Aston Villa 4–0 Bologna
- Watkins 16'
- Buendía 26'
- Rogers 39'
- Konsa 89'
16 April 2026
The match in data
Aston Villa got the better of Bologna, 4–0, on 16 April 2026, in the 2025-26 Europa League (Quarter-finals).
Player of the match: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), rated 74, thanks above all to 0.71 xG and 1 goal. Watkins produced 1.7 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Bologna, the highest-rated player was Remo Freuler, with 74.
Morgan Rogers missed a penalty at 25'.
Ollie Watkins
Aston Villa · 64'
Produced 1.72× and cost 0.42× their position's average
- 0.71 xG 3.7×
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 1 shot on target 1.6×
- 1 shot off target 1.0×
- 1 ball lost 1.0×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tammy Abraham | Forward | 26 | 75 |
| Ollie Watkins ★ | Forward | 64 | 74 |
| Amadou Onana | Midfielder | 78 | 69 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Lucas Digne | Defender | 90 | 61 |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 90 | 60 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 74 | 59 |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 64 | 54 |
| Youri Tielemans | Midfielder | 74 | 50 |
| Pau Torres | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Leon Bailey | Forward | 26 | 26 |
| Emiliano Martínez | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Douglas Luiz | Midfielder | 16 | no rating |
| Jadon Sancho | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Lamare Bogarde | Midfielder | 12 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remo Freuler | Midfielder | 46 | 74 |
| Simon Sohm | Midfielder | 44 | 73 |
| Nikola Moro | Midfielder | 90 | 69 |
| Juan Miranda | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Federico Bernardeschi | Forward | 46 | 59 |
| Nicolò Casale | Defender | 82 | 58 |
| Martin Vitík | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Riccardo Orsolini | Forward | 44 | 45 |
| Jonathan Rowe | Forward | 90 | 35 |
| Lewis Ferguson | Midfielder | 90 | 35 |
| Santiago Castro | Forward | 76 | 32 |
| João Mário | Defender | 46 | 20 |
| Nadir Zortea | Defender | 44 | 20 |
| Federico Ravaglia | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Jens Odgaard | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Torbjørn Heggem | Defender | 8 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.