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Aston Villa vs Bologna Live: Europa League Score, Statistics and Updates

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Bizot starts with Watkins on the bench in VillaPublished at 19:04 BST

Aston Villa v. Bologna (20:00 BST)

Nick Mashiter
BBC Sports Football News Reporter at Villa Park

Unai Emery made four changes to Aston Villa's Europa League opener against Bologna.

Marco Bizot, Ian Maatsen, Pau Torres and Donyell Malen entered the game from Sunderland's 1-1 draw, while Emi Martinez was not on the bench.

Villa is looking for the first win of the season after five unwinning Premier League games and rushed to Brentford from the Carabao Cup.

Aston Villa 12: Bizot, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Maatsen, Kamara, McGinn, McGinn, Guessand, Rogers, Rogers, Buendia, Malen.

Submarines: Proctor, Oakley, Linelof, Mings, Elliott, Watkins, Digne, Garcia, Sancho, Bogarde, Burrowes

Seria A-side Bologna also changed from a 2-1 win over Genoa.

Torbjorn Heggem, Riccardo Orsolini, Juan Miranda, Lorenzo de Silvestri and Benjamin Dominguez dropped out.

Jhon Lucumi, Charalampos Lykogiannis, Nadir Zortea, Jens Odgaard and former midfielder Lewis Ferguson (Captain Passenger) come in.

Bolonga XI: Skorupski, Zortea, Vitik, Lucumi, Lykogiannis, Ferguson, Freuler, Odgaard, Castro, Castro, Castro, Bernardeschi, Cambiaghi

Submarines: Pessina, Ravaglia, Holm, Moro, Rowe, orsolini, Heggem, Dallinga, Miranda, Fabbian