{"id":647615,"date":"2024-10-22T07:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=647615"},"modified":"2024-10-21T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T14:30:00","slug":"aston-villa-predicted-lineup-vs-bologna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/10\/22\/aston-villa-predicted-lineup-vs-bologna\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa Predicted Lineup Vs Bologna for Champions League tie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is our Aston Villa predicted lineup for the Champions League matchday three tie against Bologna on Tuesday, October 22.<\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Aston Villa Predicted Lineup vs. Bologna<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How Aston Villa Have Lined up Recently<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Amadou Onana returned to the team on Saturday, having recovered from a hamstring injury, while Jacob Ramsey was also able to start against Fulham, despite hobbling off during the victory over Bayern Munich just 17 days earlier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/10\/20\/chelsea-cole-palmer-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Amazing\u2019 Chelsea Sensation Reveals Plans for Future at Blues: \u2018Fully Committed\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Matty Cash has now started back-to-back Premier League games, after being sidelined for four league games beforehand due to a hamstring injury sustained in late-August.<\/p>\n<p>Six players have still maintained their record of having started all ten Premier League and Champions League fixtures so far. They are: Emi Mart\u00ednez, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Youri Tielemans, Morgan Rogers and Ollie Watkins.<\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Aston Villa\u2019s Recent Form and Tactics<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Can Aston Villa make it three wins out of three in this season&#8217;s Champions League?<\/p>\n<p>First up, the Claret and Blue Army announced their return to UEFA&#8217;s premier club competition after more than four decades away by smashing BSC Young Boys 3-0 at Stadion Wankdorf.<\/p>\n<p>Then, a fortnight later, the Villans claimed, arguably, their most famous win of modern times, beating Bayern Munich 1-0 in Birmingham, thanks to Jhon Dur\u00e1n&#8217;s stunning late strike.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/10\/10\/bayern-munich-loan-roundup-october-10-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Bayern Munich Loan Roundup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thus, Unai Emery&#8217;s team are one of only seven clubs in this season&#8217;s Champions League with maximum points on the board, looking to continue their perfect start here.<\/p>\n<p>As Mart\u00ednez himself <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BlpWm1Pc1rI?si=I17pRI_MVOFfjjbC&amp;t=119\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told TNT Sports<\/a> following the Bayern victory, Villa are targeting a &#8216;top eight&#8217; finish in the league phase, thereby going straight through to the last 16, an ambition that may have felt fanciful, but now appears to be within their grasp.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/10\/18\/german-success-stories-in-english-football\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">German Success Stories in English Football<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meantime, on Saturday, they came from a goal down to beat Fulham 3-1 at Craven Cottage, a simply crazy game in West London, a result that saw them climb up to fourth, with most expecting them to win this one too, with Bologna the latest visitors to the Midlands.<\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Aston Villa Injuries to Consider<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Ezri Konsa is still sidelined, sustaining a hamstring injury against Manchester United, so Diego Carlos will keep his place in defence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/10\/20\/three-talking-points-oxford-united-draw-west-brom\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Three Talking Points as Oxford United Draw Against West Bromwich Albion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In better news, John McGinn and Boubacar Kamara were both back on the bench against Fulham, the latter having not featured since 11 February following knee surgery.<\/p>\n<p>McGinn enjoyed a seven minute cameo at the weekend, so could return to the lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Jaden Philogene was sent off late on at Craven Cottage, meaning he&#8217;ll be suspended on Saturday, but is of course available for this one.<\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Aston Villa Predicted Lineup vs Bologna<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">GK: Emi Mart\u00ednez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">RB: Matty Cash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CB: Diego Carlos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CB: Pau Torres.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">LB: Lucas Digne.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CM: Amadou Onana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CM: Youri Tielemans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">RW: Leon Bailey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">LW: Jacob Ramsey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CF: Morgan Rogers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ST: Ollie Watkins.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is our Aston Villa predicted lineup for the Champions League matchday three tie against Bologna on Tuesday, October 22. Aston Villa Predicted Lineup vs. Bologna How Aston Villa Have Lined up Recently Amadou Onana returned to the team on Saturday, having recovered from a hamstring injury, while Jacob Ramsey was also able to start [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5192,"featured_media":647640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1831,3838,378,1828,3],"tags":[31670],"class_list":["post-647615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-starting-line-up","category-aston-villa","category-champions-league","category-fixtures","category-premier-league","tag-aston-villa-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}