Comments, predictions Aston Villa vs Cardiff City: The day Rashford explodes
The match between Aston Villa vs Cardiff City in the FA Cup takes place at 3:00 a.m. on March 1. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Aston Villa vs Cardiff City team information
With a tight schedule in all three competitions, coach Unai Emery is likely to rotate his squad, with two loanees – Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio – waiting for their chance to start.
However, the Spanish strategist is still facing a personnel headache as Pau Torres, Boubacar Kamara, Ross Barkley and Amadou Onana are yet to return before the national team training session. If goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez is not guaranteed fitness after being taken off midway through the defeat to Crystal Palace, Robin Olsen will continue to start.
Cardiff's defence has been hit hard by the fact that goalkeeper Jak Alnwick is out for the season with a torn hamstring, forcing the manager to rely on Ethan Horvath. Ollie Tanner, Will Alves, David Turnbull, Jasper Daland and captain Joe Ralls are also out injured.
Aaron Ramsey, who has just returned from a long injury lay-off, still needs to be monitored for workload and may not be fit enough to play the full 90 minutes. However, Dimitrios Goutas will return from suspension, while former Villa man Anwar El Ghazi is expected to be in contention against his former club.
Up front, striker Callum Robinson is in impressive form, having just equalled his career-best scoring record of 12 goals in the Championship, a milestone he achieved in 2019.
Aston Villa vs Cardiff City latest predicted lineup
Aston Villa:
Olsen; Garcia, Konsa, Mings, Maatsen; McGinn, Tielemans; Rogers, Asensio, Rashford; Malen
Cardiff City:
Horvath; Ng, Goutas, Fish; Rinomhota, Mannsverk, Ramsey, O'Dowda; El Ghazi, Robinson; Salech
Latest Aston Villa vs Cardiff City football review
Aston Villa suffered a night to forget as they were beaten 4-1 by Crystal Palace, dealing a heavy blow to their ambitions of qualifying for next season's Champions League. Unai Emery's side equalised thanks to a goal from Morgan Rogers, but then their defence collapsed with three consecutive goals.
Currently 10th in the Premier League, Villa still have a chance of qualifying for Europe, especially as they prepare for the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Club Brugge next week. Before thinking about continental competition, however, the Villa Park side will turn their attention to the FA Cup – a trophy they have longed for after nearly 30 years without winning it.
Despite having struggled in the FA Cup in recent years, Villa have beaten West Ham and Tottenham, and with home advantage they can be confident of progressing.
On the other side of the front line, Cardiff City are also having a memorable journey when reaching the fifth round for the first time in 11 years, after victories over Sheffield United and Stoke City (a dramatic penalty shootout win after a 3-3 draw).
They then secured a vital 1-0 win over Hull City, with Callum Robinson on target, to move Cardiff up to 19th in the Championship and six points above the relegation zone.
Cardiff’s away form, however, is worrying – they have won just one of their last 17 away games. Furthermore, their head-to-head record is not in their favour either: Cardiff have failed to win in their last 15 visits to Villa Park, and have lost their last seven.
Latest Aston Villa vs Cardiff City score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Aston Villa vs Cardiff City match:
- Sportsmole: Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff City
- WhoScore: Aston Villa 2-1 Cardiff City
- Our prediction: Aston Villa 2-1 Cardiff City
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