Aston Villa 1-0 Bologna: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Aston Villa

J. McGinn 13'

Bologna

UEFA Europa League 2025/2026

League Stage - 1

September 25, 2025 7:00pm

Villa Park, Birmingham

Key stats

Ball Possession

47%

53%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Aston Villa 4-2-3-1

Bologna 4-4-2

Goalkeeper

M. Bizot

9.0

Ł. Skorupski

7.9

Defenders

I. Maatsen

7.3

C. Lykogiannis

7.6

Pau Torres

7.9

J. Lucumí

6.3

E. Konsa

6.3

M. Vitík

6.7

M. Cash

6.5

N. Zortea

6.5

Midfielders

B. Kamara

7.3

N. Cambiaghi

6.9

J. McGinn

8.0

R. Freuler

7.3

E. Buendía

6.6

L. Ferguson

6.2

M. Rogers

6.7

F. Bernardeschi

6.7

E. Guessand

6.3

Forwards

D. Malen

6.3

J. Odgaard

6.9

S. Castro

6.9

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Highest rating

9.0

M. Bizot

7.9

Ł. Skorupski

Match Summary

On September 25, 2025 during the 2025/2026 UEFA Europa League match, Aston Villa faced off against Bologna at Villa Park, Birmingham. The game concluded with Aston Villa securing a victory. With 47% possession, Aston Villa versus Bologna's 53% and shots on goal at 4 to 7. Bologna had 82% successful passes (of 376 passes) over Aston Villa which had 79% successful passes (of 341 passes). The outstanding efforts by M. Bizot and Ł. Skorupski played a key role.

Lineup

4-2-3-1

4-4-2

Bizot

9.0

Played:
90Min

Saves:
7 of 7

Accurate passes:
30/46

Won duels:
0/1

Cash

6.5

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
18/22

Won duels:
3/10

Konsa

6.3

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
40/45

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/7

Torres

7.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
52/55

Won duels:
7/11

Dribbles:
1/1

Maatsen

7.3

Played:
75Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
20/23

Won duels:
3/5

McGinn

8.0

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
23/30

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/7

Kamara

7.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
5

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
34/41

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
12/14

Dribbles:
1/1

Guessand

6.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
6/9

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/10

Dribbles:
0/1

Rogers

6.7

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
10/24

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/14

Dribbles:
0/2

Buendía

6.6

Played:
58Min

Accurate passes:
14/18

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/9

Dribbles:
0/1

Malen

6.3

Played:
58Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
7/8

Won duels:
5/11

Dribbles:
1/4

Odgaard

6.9

Played:
83Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
11/13

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
7/12

Dribbles:
1/1

Castro

6.9

Played:
83Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
13/14

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
9/14

Dribbles:
1/2

Cambiaghi

6.9

Played:
70Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
16/18

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/10

Dribbles:
0/3

Freuler

7.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
7

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
51/62

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
9/13

Ferguson

6.2

Played:
90Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
39/42

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/4

Dribbles:
0/1

Bernardeschi

6.7

Played:
70Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
15/21

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
5/11

Dribbles:
2/3

Lykogiannis

7.6

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
24/30

Key passes:
4

Won duels:
7/10

Lucumí

6.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
47/58

Won duels:
3/5

Vitík

6.7

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
4

Accurate passes:
30/35

Won duels:
5/15

Zortea

6.5

Played:
70Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
17/21

Won duels:
4/9

Dribbles:
2/3

Skorupski

7.9

Played:
90Min

Saves:
3 of 4

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
27/33

Won duels:
1/1

Substitutes

Coach

Unai Emery

Proctor

Oakley

Lindelöf

Mings

Elliott

Watkins

6.7

Played:
32Min

Accurate passes:
1/3

Won duels:
5/5

Dribbles:
1/1

Digne

6.6

Played:
15Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
4/5

Won duels:
1/3

García

Sancho

6.3

Played:
32Min

Accurate passes:
12/12

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
1/1

Bogarde

Burrows

Coach

Vincenzo Italiano

Ravaglia

Pessina

Holm

6.9

Played:
20Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
5/8

Won duels:
2/3

Moro

Orsolini

6.6

Played:
20Min

Accurate passes:
3/4

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
0/1

Rowe

6.6

Played:
20Min

Accurate passes:
10/13

Heggem

Dallinga

6.5

Played:
13Min

Accurate passes:
0/1

Miranda

Fabbian

6.3

Played:
13Min

Accurate passes:
2/3

Stats

Ball Possession

Aston Villa: 47%

Bologna Bologna: 53%

Total Shots

Aston Villa: 12

Bologna Bologna: 17

Shots on Goal

Aston Villa: 4

Bologna Bologna: 7

Corner Kicks

Aston Villa: 8

Bologna Bologna: 3

Offsides

Aston Villa: 2

Bologna Bologna: 9

Fouls

Aston Villa: 16

Bologna Bologna: 14

Yellow Cards

Aston Villa: 2

Bologna Bologna: 2

Red Cards

Aston Villa: 0

Bologna Bologna: 0

Total Passes

Aston Villa: 341

Bologna Bologna: 376

Goals Prevented

Aston Villa: 0

Bologna Bologna: 0

Passes Accuracy

Aston Villa: 271 (79%)

Bologna Bologna: 310 (82%)

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline

Aston Villa vs Bologna

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline