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Coverage of the FA Cup Fifth Round clash between Aston Villa and Cardiff City.
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FA Cup | Fifth Round
Feb 28, 2025 at 8pm UK
Villa Park
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Aston Villa2 - 0Cardiff
Asensio (68', 80')
FT(HT: 0-0)
Live Updates: Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff City
Last Updated: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 23:56 UK
| Thats all. Game finished - Aston Villa 2, Cardiff City 0. | ||
| First Half starts. | ||
| 7' | Fouled by Dimitrios Goutas - Cardiff City Dimitrios Goutas Foul | |
| 9' | New attacking attempt. Marcus Rashford - Aston Villa - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved. Marcus Rashford Free Kick | |
| 11' | Corner - Aston Villa. Conceded by Dylan Lawlor. Dylan Lawlor Corner Kick | |
| 13' | New attacking attempt. John McGinn - Aston Villa - shot with left foot from outside the box is saved. John McGinn Shot On Target | |
| 17' | Shot blocked. Marcus Rashford - Aston Villa - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Youri Tielemans with a cross. Marcus Rashford Shot Blocked | |
| 17' | Shot blocked. Marcus Rashford - Aston Villa - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Marcus Rashford Shot Blocked | |
| 17' | New attacking attempt. Ollie Watkins - Aston Villa - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Marco Asensio with a through ball. Ollie Watkins Shot On Target | |
| 17' | Corner - Aston Villa. Conceded by Ethan Horvath. Ethan Horvath Corner Kick | |
| 18' | Shot blocked. Youri Tielemans - Aston Villa - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Marco Asensio. Youri Tielemans Shot Blocked | |
| 18' | Missed chance. Ian Maatsen - Aston Villa - shot with left foot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assist - Youri Tielemans. Ian Maatsen Shot Off Target | |
| 20' | Shot blocked. Youri Tielemans - Aston Villa - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Marcus Rashford. Youri Tielemans Shot Blocked | |
| 21' | Fouled by Marcus Rashford - Aston Villa Marcus Rashford Foul | |
| 23' | Shot blocked. Marco Asensio - Aston Villa - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Leon Bailey. Marco Asensio Shot Blocked | |
| 23' | Corner - Aston Villa. Conceded by Dimitrios Goutas. Dimitrios Goutas Corner Kick | |
| 25' | Offside - Cardiff City. Anwar El Ghazi is in offside. Aaron Ramsey Offside | |
| 27' | Fouled by Youri Tielemans - Aston Villa Youri Tielemans Foul | |
| 32' | Shot blocked. Chris Willock - Cardiff City - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Perry Ng. Chris Willock Shot Blocked | |
| 32' | Offside - Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins is in offside. Andrés García Offside | |
| 33' | New attacking attempt. Leon Bailey - Aston Villa - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Leon Bailey Shot On Target | |
| 33' | Corner - Aston Villa. Conceded by Ethan Horvath. Ethan Horvath Corner Kick | |
| 34' | Missed chance. Marcus Rashford - Aston Villa - shot with right foot inside of six yard box - left side goes high. Assist - Leon Bailey. Marcus Rashford Shot Off Target | |
| 36' | Fouled by Rubin Colwill - Cardiff City Rubin Colwill Foul | |
| 38' | Fouled by Aaron Ramsey - Cardiff City Aaron Ramsey Foul | |
| 39' | Callum Robinson - Cardiff City - won a free kick in defence. Leon Bailey Foul | |
| 40' | Fouled by Andrés García - Aston Villa Andrés García Foul | |
| 41' | Missed chance. Anwar El Ghazi - Cardiff City - shot with right foot from outside the box missed to the left. Assist - Chris Willock. Anwar El Ghazi Shot Off Target | |
