Villa are on the cusp of the last four.
Aston Villa host Bologna in the second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals with Unai Emery’s men in a commanding position as they aim to reach the semi-finals.
Villa were somewhat fortunate to come away from the first leg with a 3-1 win, a double from Ollie Watkins putting them in pole position for the last four.
The Premier League side are the favourites to progress and to win a trophy Emery has already lifted three times in his managerial career.
101GreatGoals has the full team news as Villa aim to set up a semi-final with either Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest or Porto.
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Where to watch Bologna v Aston Villa: TV and online streams
Bologna v Aston Villa kicks off at 8pm UK time on Thursday. It will be broadcast on TNT Sports 2 and is available to stream via HBO Max. Sky subscribers with a TNT package can also stream the game via Sky Go.
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- Bologna have lost both of their European meetings with Villa, losing at Villa Park both times – 2-0 in last season’s Champions League and 1-0 earlier this season in the Europa League.
- Villa have kept a clean sheet in each of their last four major European matches against Italian teams (W3 D1). The last player to score for an Italian team against Villa was Dennis Bergkamp in September 1994 for Inter Milan in the UEFA Cup.
- This is Bologna’s fifth major European quarter-final – they were knocked out by Leeds in the 1966-67 Fairs Cup and Sporting CP in the 1990-91 UEFA Cup, while they eliminated FK Vojvodina in the 1967-68 Fairs Cup and Lyon in the 1998-99 UEFA Cup.
- Villa have reached a European quarter-final for a third consecutive season, knocking out Lille in 2023-24 in the Conference League and losing 5-4 on aggregate to PSG in last season’s Champions League. In the UEFA Cup/Europa League, it’s their first since 1997-98 against Atlético de Madrid (2-2 on aggregate, lost on away goals).
- Bologna have only lost one of their last 15 major European matches (W8 D6), losing to Aston Villa in September. They’re unbeaten in 11, with Fiorentina the last Italian side to have a longer unbeaten run in Europe (12 in 2023-24).
- Villa have won their last seven Europa League matches. There’s only been five previous occasions an English club have won eight major European games in a row, and all have been since the start of the 2022-23 season – West Ham (8 in 2022-23), Man City (10, May 2023 to March 2024), Liverpool (8, April 2024 to January 2025), Chelsea (9 in 2024-25) and Arsenal (8 in 2025-26).
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