Match Info

ENGLAND: FA Cup - 1/8-finals

Date: 28 February 2025, Friday 🏁 Finished

Location: Villa Park (Birmingham) 🌤️ ...

Referee: Bankes P. (Eng)

Where to Watch on TV:

Country	Kick-Off	TV Channels
Africa	—	DStv Now, Showmax, SuperSport GOtv Football, SuperSport MaXimo 1, SuperSport MaXimo 2, SuperSport Maximo 360, SuperSport Premier League
Albania	21:00	SuperSport 3
Argentina	17:00	Disney+, ESPN
Australia	07:00	Optus Sport
Belgium	21:00	DAZN 1, DAZN 2, Play Sports 1
Bosnia And Herzegovina	21:00	Arena Premium 1, Arena Sport 1
Brazil	17:00	Claro TV+, Disney+, ESPN, Sky+, Vivo Play, Zapping
Bulgaria	22:00	Diema Sport 2, Play Diema Xtra
Canada	15:00	SportsNet 1, Sportsnet+, Sportsnet World, Sportsnet World Now
Chile	17:00	Disney+
China	04:00	Migu
Colombia	15:00	Disney+, ESPN
Croatia	21:00	Arena Sport 2, MAXtv To Go
Cyprus	22:00	Cytavision on the Go, Cytavision Sports 3, Cytavision Sports 3
Czech Republic	21:00	Nova Sport 1, Voyo
Denmark	21:00	Viaplay
Finland	22:00	Viaplay, V Sport 2, V Sport Fotbool
Georgia	00:00	Setanta Sport 3
Greece	22:00	COSMOTE Sport 7
Hong Kong	04:00	Now Sports 651
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India	01:30	Sony LIV, Sony Sports TEN 1
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Japan	05:00	U-NEXT
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Malaysia	04:00	Astro Football, Astro Go
Malta	21:00	GO TV, TSN Malta 1
Mexico	14:00	Tubi TV
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Netherlands	21:00	Viaplay
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Slovakia	21:00	Voyo
Slovenia	21:00	Arena Sport 1
South Africa	22:00	Supersport Maximo 1, SuperSport Premier League
South America	—	ESPN South
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Sweden	21:00	Viaplay, V Sport Fotbool
Taiwan	04:00	ELTA Sports 1
Thailand	03:00	AIS PLAY, beIN Connect, beIN Sports 1
Turkey	23:00	Tabii
Ukraine	22:00	Kyivstar TV, Setanta Sports
United Kingdom	20:00	BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio, ITV 1, ITV X, STV, STV Player, UTV
Uruguay	17:00	Disney+
Usa	15:00	ESPN App, ESPN+, SiriusXM FC
Uzbekistan	01:00	Zor TV
Venezuela	16:00	Disney+, ESPN, Inter
Vietnam	03:00	FPT Play
International	20:00	Disney+


	Aston Villa		Cardiff City

	1	X	2
	1.13	7.5	19
	1.13	9	23	Watch
	1.13	9.53	20.82
	1.13	8.94	19.3	Watch
	1.12	8.5	19
	1.14	9.19	22	Watch
	1.13	9	23
Avarage Now (Initially)	1.13 ↓ (1.19)	8.81 ↑ (7)	20.87 ↑ (14.79)

The most likely Over/Under: 3.50

The best margin for this event is 3.1%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Aston Villa
84.6%

Draw
10.8%

Cardiff City
4.6%

Initial Probability (when we started the analysis)

79.9%

13.6%

6.4%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Aston Villa has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+4.7%)

Cardiff City has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-1.8%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
82.4%	11.8%	5.9%

Aston Villa - Cardiff City Predictions

Users Predictions: 16 users predict this event. Aston Villa will win (votes: 14 - 87.5%). Cardiff will win (votes: 1 - 6.3%). It will Tie (votes: 1 - 6.3%).
Confidence interval (95%) for Aston Villa: 71.3% – 100%.

