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Aston Villa and Cardiff City meet in FA Cup — one fixture among the hundreds English football gets through, week in and week out, across a pyramid that runs from the Premier League all the way down to the regional divisions. Promotion and relegation tie every rung of that ladder together, which is why a result here matters whatever the level. Below: form, the head-to-head, and the goals, before any odds enter the picture.
FA Cup · England · 28.02.2025 · kick-off 20:00 UTC
How Aston Villa and Cardiff City have been playing
Form first — it's the freshest read on the page, and in a calendar as crowded as England's it turns over quickly. Recent results for each side, newest at the top:
Aston Villa:
Date Event Score 24.05.2026 Manchester City vs Aston Villa 1 - 2 20.05.2026 SC Freiburg vs Aston Villa 0 - 3 15.05.2026 Aston Villa vs Liverpool 4 - 2
Cardiff City:
Date Event Score 02.05.2026 Mansfield Town vs Cardiff City 5 - 4 25.04.2026 Cardiff City vs Northampton Town 5 - 1 22.04.2026 Cardiff City vs Port Vale 1 - 0
When Aston Villa and Cardiff City have met
Few places keep football records as long as England does — the game has been organised here since the nineteenth century, and a head-to-head often reads truer than the league table. The earlier meetings we hold are below; a blank table just means there's nothing logged between these two yet, which happens often enough in cup ties that throw together clubs from different divisions.
Date Event Score 28.02.2025 Aston Villa vs Cardiff City 2 - 0 30.11.2022 Cardiff City vs Aston Villa 3 - 1 10.04.2018 Aston Villa vs Cardiff City 1 - 0
Goals: the two sides by the numbers
Goals scored so far:
Aston Villa — 36
Cardiff City — 32
Goals conceded so far:
Aston Villa — 20
Cardiff City — 20
Worth reading alongside the form rather than on their own — English sides can carry very different records home and away, and a goals column only tells half that story.
Odds on Aston Villa vs Cardiff City
With dozens of firms licensed in the British market, the price on each result rarely matches from one to the next. OddsFan sets the licensed bookmakers' numbers side by side, so the best one on any outcome is easy to pick out — whether you're here for the football or for the value.
