Bologna, Italy – September 20: Bologna FC’s Santiago Castro celebrates after scoring a 1-1 goal during a Serie A match between Bologna FC and Genoa CFC at the Renato Dorara Stadium in Bologna, Italy on September 20, 2025. (Photo: Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)
Santiago Castro and Federico Bernadeschi will start towards Bologna in Doniel Maren’s opening match of the Europa League to Aston Villa.
It will start at Villa Park in 20.00 hours (19.00 GMT) in the UK.
You can follow all your buildups and actions as happens with live blogs.
These teams met here in the Champions League last season, with Aston Villa becoming the 2-0 winner.
A lot has changed for both sides since then, but they are still trying to grasp new people.
Bologna launched their campaign in both home matches against Como and Genoa after a 1-0 defeat to Rome and Milan.
Ciro Immobile, Tommaso Pobega, Nicolò Casale and Ibrahim Sulemana have not yet taken action, but Benjamin Dominguez and Lorenzo de Silvestri are not on the UEFA list.
There are quite a few surprises in the Starting XI, with no room for Giovanni Fab Bien, Riccardo Orsolini or Jonathan Row.
Aston Villa is still hoping for the first victory of the campaign, managing only three draws and two losses in the Premier League, and has also been ejected from the exit of a penalty to Brentford in the Carabao Cup.
Ross Berkley isn’t on the UEFA list, but your Tillemans, Boubakar Kamala and Amadu Onana are not perfectly suited.
The star was signed by Manchester United’s Jadon Sancho. He instead refuses to move to Rome, but he is only on the bench with Harvey Elliott and Ollie Watkins.
Instead, Dutch International Doniel Maren leads the line.
Goalkeeper Dib Martinez, who won the unpredictable World Cup for Argentina, is not even on the bench.
The match will be shown live at TNT Sports 1 in the UK and Ireland, TNT Sports Ultimate+, and Dazn in the US and Canada.
Aston Villa vs. Bologna lineup
Aston Villa: Bizot. Cash, Consa, Po Torres, Matzen. McGinn, Kamala; Speculation, Rogers, Buendia. Maren
Aston Villa Bench: Proctor, Oakley, Lindelof, Mings, Elliott, Watkins, Dignet, Andres Garcia, Sancho, Bogarde, Burrows
Bologna: Skorupski; Zortea, Vitik, Lucumi, Lykogiannis; Ferguson, Freeler. Odgaard, Bernardeschi, Cambiaghi; Castro
Bologna Bench: Labaglia, Pessina, Holm, Moro, Orsolini, Row, Hegem, Daringa, Miranda, Fabun
Reference: Gilmanzano (ESP)
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