We’re counting down to the Aston Villa vs Bologna Europa League clash which is scheduled to start shortly, and the teams have now been announced.
We can reveal that the starting XI for Aston Villa which has been confirmed as follows:
Aston Villa
Emiliano Martínez #23
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.95m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Mar de Plata, Argentina
Lucas Digne #12
Defender
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 32
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Meaux, France
Pau Francisco Torres #14
Also known as Torres
Defender
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Villarreal, Spain
Ezri Konsa #4
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 28
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Newham, England
Matty Cash #2
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Poland
Place of birth: Slough, England
Amadou Onana
Midfielder
Height: 1.94m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Belgium
Place of birth: Dakar, Senegal
Youri Tielemans
Midfielder
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Belgium
Place of birth: Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium
John McGinn #7
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Scotland
Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland
Emiliano Buendía #10
Midfielder
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Morgan Rogers
Forward
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 23
Nationality: England
Place of birth: England
Ollie Watkins #11
Forward
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 30
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Newton Abbot, England
The starting line-up for Bologna has also been confirmed as:
Bologna
Federico Ravaglia #13
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.96m
Weight: 88kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Italy
Place of birth: Bologna, Italy
Juan Miranda González #3
Also known as Juan Miranda
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Olivares, Spain
Nicolò Casale #16
Defender
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Italy
Place of birth: Negrar, Italy
Martin Vitík
Defender
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Czechia
Place of birth: Beroun, Czechia
João Mário Neto Lopes #17
Also known as Mário
Defender
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 62kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: São João da Madeira, Portugal
Remo Freuler #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Switzerland
Place of birth: Ennenda, Switzerland
Nikola Moro #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Croatia
Place of birth: Split, Croatia
Lewis Ferguson #19
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Scotland
Place of birth: Scotland
Jonathan Rowe #11
Forward
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 22
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Westminster, England
Federico Bernardeschi #10
Forward
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Italy
Place of birth: Carrara, Italy
Santiago Castro #9
Forward
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: San Martín, Argentina
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