dailyloe.com – Aston Villa will host Bologna in a UEFA Europa League knockout stage match at Villa Park. The match officials are led by referee José María Sánchez Martínez. Unai Emery manages Aston Villa, while Vincenzo Italiano manages Bologna.
The starting lineup for Aston Villa includes Martínez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne, Tielemans, Onana, McGinn, Rogers, Buendía, and Watkins. Bologna’s starting lineup features Ravaglia, João Mário, Vitík, Freuler, Casale, Miranda, Ferguson, Moro, Bernardeschi, Castro, and Rowe.
Aston Villa have kept five consecutive home clean sheets against Italian clubs in major European competition. The last Italian team player to score at Villa Park was Zbigniew Boniek for Juventus in March 1983.
Bologna have lost their last five away visits to England in all European competition. Their last win in England was against West Brom in March 1967.
Their subsequent losses were to Leeds, Fulham, Liverpool, and Aston Villa twice. Aston Villa have won 15 of their last 17 home major European matches.
They have won their last eight home European matches in a row. In knockout stages at Villa Park, they have won five of their last six.
Their lone knockout stage loss at home was 4-2 to Olympiakos in May 2024. Since losing 1-0 at Aston Villa earlier this season, Bologna have won all five of their away matches.[]
Source: BBC
