Match events
Minute by minute- 19' Yellow card: Riccardo Orsolini Bologna
- 45' Yellow card: Stefan Posch Bologna
- 45' Substitution: Ross BarkleyOff: Amadou Onana Aston Villa
- 45' Substitution: Jens OdgaardOff: Riccardo Orsolini Bologna
- Half-time 0–0
- 47' Yellow card: Charalampos Lykogiannis Bologna
- 49' Yellow card: Ross Barkley Aston Villa
- 53' Yellow card: Remo Freuler Bologna
- 55'1–0 Goal: John McGinn Aston Villa
- 64'2–0 Goal: Jhon DuránAssist: Morgan Rogers Aston Villa
- 65' Substitution: Jacob RamseyOff: Leon Bailey Aston Villa
- 65' Substitution: Ollie WatkinsOff: Jhon Durán Aston Villa
- 65' Substitution: Jaden PhilogeneOff: John McGinn Aston Villa
- 66' Substitution: Nikola MoroOff: Kacper Urbanski Bologna
- 66' Substitution: Santiago CastroOff: Thijs Dallinga Bologna
- 77' Substitution: Samuel Iling-JuniorOff: Dan Ndoye Bologna
- 78' Substitution: Boubacar KamaraOff: Youri Tielemans Aston Villa
Line-ups
Confirmed
Aston Villa4-2-3-14-3-3Bologna
- 23 Martínez
- 22 Maatsen
- 14 Torres
- 3 Carlos
- 4 Konsa
- 878' Tielemans
- 2445' Onana
- 765' McGinn
- 27A Rogers
- 3165' Bailey
- 965' Durán
- 1 Skorupski
- 22 Lykogiannis
- 26 Lucumí
- 31 Beukema
- 3 Posch
- 80 Fabbian
- 8 Freuler
- 8266' Urbanski
- 1177' Ndoye
- 2466' Dallinga
- 745' Orsolini
Aston Villa bench
- 44Boubacar Kamara78'
- 6Ross Barkley45'
- 11Ollie Watkins65'
- 41Jacob Ramsey65'
- 19Jaden Philogene65'
Bologna bench
- 9Santiago Castro66'
- 21Jens Odgaard45'
- 14Samuel Iling-Junior77'
- 6Nikola Moro66'