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Aston Villa vs Cardiff Match Preview
Aston Villa will try to avoid becoming the third team to suffer a surprise house defeat in Cardiff City in the FA CUP this season when the teams meet at the Fifth round on Friday (8pm GMT).
The second lowest team he left in the competition surpassed Stoke City’s teammates in the fourth round, and his victory in an automatic Sheffield United automatic promotion chasing automatic promotion from the second level was even more impressive to achieve this stage.
“It seems that (Vila) will have a complete team of international ones on the pitch, because this is the depth they have,” says Omer Riza, the Bluebirds head, an old arsenal and the West Ham striker who took over in September.
“We have to manage the game accordingly and correctly. We have to bring us closer in a way where we are not easy to break down. Then, when we have the opportunity, we cannot lose the ball and give them back to them. We must use the ball diligently.”
Golden time 🌅 pic.twitter.com/himtuttqp
– Aston Villa (@avfcofficial) February 27, 2025
Villa last won the FA CUP in 1957, but came to the final in 2015 and was unbeaten in four games at home in all competitions, including a 4-1 victory over Spurs in the last round.
“We are not a contestant to win the CUP”. Says Manager Uni EmeryAdding that he wants to “try to compete in the competition and have a path to a trophy”.
“All clubs, players and coaches like … prestigious. It could be the best way to qualify for Europe. We have three ways: the Premier League, the Champions and the FA CUP. “”
Emery’s side is four points behind the fifth place in the Premier League, in the Ronda of the Champions League of 16 and the fifth round of the FA CUP for the first season since 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 injuries for the town, as is the Extreme Donyell Malen for illness.
Pau Torres and Playmaker Ross Barkley stay out, and Matty Cash will be valued, with Emery who suggests that he will not risk players in this game.
The city’s highest scorer, Callum Robinson, attacker Anwar the Ghazi and Calum Chambers’ defender, could be presented against his former team. Chambers moved between clubs in July, having played 36 times by Emery.
Cardiff’s goalkeeper Jak Alnwick, the center of the Jsper Daland Center, the Flat Ollie Tanner, the captain Joe Ralls and the midfielder Will Alves are injured.
Aston Villa vs Cardiff predicted alignments
Aston Villa: Olsen, Garcia, Konssa, Bogarde, Maatsen, McGinn, Tielemans, Bailey, Asensio, Rogers, Rashford
City City: Horvath, Fish, O’Dowda, Chambers, Mannsverk, Willock, Salech, Rinomhota, NG, Ashford, Robinson
How to see Villa vs Cardiff: TV Channel and Stream
The match will be displayed live on ITV1 and is available to transmit to the United Kingdom to the ITVX application. The coverage begins at 7.30 pm.
Aston Villa vs Cardiff City Prediction
Villa is sure you will not have the full force for this game, which comes four days before your first part of the Champions League That brug club.
Emery’s statements, calling his “very important and prestigious” campaign, would give more cause to wait for a nuisance if Cardiff had no own distractions.
🗣️ “We are not contentants”
Aston Villa’s manager, Uni Emery, does not value the possibilities of his side of winning the CUP despite being in the last 16 of the competition ⚽ pic.twitter.com/1kobk0l4q2
– Sky Sports News (@skysportsnews) February 27, 2025
A 1-0 home victory over Hull City On Tuesday he sent them six points above the relegation area of the championship, but Riza says that it is not “possible” for Cardiff to accelerate.
“We just had too much more important games, which is about surviving and staying in the championship,” he said.
Given these comments, Villa should have enough to beat the opponents without winning more than 90 minutes in their last five games.
Only two teams have a worse defensive record than the city in its division, so you take Villa to recover from the 4-1 defeat at Crystal Palace on Tuesday with a 3-1 victory here.
