📊 Form Guide

Aston Villa

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Aston Villa enter this match following a 1-1 Premier League stalemate vs Nottingham Forest.

In that match, Aston Villa managed 59% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. At the other end, Nottingham Forest had 15 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Murillo (23' Own goal) and Neco Williams (38') scored for Nottingham Forest.

Aston Villa haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, netting in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.

They have claimed a sum of 10 during that period while also conceding a total of 5. Such a pattern might not be continued into this game, however.

Bologna

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Bologna come into this meeting after a 2-0 Serie A win over Lecce in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Bologna had 64% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Bologna, the goalscorers were Remo Freuler (26') and Riccardo Orsolini (92'). At the other end, Lecce had 6 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

The stats don’t lie, and Bologna have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 10 goals in all. Defensively, Bologna can certainly do much better.

📰 Team News: Aston Villa

We think that The Villans look set to make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation for this one, utilising Marco Bizot, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Amadou Onana, Youri Tielemans, John McGinn, Emiliano Buendia, Morgan Rogers and Ollie Watkins.

📋 Team News: Bologna

Bologna manager Vincenzo Italiano has to choose a team with limited availability. Benja Domínguez (Right hip flexor problems), Thijs Dallinga (Muscle injury) and Lukasz Skorupski (Hamstring muscle injury) are those who can’t be considered. Jhon Lucumí will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

We believe Rossoblu seem likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 system, giving starts to Federico Ravaglia, Joao Mario, Martin Vitik, T. Lysaker Heggem, Juan Miranda, Nikola Moro, Remo Freuler, F. Bernardeschi, Lewis Ferguson, Jonathan Rowe and Santiago Castro.

⚡ Prediction

In this match, Bologna must be fancied to get a goal against this Aston Villa team, but that probably shouldn’t be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re going for a very close game with a 2-1 advantage for Aston Villa when all is said and done. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

Victor Martins, 18:01 16/04/2026