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Bologna v Aston Villa : Europa League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 9th Apr, 20:00 BST, Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna

The Europa League is the focus for both Bologna and Aston Villa on Thursday night, as managers Vincenzo Italiano and Unai Emery Etxegoien face one another at the Renato Dall'Ara. We've got odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for 17 top betting markets plus predictions, stats and head to head (H2H) data for both teams. Simply click through the tabs below to explore.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We do not expect to see a a bore-draw or a slim 1-0 win here, and instead are tipping over 1.5 goals. That means that Bologna and A Villa will score a minimum of 2 between them during 90 mins. It's a tip based on form stats for each side, as well as historical records when they go head-to-head. We give it a probability of 74%. Bookmakers have it available at 1.30.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 42% chance of A Villa coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Bologna
32%
21/10
7%
11/5
10%
Draw
26%
23/1023/10
2%
A Villa
42%
5/4
6%
13/10
6%
Draw 1-1
12%
11/25/1
A Villa 1-0
10%
13/2
6%
13/2
A Villa 2-1
9%
17/28/1
Bologna 1-0
9%
17/2
6%
15/2
6%
Bologna 2-1
7%
10/19/1
5%
A Villa 2-0
7%
10/19/1
9%
Draw 0-0
7%
17/215/2
Draw 2-2
5%
14/112/1
Bologna 2-0
5%
14/114/1
15%
A Villa 3-1
4%
18/1
10%
14/1
12%
A Villa 3-0
3%
20/1
9%
16/1
11%
Bologna 3-1
3%
25/1
13%
22/1
10%
A Villa 3-2
3%
28/122/1
Bologna 3-2
2%
33/125/1
Bologna 3-0
2%
33/1
17%
25/1
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
1/1
5%
1/1
2%
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
4/5
4%
3/4
1%
Home 1st Goal
46%
6/5
5%
6/5
5%
Away 1st Goal
50%
5/6
4%
17/20
5%
No 1st Goal
5%
17/27/1
BTTS - Yes
53%
4/54/5
BTTS - No
47%
19/2019/20
2%
BTTS - Home Win
15%
11/2
8%
19/4
5%
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/216/5
BTTS - Away Win
19%
15/4
5%
17/5
8%
Home/draw
58%
8/13
6%
8/13
6%
Away/draw
68%
4/11
3%
7/20
4%
Home/away
74%
1/31/3
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
3/10
2%
1/3
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
5/2
3%
21/10
Over 3.5 Goals
27%
5/2
7%
12/5
6%
Under 3.5 Goals
73%
3/10
1%
2/7
3%
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
11/2
7%
11/2
7%
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/9
1%
1/11
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
14/112/1
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/331/66
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/161/16
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
9/1
5%
15/2
6%
Home DNB
50%
6/5
10%
6/5
10%
Away DNB
60%
8/13
6%
3/5
6%
Bologna win to nil
17%
9/2
10%
-
A Villa win to nil
23%
11/4
6%
-
Bologna / Bologna
16%
4/1
5%
4/1
11%
Bologna / A Villa
3%
25/120/1
Bologna / Draw
6%
14/111/1
Draw / Bologna
12%
6/1
8%
11/2
Draw / A Villa
15%
9/217/4
9%
Draw / Draw
17%
4/118/5
A Villa / Bologna
3%
28/122/1
A Villa / A Villa
22%
11/4
6%
5/2
7%
A Villa / Draw
6%
12/111/1
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Win / draw / win Europa League table
Won
Draw
Lost
Bologna
A Villa
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Lyon87011321 
-
-
-
-
2
A Villa8701821 
Apr 9
l
 
1-0A
-
-
3
Midtjylland86111019 
-
-
-
-
4
Real Betis8521617 
-
-
-
-
5
Porto8521617 
-
-
-
-
6
Braga8521617 
-
-
-
-
7
Freiburg8521617 
d
 
1-1F
-
-
-
8
Roma8512716 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
3-4F
-
-
9
Genk8512416 
-
-
-
-
10
Bologna8431715 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
Apr 9
11
Stuttgart8503615 
-
-
-
-
12
Ferencvaros8431115 
-
-
-
-
13
Nottm Forest8422814 
-
-
-
-
14
Plzen8350514 
-
-
-
-
15
Red Star Bel.8422114 
-
-
-
-
16
Celta8413413 
-
w
 
1-2A
-
-
17
PAOK8332312 
-
-
-
-
18
Lille8404312 
-
-
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
19
Fenerbahce8332312 
-
-
-
w
 
0-1F
20
Panathinaikos8332212 
-
-
-
-
21
Celtic8323-211 
d
 
2-2A
-
-
-
22
Ludogorets8314-310 
-
-
-
-
23
D. Zagreb8314-410 
-
-
-
-
24
Brann8233-29 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
-
-
25
Young Boys8305-69 
-
-
w
 
2-1F
-
26
Sturm Graz8215-67 
-
-
-
-
27
FCSB8215-77 
-
w
 
1-2F
-
-
28
GA Eagles8215-87 
-
-
-
l
 
2-1F
29
Feyenoord8206-46 
-
-
-
w
 
0-2F
30
Basel8206-46 
-
-
-
w
 
1-2F
31
Salzburg8206-56 
w
 
4-1F
-
w
 
3-2A
-
32
Rangers8116-94 
-
-
-
-
33
Nice8107-83 
-
-
-
-
34
Utrecht8017-101 
-
-
-
-
35
Malmö8017-111 
-
-
-
-
36
M. Tel-Aviv8017-201 
-
w
 
