Aston Villa vs Cardiff: FA Cup match betting tip

England

Aston Villa

England

FA Cup

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28 February 12:00 UTC

Cardiff City

Wales

Aston Villa will play Cardiff in one of the matches of the 1/8 finals of the FA Cup on February 28. Bookmakers give a clear advantage in this pair to Birmingham, which is not surprising, given that the opponent represents the Championship. Will the hosts be able to achieve a confident victory in the class today? - the answer is in our betting tip

Aston Villa vs Cardiff City Prediction and Betting Tips (28.02.2025)

Command Analysis

Aston Villa

England

Current form

Aston Villa is not having the most successful part of the season. Taking into account all the tournaments, Birmingham have won only three times in the last ten matches. As a result, in the Premier League, Unai Emery's team is moving further and further away from the European Cup six - only tenth place, two points behind sixth–placed Newcastle. And this is taking into account the fact that all the competitors spent more on the match. It's very similar to the fact that players often lack motivation to fight against not the strongest opponents. It is difficult to explain in another way that Aston Villa takes points from Liverpool (2:2), beats Chelsea (2:1), but fails miserably in the confrontation with Crystal Palace (1:4). In the Cup at the previous stage, Tottenham managed to win 2-1 on their own field.

Disqualifications and injuries

Barkley, Kamara, Onana and Torres will not play today due to injuries.

Interesting betting trends

In three of the last four matches, Aston Villa have not won in the first half.
In five consecutive matches involving Aston Villa, there has been an exchange of goals scored.

Provisional squad: Olsen; Garcia, Consa, Mings, Maatsen; McGinn, Thielemans; Rogers, Asensio, Rashford; Malen.

Cardiff City

Wales

Current form

Cardiff have had a winless streak in the Championship in the last three rounds, scored five points and moved well away from the relegation zone. The Welsh are in 19th place, have 36 points to their credit and are six points ahead of the red zone. In the previous championship game, we managed to get a minimal 1-0 victory over our direct competitor Hull on our own field. In the Cardiff Cup, on the way to the 1/8 finals, they overcame the resistance of two Championship representatives, Sheffield United and Stoke City, both of which won only in a penalty shootout. It should be noted that the last time the team reached such a high stage for itself was 11 years ago.

Disqualifications and injuries

Alnwick, Dahlan and Turnbull will not help their team today due to injuries.

Interesting betting trends

In four of the last five matches, Cardiff have not lost in the first half.
The exchange of goals scored was recorded in four of Cardiff's previous five matches.

Approximate composition: Horvat; Ng, Gutas, Fish; Rinomhota, Mannswerk, Ramsey, O'Dowda; El Ghazi, Robinson; Saleh.

Trends

Bet Goals in both halves – yes

In four of Aston Villa's previous five matches, goals were scored in each half.

1.42

1st halfbet: total less than 1.5 goals

The bet has played in the last three matches of Cardiff

1.67

The bet is an accurate score of 2:1

Cardiff have suffered two of their last three away defeats with a one-goal difference.

9.80

Tip and bets

2.4Cardiff with a head start (+1.5)

Aston Villa have not only the home field factor on their side, but also a tangible advantage in class. At the same time, it is unlikely that we will see the main squad today, as the Birmingham team has a very busy schedule, and an important game of the 1/8 final of the Champions League away against Brugge is ahead. Plus, there are a lot of questions about the team's performance, with only three wins in the last ten matches in all tournaments. We believe that Cardiff, due to decent dedication, will be able to impose a tight fight on the representative of the Premier League.

Our betting tip is that Cardiff will win with an Asian handicap (+1.5) by a factor of 2.40

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2.14Both will score

Bet on the total

Aston Villa have consistently exchanged goals with their rivals in the previous five matches. The Birmingham team is not reliable in defense right now, and the composition is unlikely to be optimal. There is a high probability that the goals today will be scored by two teams.

The second bet is that both will score with a coefficient of 2.14

The first half bet

Let's pay attention to the fact that Cardiff has suffered only one defeat in the first half in the last five matches. We think the guests will be able to hold off the enemy's starting onslaught today.

Prediction – Cardiff will not lose in the first half with a coefficient of 1.60

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