Aston Villa 4:0 Bologna: UEFA Europa League Match Result

UEFA Europa League

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4:0

Finished

Kick-off was 16 Apr, 20:00 BST

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Venue: Villa Park City: Birmingham

In the UEFA Europa League game on 16 April 2026, Aston Villa beat Bologna 4:0. Match numbers: shots on target 7:4, corners 4:2.

Key numbers

Possession, % 46 – 54

Shots on target 7 – 4

Shots off target 1 – 3

Expected goals 2.49 – 0.80

⚽ 16' O. Watkins — Goal ✗ 25' M. Rogers — Penalty missed ⚽ 26' E. Buendia — Goal 🟨 29' F. Bernardeschi — Yellow card ⚽ 39' M. Rogers — Goal ⇄ 46' F. Bernardeschi — Substitution ⇄ 46' R. Freuler — Substitution ⇄ 46' Joao Mario — Substitution ⇄ 64' J. McGinn — Substitution ⇄ 64' O. Watkins — Substitution ⇄ 74' M. Rogers — Substitution ⇄ 74' Y. Tielemans — Substitution ⇄ 76' S. Castro — Substitution ⇄ 78' A. Onana — Substitution ⇄ 82' N. Casale — Substitution ⚽ 89' E. Konsa — Goal

Match events

16' 1:0 Aston Villa Goal O. Watkins assist: M. Rogers
25' 1:0 Aston Villa Penalty missed M. Rogers assist: M. Rogers
26' 2:0 Aston Villa Goal E. Buendia assist: L. Digne
29' 2:0 Bologna Yellow card F. Bernardeschi
39' 3:0 Aston Villa Goal M. Rogers assist: J. McGinn
46' 3:0 Bologna Substitution F. Bernardeschi off: R. Orsolini
46' 3:0 Bologna Substitution R. Freuler off: S. Sohm
46' 3:0 Bologna Substitution Joao Mario off: N. Zortea
64' 3:0 Aston Villa Substitution J. McGinn off: L. Bailey
64' 3:0 Aston Villa Substitution O. Watkins off: T. Abraham
74' 3:0 Aston Villa Substitution M. Rogers off: J. Sancho
74' 3:0 Aston Villa Substitution Y. Tielemans off: Douglas Luiz
76' 3:0 Bologna Substitution S. Castro off: J. Odgaard
78' 3:0 Aston Villa Substitution A. Onana off: L. Bogarde
82' 3:0 Bologna Substitution N. Casale off: T. Heggem
89' 4:0 Aston Villa Goal E. Konsa

Statistics

46 Possession, % 54

7 Shots on target 4

1 Shots off target 3

2.49 Expected goals 0.80

4 Big chances 1

47 Attacks 88

4 Corners 2

13 Fouls 17

16 Free kicks 12

0 Offsides 1

0 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

8 Goal kicks 1

13 Throw-ins 9

All statistics

11/2348% Aerial duels 12/2352%

47 Backward passes 48

5 Blocked shots 4

14 Clearances 27

1/813% Crosses 4/1625%

1/813% Dribbles 1/911%

1.40 Expected assists 1.40

64 Failed passes 49

3 Goalkeeper saves 3

5 Interceptions 10

12 Key passes 9

24/4751% Long passes 20/3557%

61 Passes into the final third 84

138 Passes in the opposition half 250

190 Passes in own half 147

0.54 Shot accuracy 0.36

2 Shots from outside the box 5

11 Shots inside the box 6

9/1464% Tackles 7/1164%

320 Total passes 381

Line-ups

Aston Villa

Starting XI
#	Player	number
23	Emiliano Martínez	23
2	Matthew Stuart Cash	2
4	Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	4
12	Lucas Digne	12
14	Pau Francisco Torres	14
7	John McGinn	7
8	Youri Marion A. Tielemans	8
10	Emiliano Buendía Stati	10
24	Amadou Ba Zeund Georges Mvom Onana	24
11	Oliver George Arthur Watkins	11
27	Morgan Rogers	27

Substitutes
#	Player	number
40	Marco Bizot	40
64	James Wright	64
3	Victor Jörgen Nilsson Lindelöf	3
5	Tyrone Deon Mings	5
16	A. Garcia	16
22	Ian Ethan Maatsen	22
9	Harvey Daniel James Elliott	9
21	Douglas Luiz	21
26	Lamare Trenton Chansey Bogarde	26
18	Tammy Bakumo-Abraham	18
19	Jadon Sancho	19
31	Leon Bailey	31

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Bologna

Starting XI
#	Player	number
13	Federico Ravaglia	13
8	Remo Marco Freuler	8
16	Nicolò Casale	16
17	João Mário	17
33	Juan Miranda	33
41	Martin Vitík	41
6	Nikola Moro	6
10	Federico Bernardeschi	10
19	Lewis Ferguson	19
9	Santiago Thomas Castro	9
11	Jonathan Rowe	11