{"id":6002,"date":"2025-09-24T14:51:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/?p=6002"},"modified":"2025-09-24T14:51:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:51:53","slug":"aston-villa-vs-bologna-preview-sep-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/aston-villa-vs-bologna-preview-sep-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa vs. Bologna FC Preview: Host\u2019s Searching First Win in All Competitions (Sep 25)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aston Villa host Bologna in the Europa League as both sides kick off their respective European campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hosts are hunting their first win this season whilst the away side are trying to back up their 2-1 win over Genoa at the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Odds<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Match Result<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Odds<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aston Villa<\/td><td>4\/5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bologna<\/td><td>18\/5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Draw<\/td><td>8\/3<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The odds favour Aston Villa in this one, but with the home team\u2019s form it might be worth a punt on the underdogs if you want to cash in on this game. Whether you want more football odds, or other ways to wager and get that cash up <a href=\"https:\/\/posido.com\/au\/casino\/slots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pokies online<\/a> can do just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Aston Villa Take the Win in Only Meeting with Bologna<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Aston Villa and Bologna have only met once in the past, with the pair facing off in last year\u2019s Champions League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Villa would walk away 2-0 winners, thanks to goals from John McGinn and Jon Duran as the Birmingham side made it out of the league phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Stats<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aston Villa haven\u2019t won a game in six attempts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bologna have won two of their last five games, losing the other three.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aston Villa have score just one goal this season in all competitions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bologna have scored five goals in their last five fixtures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Aston Villa Team News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Unai Emery\u2019s side finally got their first goal through Harvey Elliott on the weekend but will need more than that to get three points in this game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They will be without four players for this game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andres Garcia, Amadou Onana, Ross Barkley and Youri Tielemans all remain out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">European football returns to Villa Park \ud83d\udfe0 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z521CBXTYN\">pic.twitter.com\/Z521CBXTYN<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AVFCOfficial\/status\/1970398227338826211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 23, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Aston Villa<\/strong> <strong>Possible Lineup<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Emiliano Martinez (GK), Lucas Digne, Tyrone Mings, Ezri Konsa, Matty Cash, Boubacar Kamara, John McGinn, Emi Buendia, Morgan Rogers, Evann Guessand, Ollie Watkins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bologna Team News<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Bologna head into this in better form than their opponents having won their last game. They will be hoping they can utilise that to get a result in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They will be without three players for this matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicolo Casale, Tommaso Pobega and Ciro Immobile all miss out through injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"it\" dir=\"ltr\">Registrato sabato, postato marted\u00ec&#8230;meglio tardi che mai \ud83d\ude05\ud83e\udd33<br>(Mettila la!)<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BolognaGenoa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BolognaGenoa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreOne?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#WeAreOne<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/58Eqt1Ub3g\">pic.twitter.com\/58Eqt1Ub3g<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bologna FC 1909 (@Bolognafc1909) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bolognafc1909\/status\/1970409425769791641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 23, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Possible Lineup<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lukasz Skorupski (GK), Juan Miranda, Torbjoern Lysaker Heggem, Martin Vitik, Lorenzo De Silvestri, Nikolo Moro, Remo Freuler, Benjamin Dominguez, Federico Bernadeschi, Riccardo Orsolini, Santiago Castro<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Aston Villa vs. Bologna Picks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The bookies fancy Aston Villa in this game but their form has been nothing short of abysmal. A team short on confidence, if they can\u2019t find the net early, it could be a long night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst Bologna don\u2019t have the best form, they are hitting the back of the net and that could be key with a leaky defence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m taking Bologna in this one as Villa\u2019s woes continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other markets include John McGinn to have two or more shots on target, Santiago Castro to score and Federico Berndeschi to score and assist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa host Bologna in the Europa League as both sides kick off their respective European campaigns. The hosts are hunting their first win this season whilst the away side are trying to back up their 2-1 win over Genoa at the weekend. Odds Match Result Odds Aston Villa 4\/5 Bologna 18\/5 Draw 8\/3 The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"Soccer"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/aston-villa-bologna-1024x536.jpg",1024,536,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Toby Pearson","author_link":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/author\/soccer\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"Soccer","slug":"soccer","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":504,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":504,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Soccer","category_nicename":"soccer","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6006,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6002\/revisions\/6006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}