Preview Match Aston Villa vs Cardiff
Aston Villa will try to avoid becoming the third team to suffer a surprise home defeat at Cardiff City in the FA Cup of the season when teams meet at fifth on Friday (8pm GMT).
The second-lesser placed team that fell into the competition of this season hit the Stoke City Championship matches in the fourth round and their victory on one side of Sheffield United who was chasing automatic promotion from the second tier was even more impressive to reach this stage.
“It seems that (Villa) is going to have a full international team on the stadium, because this is the depth they have,” says Buckbirds Boss Omer Riza, a former arsenal and West Ham who took over in September.
“We need to manage the game accordingly and correctly. We have to approach it in a way that we are not easy to collapse. Then, when we have the opportunity, we cannot lose the ball and give them back. We must use the ball diligently.”
Golden time 🌅 pic.twitter.com/himtuttqp
– Aston Villa (@avfcofficial) 27 February 2025
Villa won the competition in 1957, but reached the final in 2015 and is unbeaten in four home games in all matches, including a 4-1 win over the Spurs in the last round.
“We are not a candidate to win the fa cup,” says the manager UNAI EMERYadding that he wants “to try to compete in competition and have a way in a trophy”.
“All clubs, players and coaches as … prestige. It could be the best way to qualify for Europe. We have three ways: the Premier League, the Champions League and the fa cup.”
Emery’s side is four points from fifth place in the Premier League, the 16th of the Champions League and in the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first season since running in the final.
Aston Villa vs Cardiff City Team News
Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, defenders Tyrone Mings and Pau Torres and midfielder Amadou Onana are doubts about the villa injury, as well as Winger Donyell Malen through illness.
Center-Back Pau Torres and Playmaker Ross Barkley stay out and will be evaluated the right-back Matty Cash, with Emery suggesting that he will not risk players in this game.
Callum Robinson’s top scorer, attacker Anwar El Ghazi and defender Calum Chambers could appear against their former team. Chambers moved between clubs in July, having played 36 times for Emery.
Cardiff goalkeeper Jak Alnwick, central Jesper Daland, Winger Ollie Tanner, Captain Joe Ralls and the midfielder will be injured.
Aston Villa vs Cardiff predicted the variants
Aston Villa: Olsen, Garcia, Konssa, Bogarde, Maatsen, McGinn, Tielemans, Bailey, Asensio, Rogers, Rashford
Cardiff City: Horvath, Fish, O’Dowda, Chambers, Mannsverk, Will, Salech, Rinomhota, Ng, Ashford, Robinson
How to watch Villa vs Cardiff: TV channel and flow
The race will appear live on ITV1 and is available for flow in the UK in the ITVX application. The coverage starts at 7.30pm.
Aston Villa vs Cardiff City Provision
Villa is sure to have full power for this game, which comes four days before the Champion League the last-16 first leg This Brugge Association.
Emery’s observations – calling their European campaign “very important and famous” – would give more reason to expect a disruption if Cardiff did not have their own distractions.
🗣️ “We are not candidates”
The director of Aston Villa Unai Emery does not score the chances of his side winning the FA Cup, despite being in the last 16 of the competition ⚽ pic.twitter.com/1kobk0l4q2
– Sky Sports News (@skysportsnews) 27 February 2025
A 1-0 victory at home over Hull City On Tuesday he sent them six points above the league relegation zone, but Riza says it is not “it is not possible for Cardiff to go full throttle.
“We just have many more important games coming up, which are to survive and stay in the league,” he explained.
With these comments, the villa should have enough to beat opponents without a win over 90 minutes in the last five games away.
Only two teams have a worse defensive record from the city to their section, so take the villa to recover from 4-1 defeat to Crystal Palace on Tuesday with a 3-1 win here.
2025-02-27 21:06:00
