Bologna 1-3 Aston Villa: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 9 April 2026

Result

Bologna 1-3 Aston Villa

Europa League · Thursday 9 April 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bologna 1-3 Aston Villa: match report

Bologna were beaten by Aston Villa 1-3 in the Europa League on Thursday 9 April 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Ezri Konsa opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Bologna's goal came from Jonathan Rowe (90'). Aston Villa scored through Ezri Konsa (44'), Ollie Watkins (51') and Ollie Watkins (90+4').

Discipline: Bologna received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bologna were 5th on 23 points from 12 and Aston Villa 3rd on 27 points from 10. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Bologna lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Youri Tielemans of Aston Villa (8.3), ahead of Jonathan Rowe (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bologna wins, 0 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Jhon LucumíBologna
  • 44'Goal · Ezri KonsaAston Villa · 0-1
  • 51'Goal · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa · 0-2
  • 65'Yellow card · Tommaso PobegaBologna
  • 85'Yellow card · Morgan RogersAston Villa
  • 90'Goal · Jonathan RoweBologna · 1-2
  • 90+4'Goal · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa · 1-3

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Bologna 0, draws 0, Aston Villa 2.

Team news

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Bologna line-up (4-3-3)

Federico Ravaglia, João Mário, Torbjørn Heggem, Jhon Lucumí, Juan Miranda, Lewis Ferguson, Remo Freuler, Tommaso Pobega, Federico Bernardeschi, Santiago Castro, Jonathan Rowe

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

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Amadou Onana, Youri Tielemans, John McGinn, Morgan Rogers, Emiliano Buendía, Ollie Watkins