Aston Villa and Cardiff City will clash at Villa Park in the opening game of the FA Cup fifth round on Friday.
Having beaten Tottenham 2-1 in the previous round, Villa suffered a 4-1 Premier League loss to Crystal Palace on Tuesday night.
The Welsh side defeated fellow Championship side 4-2 on penalties to get here and picked up a 1-0 win league over Hull City ahead of this fixture.
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How to watch Aston Villa vs Cardiff City online - TV channels & live streams
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Aston Villa vs Cardiff City kick-off time
The FA Cup match between Aston Villa and Cardiff City will be played at Villa Park in Birmingham, England.
It will kick off at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET on Friday, February 28, in the US.
Team news & squads
Aston Villa vs Cardiff lineups
4-2-3-1
Formation
3-4-3
CACAVL-Line up
AVLSubstitutes
Manager
U. Emery
Injuries and Suspended players
Injuries and Suspensions
- No sidelined players
Injuries and Suspensions
- No sidelined players
Aston Villa team news
Juggling in between three competitions, and with the Champions League tie against Club Brugge up next, Villa boss Unai Emery will opt for changes.
Recent signings Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio would eye starts, Robin Olsen could get the nod ahead of Emiliano Martinez in goal, while Donyell Malen may replace Ollie Watkins up front.
Pau Torres, Boubacar Kamara, Ross Barkley and Amadou Onana are all ruled out by injuries.
Cardiff City team news
Goalkeeper Jak Alnwick will miss the rest of the season after a serious hamstring injury, so Ethan Horvath should deputise in goal.
Ollie Tanner, Will Alves, David Turnbull, Jasper Daland and Joe Ralls are all sidelined through injuries, while Aaron Ramsey is a fitness doubt.
In the better news, defender Dimitrios Goutas is back from a ban, while winger Anwar El Ghazi will look to impress against his former side.
Callum Robinson will support Yousef Salech in the final third.
Form
AVL-Form
AVLCrystal Palace
4
-
1
Aston Villa
L
Aston Villa
2
-
1
Chelsea
W
Aston Villa
2
-
2
Liverpool
D
Aston Villa
1
-
1
Ipswich
D
Aston Villa
2
-
1
Tottenham
W
- Goal Scored (Conceded)
- 8/9
- Games over 2.5 goals
- 4/5
- Both teams scored
- 5/5
CAC-Form
CAC- Goal Scored (Conceded)
- 7/7
- Games over 2.5 goals
- 2/5
- Both teams scored
- 4/5
Head-to-Head Record
AVLLast 5 matches
CAC2
Wins
0
Draws
3
Wins
Cardiff
3
-
1
Aston Villa
Aston Villa
1
-
0
Cardiff
Cardiff
3
-
0
Aston Villa
Cardiff
1
-
0
Aston Villa
Aston Villa
3
-
1
Cardiff
Goals scored
8- Games over 2.5 goals
- 3/5
- Both teams scored
- 2/5