Expected Score (Market Odds): 3:0

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
23. Martinez E. (G) 16. Garcia A. 4. Konsa E. 26. Bogarde L. 22. Maatsen I. 7. McGinn J. (C) 8. Tielemans Y. 31. Bailey L. 21. Asensio M. 9. Rashford M. 11. Watkins O.	1. Horvath E. (G) 2. Fish W. 4. Goutas D. 48. Lawlor D. 38. Ng P. 10. Ramsey A. (C) 27. Colwill R. 49. Giles L. 20. El Ghazi A. 16. Willock C. 47. Robinson C.
Substitutes
12. Digne L. 56. Jimoh-Aloba J. 44. Kamara B. 25. Olsen R. (G) 41. Ramsey J. 27. Rogers M. 45. Rowe T. 48. Zych O. (G)	45. Ashford C. 23. Bagan J. 39. Davies I. 15. Mannsverk S. 53. Nyakuhwa T. 11. O'Dowda C. 18. Robertson A. 22. Salech Y. 41. Turner M. (G)
Coaches
Emery U.	Riza O.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 0)
2nd Half (2 - 0)
47', Robinson C. ↓, Salech Y. ↑,
64', Giles L. ↓, Bagan J. ↑,
65', Ramsey A. ↓, Robertson A. ↑,
68', 1 - 0, Asensio M. ⚽, Rashford M. (A),
80', 2 - 0, Asensio M. ⚽, Watkins O. (A),
81', Lawlor D. ↓, Davies I. ↑,
81', Willock C. ↓, Ashford C. ↑,
82', Watkins O. ↓, Jimoh-Aloba J. ↑,
82', Asensio M. ↓, Ramsey J. ↑,
82', Rashford M. ↓, Rogers M. ↑,
83', Maatsen I. ↓, Digne L. ↑,

Preview

Last 5 head-to-head matches Aston Villa won 2.

The game of competitors is shaky now.

Aston Villa could have problems with physics compare with it opponent - last days they played more matches than their opponents.

Recently Aston Villa have a series of home games.

In this match Aston Villa is the unquestionable favorite.

There will not play in Aston Villa: Barkley R. (Calf Injury) Kamara B. (Injury) Onana A. (Thigh Injury) Torres P. (Foot Injury)

There will not play in Cardiff: Alnwick J. (Muscle Injury) Daland J. (Calf Injury) Tanner O. (Foot Injury) Turnbull D. (Muscle Injury)

Last 7 head-to-head matches Aston Villa won 3 matches, drawn 1 matches, lost 3 matches and goals 7:8 (average 1:1.1).

Including matches at home between the teams Aston Villa won 3 matches, drawn 0 matches, lost 0 matches and goals 6:1 (average 2:0.3).

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Aston Villa
English Premier League
25.02.25	Crystal Palace - Aston Villa	4:1 ✺
22.02.25	Aston Villa - Chelsea	2:1 ✺
19.02.25	Aston Villa - Liverpool	2:2 ✺
15.02.25	Aston Villa - Ipswich Town	1:1 ✺
English FA Cup
09.02.25	Aston Villa - Tottenham Hotspur	2:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 9.9 LWTTW
- Cardiff City
English League Championship
25.02.25	Cardiff City - Hull City	1:0 ✺
22.02.25	Plymouth Argyle - Cardiff City	1:1 ✺
15.02.25	Cardiff City - Bristol City	1:1 ✺
11.02.25	Portsmouth - Cardiff City	2:1 ✺
English FA Cup
08.02.25	Stoke City - Cardiff City	3:4 penalties ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 11.6 WTTLW

Latest Head to Head

Club Friendly
30.11.22	Cardiff City - Aston Villa	3:1
English League Championship
10.04.18	Aston Villa - Cardiff City	1:0
12.08.17	Cardiff City - Aston Villa	3:0
02.01.17	Cardiff City - Aston Villa	1:0
26.11.16	Aston Villa - Cardiff City	3:1
English Premier League
11.02.14	Cardiff City - Aston Villa	0:0
09.11.13	Aston Villa - Cardiff City	2:0

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