📊 Form Guide

Aston Villa

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Aston Villa go into this match following a 1-1 Premier League drawn game versus Nottingham Forest.

In that game, Aston Villa managed 59% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. For their opponents, Nottingham Forest got 15 attempts at goal with 4 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 go into this meeting following on from a 2-0 Serie A win versus Lecce in their previous outing.

In that game, Bologna had 64% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Bologna, the scorers were Remo Freuler (26') and Riccardo Orsolini (92'). For their opponents, Lecce got 6 shots on 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 are thinking that The Villans look set to opt for a 4-2-3-1 system and select Emiliano Martinez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Francisco Torres, Lucas Digne, Youri Tielemans, Amadou Onana, John McGinn, Morgan Rogers, Emiliano Buendia and Ollie Watkins.

🗞️ Team News: Bologna

Bologna boss Vincenzo Italiano has to currently contend with reduced team options. Charalampos Lykogiannis (Tendonitis), Eivind Helland (flu), Benja Domínguez (Right hip flexor problems), Thijs Dallinga (Muscle injury) and Lukasz Skorupski (Hamstring muscle injury) miss out here. Jhon Lucumí will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

We reckon that Rossoblu seem most likely to elect for a 4-3-3 formation, going with Federico Ravaglia, João Mário, Torbjørn Heggem, Nicolò Casale, Juan Miranda, Lewis Ferguson, Remo Freuler, Tommaso Pobega, F. Bernardeschi, Santiago Castro and Jonathan Rowe.

💭 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, 06:02 14/04/2026