic
  • 25Robin Olsen
  • 26Lamare Bogarde
  • 41Jacob Ramsey
  • 44Boubacar Kamara

Bologna Substitutes

  • 2Emil Holm
  • 6Nikola Moro
  • 9Santiago Castro
  • 14Samuel Iling-Junior
  • 15Nicolo Casale
  • 16Tommaso Corazza
  • 18Tommaso Pobega
  • 21Jens Odgaard
  • 23Nicola Bagnolini
  • 33Juan Miranda
  • 34Federico Ravaglia

Previous Aston Villa Lineups

19 Oct Premier League
Fulham 1-3 Aston Villa
06 Oct Premier League
Aston Villa 0-0 Man United
03 Oct Champions League
Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich

Previous Bologna Lineups

19 Oct Serie A
Genoa 2-2 Bologna
06 Oct Serie A
Bologna 0-0 Parma
03 Oct Champions League
Liverpool 2-0 Bologna

The Aston Villa vs Bologna lineups are available before kick-off, with the predicted lineups showing first and they are followed by confirmed starting 11s.

Injuries & Suspensions

Aston Villa Injury Table

Type Name Info
No players are currently reported injured or suspended.
John McGinn Hamstring
Robin Olsen Head injury
Boubacar Kamara Knee injury
Tyrone Mings ACL injury

Bologna Injury Table

Type Name Info
No players are currently reported injured or suspended.
Dan Ndoye Phy discomfort
Samuel Iling Knee injury
Martin Erlic Hamstring
Michel Aebischer Muscle injury
Oussama El Azzouzi Knee injury
Lewis Ferguson ACL injury

Team Squads

Aston Villa Squad

Bologna Squad

Before the latest matches, get up-to-date injuries and suspensions news. We have the latest injury news and you can scroll through each list of players.

We’ve got a full list of players for every squad and there’s also stats available.

UEFA FlagTables & Standings

Champions League

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Dortmund 2 2 0 0 10:1 6
2 Brest 2 2 0 0 6:1 6
3 Benfica 2 2 0 0 6:1 6
4 Leverkusen 2 2 0 0 5:0 6
5 Liverpool 2 2 0 0 5:1 6
6 Aston Villa 2 2 0 0 4:0 6
7 Juventus 2 2 0 0 6:3 6
8 Man City 2 1 1 0 4:0 4
9 Inter Milan 2 1 1 0 4:0 4
10 Sparta Prague 2 1 1 0 4:1 4
11 Atalanta 2 1 1 0 3:0 4
12 Sporting 2 1 1 0 3:1 4
13 Arsenal 2 1 1 0 2:0 4
14 Monaco 2 1 1 0 4:3 4
15 Bayern Munich 2 1 0 1 9:3 3
16 Barcelona 2 1 0 1 6:2 3
17 Real Madrid 2 1 0 1 3:2 3
18 Lille 2 1 0 1 1:2 3
19 PSG 2 1 0 1 1:2 3
20 Celtic 2 1 0 1 6:8 3
21 Club Brugge 2 1 0 1 1:3 3
22 Feyenoord 2 1 0 1 3:6 3
23 Atlético Madrid 2 1 0 1 2:5 3
24 PSV 2 0 1 1 2:4 1
25 Stuttgart 2 0 1 1 2:4 1
26 Bologna 2 0 1 1 0:2 1
27 Sh. Donetsk 2 0 1 1 0:3 1
28 Dinamo Zagreb 2 0 1 1 4:11 1
29 RB Leipzig 2 0 0 2 3:5 0
30 Girona 2 0 0 2 2:4 0
31 Sturm Graz 2 0 0 2 1:3 0
32 AC Milan 2 0 0 2 1:4 0
33 Crvena Zvezda 2 0 0 2 1:6 0
34 RB Salzburg 2 0 0 2 0:7 0
35 Slovan Bratislava 2 0 0 2 1:9 0
36 Young Boys 2 0 0 2 0:8 0
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Bayern Munich 1 1 0 0 9:2 3
2 Dortmund 1 1 0 0 7:1 3
3 Barcelona 1 1 0 0 5:0 3
4 Celtic 1 1 0 0 5:1 3
5 Benfica 1 1 0 0 4:0 3
6 Inter Milan 1 1 0 0 4:0 3
7 Sparta Prague 1 1 0 0 3:0 3
8 Juventus 1 1 0 0 3:1 3
9 Real Madrid 1 1 0 0 3:1 3
10 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 2:0 3
11 Sporting 1 1 0 0 2:0 3
12 Arsenal 1 1 0 0 2:0 3
13 Brest 1 1 0 0 2:1 3
14 Monaco 1 1 0 0 2:1 3
15 Atlético Madrid 1 1 0 0 2:1 3
16 Leverkusen 1 1 0 0 1:0 3
17 Aston Villa 1 1 0 0 1:0 3
18 Lille 1 1 0 0 1:0 3
19 PSG 1 1 0 0 1:0 3
20 Dinamo Zagreb 1 0 1 0 2:2 1
21 PSV 1 0 1 0 1:1 1
22 Stuttgart 1 0 1 0 1:1 1
23 Man City 1 0 1 0 0:0 1
24 Atalanta 1 0 1 0 0:0 1
25 Bologna 1 0 1 0 0:0 1
26 RB Leipzig 1 0 0 1 2:3 0
27 Girona 1 0 0 1 2:3 0
28 Crvena Zvezda 1 0 0 1 1:2 0
29 Sturm Graz 1 0 0 1 0:1 0
30 AC Milan 1 0 0 1 1:3 0
31 Club Brugge 1 0 0 1 0:3 0
32 Sh. Donetsk 1 0 0 1 0:3 0
33 Young Boys 1 0 0 1 0:3 0
34 Feyenoord 1 0 0 1 0:4 0
35 RB Salzburg 1 0 0 1 0:4 0
36 Slovan Bratislava 1 0 0 1 0:4 0

England FlagPremier League 2025/2026

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Bournemouth 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
2 Arsenal 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
3 Aston Villa 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
4 Brentford 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
5 Brighton 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
6 Burnley 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
7 Chelsea 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
8 Crystal Palace 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
9 Everton 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
10 Fulham 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
11 Leeds 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
12 Liverpool 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
13 Man City 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
14 Man United 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
15 Newcastle 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
16 Nott’m Forest 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
17 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
18 Tottenham 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
19 West Ham 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
20 Wolverhampton 0 0 0 0 0:0 0

Italy FlagSerie A 2025/2026

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 AC Milan 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
2 Atalanta 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
3 Bologna 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
4 Cagliari 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
5 Como 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
6 Cremonese 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
7 Fiorentina 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
8 Genoa 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
9 Hellas Verona 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
10 Inter Milan 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
11 Juventus 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
12 Lazio 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
13 Lecce 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
14 Parma 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
15 Pisa 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
16 Roma 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
17 Napoli 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
18 Sassuolo 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
19 Torino 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
20 Udinese 0 0 0 0 0:0 0

A great starting point for placing football bets is to check out the Champions League standings so that you can see where each team is placed in the table.

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