Aston Villa 1-0 Bologna: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 25 September 2025

Result

Aston Villa 1-0 Bologna

Europa League · Thursday 25 September 2025, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Aston Villa · Bologna · Europa League predictions

Aston Villa 1-0 Bologna: match report

Aston Villa beat Bologna 1-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 25 September 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from John McGinn of Aston Villa in the 13th minute.

Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; Bologna received 2 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bologna in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Marco Bizot of Aston Villa (8.4), ahead of Remo Freuler (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 0 draws and 0 for Bologna.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · John McGinnAston Villa · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Matty CashAston Villa
  • 66'Yellow card · Jhon LucumíBologna
  • 66'Yellow card · Martin VitíkBologna
  • 68'Missed penalty · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa
  • 71'Yellow card · John McGinnAston Villa

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Aston Villa 1, draws 0, Bologna 0.

Team news

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Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marco Bizot, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Ian Maatsen, John McGinn, Boubacar Kamara, Evann Guessand, Morgan Rogers, Emiliano Buendía, Donyell Malen

Bologna line-up (4-2-2-2)

Lukasz Skorupski, Nadir Zortea, Martin Vitík, Jhon Lucumí, Charalampos Lykogiannis, Lewis Ferguson, Remo Freuler, Federico Bernardeschi, Nicolò Cambiaghi, Santiago Castro, Jens Odgaard