Aston Villa vs Bologna prediction, stats, tips & team news: Side with Emery’s men to record another win
Matchday 3 of the Champions League features newcomers Aston Villa and Bologna facing each other, with both teams in contrasting form.
Aston Villa are one of seven teams with a perfect record heading into the latest round of Champions League fixtures, while Bologna are still winless and lost on English soil last time out at Liverpool.
Two Aston Villa vs Bologna predictions
Aston Villa to Win & Under 4.5 Goals (10/11 with SkyBet)
After their 3-1 victory over Fulham last weekend, Aston Villa have officially made their best start to a season since 1998. Unai Emery’s men ended Bayern Munich’s seven-year unbeaten run in the group stage. On the other hand, Bologna have failed to hit last season’s highs and sit 13th in the Serie A table. The Italians have just one of their eight league games this term, and they could struggle against an Aston Villa side that are proving they are no pushovers in Europe.
Youri Tielemans 2+ Fouls Won & 2+ Fouls Committed (7/2 with Sky Bet)
Youri Tielemans has played a key role for Aston Villa this season and ranks first for both fouls conceded and fouls won. This bet of the Belgian to give away 2+ fouls and to be fouled on 2+ occasions has landed in five of his last eight appearances for club and country, giving plenty of appeal to the 7/2 on show for a repeat on Tuesday.
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How to watch Aston Villa vs Bologna live
The showdown between Aston Villa and Bologna kicks off on Tuesday 22nd October at 8pm and will be broadcast live in the UK on TNT Sports 1.
How both teams go into Aston Villa vs Bologna
In 1982, Aston Villa became European champions. This season marks their debut in the Champions League, and Unai Emery’s team has performed impressively. They started with a 3-0 win against Young Boys and followed it with a remarkable 1-0 victory over Bayern Munich, whom they famously defeated 42 years ago. This result made Villa the second English team to win their first two UEFA Champions League games since the 1992-93 season, following in the footsteps of Leicester City in the 2016-17 season.
Bologna, also making their Champions League debut, have had different form compared to Villa. They drew at home with Shakthar and then lost 2-0 at Liverpool, leaving them as one of 13 teams that have yet to win in this season’s competition going into matchday three. Vincenzo Italiano, however, would be disappointed with his team’s lack of efficiency in front of goal as they had 12 attempts against Arne Slot’s team, the most by an away side in a UEFA Champions League group stage match at Anfield since CSKA Moscow managed 13 efforts in December 2017.
Aston Villa host Bologna at Villa Park on Tuesday 22nd October at 8pm.
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Aston Villa team news
Tyrone Mings, Amadou Onana, and Boubacar Kamara are either unavailable or uncertain for the match.
Bologna team news
Oussama El Azzouzi, Tommaso Pobega, Lewis Ferguson, and Nicolò Cambiaghi may be unavailable for Vincenzo Italiano ahead of matchday three.
Aston Villa vs Bologna head-to-head
This will be the first meeting between Aston Villa and Bologna.
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