0-3F
w
 
2-0F
-
Next round
Play Off
Win / draw / win form
7
A Villa have won 7 consecutive european games
11
Bologna have not lost in 11 consecutive european games
7
A Villa have not lost in 7 consecutive european games
Bologna 10TH
10 league games
Home
Overall
11
Goals: Scored
12
Conceded
9
Games: Scored
7 / 10
Conceded
7 / 10
Clean sheets
3 / 10
Failed to score
3 / 10
Won
3
Draw
5
L
2
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bologna1 - 1Roma
Bologna1 - 0Brann
Bologna2 - 2Celtic
Bologna4 - 1Salzburg
Bologna0 - 0Brann
Bologna1 - 1Freiburg
Bologna2 - 1Dortmund
Bologna1 - 2Lille
Bologna0 - 1Monaco
Bologna0 - 0Shakhtar
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
Draw
8
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABologna3 - 3Roma
HBologna1 - 1Roma
HBologna1 - 0Brann
ABologna1 - 0Brann
ABologna3 - 0M. Tel-Aviv
HBologna2 - 2Celtic
ABologna2 - 1Celta
HBologna4 - 1Salzburg
HBologna0 - 0Brann
ABologna2 - 1FCSB
HBologna1 - 1Freiburg
ABologna0 - 1A Villa
ABologna1 - 1S. Lisbon
HBologna2 - 1Dortmund
ABologna0 - 0Benfica
HBologna1 - 2Lille
HBologna0 - 1Monaco
ABologna0 - 2A Villa
ABologna0 - 2Liverpool
HBologna0 - 0Shakhtar
A Villa 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
7
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lille0 - 1A Villa
Fenerbahce0 - 1A Villa
Basel1 - 2A Villa
GA Eagles2 - 1A Villa
Feyenoord0 - 2A Villa
PSG3 - 1A Villa
Brugge1 - 3A Villa
Monaco1 - 0A Villa
RB Leipzig2 - 3A Villa
Brugge1 - 0A Villa
Young Boys0 - 3A Villa
Olympiakos2 - 0A Villa
Lille2 - 1A Villa
Ajax0 - 0A Villa
Hsk Zrinjski Mostar1 - 1A Villa
AZ Alkmaar1 - 4A Villa
L. Warsaw3 - 2A Villa
Hibernian0 - 5A Villa
Rapid Wien1 - 1A Villa
Rapid Wien1 - 0A Villa
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
15
D
1
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HA Villa2 - 0Lille
AA Villa1 - 0Lille
HA Villa3 - 2Salzburg
AA Villa1 - 0Fenerbahce
AA Villa2 - 1Basel
HA Villa2 - 1Young Boys
HA Villa2 - 0M. Tel-Aviv
AA Villa1 - 2GA Eagles
AA Villa2 - 0Feyenoord
HA Villa1 - 0Bologna
HA Villa3 - 2PSG
AA Villa1 - 3PSG
HA Villa3 - 0Brugge
AA Villa3 - 1Brugge
HA Villa4 - 2Celtic
AA Villa0 - 1Monaco
AA Villa3 - 2RB Leipzig
HA Villa0 - 0Juventus
AA Villa0 - 1Brugge
HA Villa2 - 0Bologna
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Bologna of late. It has been 5 Europa League matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Thursday night against Aston Villa.

Bologna 10th A Villa 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Bologna will score no more than 1 goal
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that A Villa will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
10 home / away league games
-28
Bologna have scored 28% fewer goals at home than predicted
-5
A Villa’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.2
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Europa League - 2025/2025 season
Bologna
PG (predicted goals)
A Villa
1.2
1.4
Attack rating
%
better
BOL
AVL
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
BOL
AVL
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

The line-ups for the Europa League match between Bologna v A Villa will show here when available.

Bologna Europa League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
10533
L FergusonF BernardeschiN CambiaghiM Vitík
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Ferguson MID12
2
-
R Orsolini FWD113
1
-
T Dallinga FWD1132
-
F Bernardeschi FWD115
2
-
N Cambiaghi FWD1013
1
-
S Castro FWD1022
-
J Rowe FWD1032
1
-
L Skorupski GLK9
2
-
J Lucumí DEF9
2
-
N Zortea DEF92
1
-
M Vitík DEF9
3
-
J Odgaard MID921
1
-
N Moro MID91
-
J Miranda DEF81
3
-
T Pobega MID81
-
R Freuler MID8
1
-
C Lykogiannis DEF7
1
T Heggem DEF6
1
-
N Casale DEF5
1
-
E Holm DEF5
2
-
G Fabbian MID5
-
F Ravaglia GLK3
-
B Domínguez FWD3
-
A Villa Europa League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8332
L BogardeJ McGinnE BuendíaV Lindelöf
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E Buendía MID1013
1
-
M Rogers MID1012
1
-
O Watkins FWD1011
-
L Bogarde MID9
1
-
J Sancho FWD911
-
I Maatsen DEF81
1
-
V Lindelöf DEF8
2
-
A Onana MID8
1
-
M Cash DEF71
2
-
E Konsa DEF7
1
-
P Torres DEF7
-
J McGinn MID73
2
-
E Guessand FWD72
1
-
E Martínez GLK6
1
-
L Digne DEF6
2
-
B Kamara MID61
-
D Malen FWD63
-
M Bizot GLK4
1
-
Y Tielemans MID411
1
-
H Elliot MID4
-
T Mings DEF31
-
A García DEF1
-
R Barkley MID1
-