Aston Villa wants to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time in a decade if you organize Cardiff City from the championship on Friday evening.
The West Midlands team has not made it since its achievement of the final in 2014/15, where they lost 4-0 against Arsenal at the showpiece event. The men of Unai Emery have an excellent opportunity to take the last eight after they hit West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur during this year’s competition.
Cardiff, who is currently 19 years old in the second stage, has conquered Sheffield United and Stoke City to make it so far, but needs to need perfection to overthrow the steamers. They enter the game in a mediocre form and win and lose two of their last six games in all competitions.
Here is 90 minutes Guide to the collision.
Aston Villa against cardiff head-to-head record (last five games)
Current form (all competitions)
Aston Villa | Cardiff |
|---|---|
Crystal Palace 4-1 Aston Villa – 25/02/25 | Cardiff 1-0 fuselage – 25/02/25 |
Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea – 22/02/25 | Plymouth 1-1 Cardiff – 22/02/25 |
Aston Villa 2-2 Liverpool – 19/02/25 | Cardiff 1-1 Bristol City – 15/02/25 |
Aston Villa 1-1 Ipswich – 15/02/25 | Portsmouth 2-1 Cardiff – 11/02/25 |
Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham – 09/02/25 | Stoke 3-3 (2-4p) Cardiff-08/02/25 |
country | TV channel/live stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | ITV 1, ITVX, STV, STV player, UTV |
United States | ESPN+, ESPN app |
Canada | Sportsnet World Now, Sportsnet Now, Sportsnet World, Sportsnet One, Sportsnet Now Plus |
The villa will sweat about the fitness of the goalkeeper of the first choice, Emiliano Martinez, after being replaced by “some pain” against Crystal Palace in the middle of the week. The deputy Robin Olsen will probably fill his shoes on Friday evening.
Midfield injuries continue to cause problems for the dormers, whereby Amadou Onana and Boubacar Kamara are absent for visiting Cardiff. Ross Barkley takes on a return to the Matchday squad, but Friday could come too early for the former man Everton and Chelsea.
Pau Torres is guaranteed to be restored in the middle, but Tyrone Mings was appointed on Tuesday despite his ancillary injury last weekend among the replacement pieces, which means that he could appear next to Ezri Konsa. That is good news when you consider that Chelsea Loanee Axel Disasi Cup is bound.
After the Champions League of Villa takes the opportunity to rest some players in the cup on Tuesday on Tuesday.
The Aston Villa predicted the line-up against Cardiff (4-2-3-1): Olsen; Garcia, Konsa, Mings, Maatsen; McGinn, Tielemans; Painting, Asensio, Rashford; Watkins.
The Bluebirds are between the sticks without the injured Jak Alnwick while Jesper Daland is missing in the backline. Joe Ralls, Will Alves and David Turnbull are also missing in the middle of the park, with Ollie Tanner sitting in the forward line.
Aaron Ramsey was supposed to represent Arsenal at the FA Cup 2014/15 FACH Cup, while ex-Villa players Anwar El Ghazi and Calum Chambers have the opportunity to return to the West Midlands.
Cardiff predicted the line-up against Aston Villa (4-2-3-1): Horvath; Ng, goutas, fish, o’dowda; Mannsverk, chambers; Willock, Ramsey, El Ghazi; Robinson.
Villa’s workload has been intensive in the past few weeks and they have largely managed to stay afloat – although their 4: 1 defeat in Selhurst Park indicates that the legs are exhausting. Even with changes on Friday, however, you should have only a few problems that navigate a draw with one of the championship fighters.
The team of Omer Riza was only rare goal scorers this season and only made 37 in 34 championship games, while they also have the third-third-third-party defensive record in the division. You should simply not have a game for the depth and quality of your Premier League opponent, especially with Villa Park, which acts as a 12th man.