Aston Villa vs Cardiff Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 28th February 2025

When Cardiff come to Villa Park for the FA Cup match this coming Friday, Aston Villa will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

There has been a real flow of goals lately for Aston Villa and at both ends of the pitch. Both teams scored in their last 5 matches on the bounce, which definitely makes this scenario worth considering in the betting market this coming Friday.

Aston Villa scored nine times in the last ten outings for an average of 0.9 goals a game. They conceded 17 and managed two clean sheets.

Cardiff are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 15 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.5 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 23 goals, and while Cardiff claimed one clean sheets, they conceded an average of 2.3 goals per match.

Having never shared a season in the FA Cup in recent past, this is the first time Aston Villa comes up against Cardiff in this context.

Aston Villa vs Cardiff Prediction

Aston Villa Form

Aston Villa have seen it all in their last three matches, which added four points to their account. They first shared the points in a 2-2 draw with Liverpool, before claiming 3 points in a 2-1 win against Chelsea. Unfortunately for them, this was followed by a 4-1 defeat at the hands of Crystal Palace. Aston Villa managed to win two of their past six home matches in the FA Cup. In the remaining four, they drew zero and lost four, as they scored seven and conceded 14 goals.

Cardiff Form

In their last three matches, Cardiff drew 1-1 with Bristol City, 1-1 with Plymouth and beat Hull by 1-0. Cardiff claimed two wins against zero draws and four defeats in their last six away matches in the FA Cup. The scoreline from these matches reads 18 goals conceded and 11 scored.

Aston Villa and Cardiff are firing on all cylinders, when it comes to goals currently, and we could be in for a very entertaining match on Friday.

Aston Villa vs Cardiff Squads

Aston Villa Squad

Unai Emery will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Cardiff from the following players:

Martinez, Olsen, Disasi, Konsa, Maatsen, Hause, Bogarde, Digne, Cash, Torres, Mings, Onana, Kamara, Burrowes, Ramsey, Jimoh, McGinn, Bailey, Barkley, Tielemans, Garcia, Malen, Asensio, Rashford, Rogers, Watkins.

Cardiff Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Cardiff players that the manager Omer Riza will choose from for the upcoming game:

Aaron Ramsey, Adeteye Gbadehan, Alex Robertson, Andy Rinomhota, Anwar El-Ghazi, Callum O'Dowda, Callum Robinson, Calum Chambers, Chris Willock, Cian Ashford, Cody Twose, David Turnbull, Dimitrios Goutas, Ethan Horvath, Isaak Davies, Jak Alnwick, Jamilu Collins, Jesper Daland, Joe Ralls, Joel Bagan, Luey Giles, Matthew Turner, Ollie Tanner, Perry Ng, Roko Simic, Ronan Kpakio, Rubin Colwill, Sivert Heggheim Mannsverk, Troy Perrett, Will Alves, William Fish, Yakou Meite, Yousef Salech.

Aston Villa vs Cardiff Team News

Apparently, Cardiff have just two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match on Friday. Dimitrios Goutas and Callum Robinson can't be called upon by Cardiff, as they are all sidelined with a suspension.

Aston Villa vs Cardiff Lineups

Aston Villa vs Cardiff H2H

This is the first time Aston Villa squares up against Cardiff in the FA Cup in the 21st century, thus both face a whole new experience of coming up against an unknown opponent. Aston Villa picked up four wins in their previous eight matches against Cardiff, while the latter claimed three wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 21/4.

Aston Villa vs Cardiff Results

Aston Villa vs Cardiff Betting Tips

While only scoring two goals in his last six outings for Aston Villa, Morgan Rogers has been good for them over the course of the season with two goals to his name so far. He should be highly motivated to expand of his tally against Cardiff, and he looks well worth a place in an accumulator this coming Friday, depending on your betting strategy.

Aston Villa won six of their last 10 matches on home soil, drew four and lost none. Cardiff won two games, drew five and lost three in their last 10 away games across all tournaments. Both teams have been poor at keeping their opponents from scoring in their last 10 games, respectively. Aston Villa managed a clean sheet in zero of their games at home, Cardiff kept a clean sheet in one of their last 10.

Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Aston Villa’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Cardiff, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.5 times goals per game.