| 43' | New attacking attempt. Ollie Watkins - Aston Villa - shot with left foot from few metres is saved. Ollie Watkins Shot On Target | |
| 44' | Offside - Cardiff City. Anwar El Ghazi is in offside. Ethan Horvath Offside | |
| 45+1' | Corner - Aston Villa. Conceded by Anwar El Ghazi. Anwar El Ghazi Corner Kick | |
| 45+2' | Shot blocked. Ezri Konsa - Aston Villa - shot with right foot from few metres is blocked. Ezri Konsa Shot Blocked | |
| 45+2' | Offside - Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins is in offside. Ezri Konsa Offside | |
| 45+2' | First Half ended - Aston Villa 0, Cardiff City 0. | |
| 45' | Substitution - Cardiff City. Yousef Salech for Callum Robinson. Yousef Salech Substitution | |
| 47' | Fouled by Youri Tielemans - Aston Villa Youri Tielemans Foul | |
| 49' | New attacking attempt. John McGinn - Aston Villa - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved. John McGinn Shot On Target | |
| 50' | Shot blocked. Andrés García - Aston Villa - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Andrés García Shot Blocked | |
| 50' | Corner - Aston Villa. Conceded by Will Fish. William Fish Corner Kick | |
| 50' | Corner - Aston Villa. Conceded by Yousef Salech. Marco Asensio Corner Kick | |
| 50' | Corner - Aston Villa. Conceded by Dimitrios Goutas. Dimitrios Goutas Corner Kick | |
| 53' | Fouled by Perry Ng - Cardiff City Perry Ng Foul | |
| 54' | Missed chance. Ollie Watkins - Aston Villa - shot with right foot from the centre of the box. Ollie Watkins Shot Off Target | |
| 54' | New attacking attempt. Marcus Rashford - Aston Villa - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the right corner. Marcus Rashford Shot On Target | |
| 54' | Corner - Aston Villa. Conceded by Ethan Horvath. Ethan Horvath Corner Kick | |
| 56' | Fouled by Yousef Salech - Cardiff City Yousef Salech Foul | |
| 60' | Missed chance. Ollie Watkins - Aston Villa - shot with right foot from the left side of the box. Ollie Watkins Shot Off Target | |
| 55' | Shot blocked. Marco Asensio - Aston Villa - shot with left foot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assist - Marcus Rashford with a cross. Marco Asensio Shot Blocked | |
| 64' | Shot blocked. Youri Tielemans - Aston Villa - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Leon Bailey. Youri Tielemans Shot Blocked | |
| 64' | Corner - Aston Villa. Conceded by Dylan Lawlor. Dylan Lawlor Corner Kick | |
| 64' | Substitution - Cardiff City. Joel Bagan for Luey Giles. Joel Bagan Substitution | |
| 65' | Substitution - Cardiff City. Alex Robertson for Aaron Ramsey. Alex Robertson Substitution | |
| 66' | New attacking attempt. Yousef Salech - Cardiff City - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is saved. Yousef Salech Shot On Target | |
| 67' | Fouled by Youri Tielemans - Aston Villa Youri Tielemans Foul | |
| 67' | Fouled by Alex Robertson - Cardiff City Alex Robertson Foul | |
| 68' | Goal! Aston Villa 1, Cardiff City 0. Marco Asensio - Aston Villa - shot with left foot from the centre of the box to the left corner. Assist - Marcus Rashford. Marco Asensio Goal | |
| 71' | Fouled by Ian Maatsen - Aston Villa Ian Maatsen Foul | |
| 72' | Alex Robertson - Cardiff City - won a free kick in defence. John McGinn Foul | |
| 74' | Corner - Aston Villa. Conceded by Joel Bagan. Joel Bagan Corner Kick | |
| 76' | Shot blocked. Marcus Rashford - Aston Villa - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Ollie Watkins. Marcus Rashford Shot Blocked | |
| 76' | Missed chance. Ollie Watkins - Aston Villa - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Ollie Watkins Shot Off Target | |
| 77' | Fouled by Yousef Salech - Cardiff City Yousef Salech Foul | |
| 80' | Goal! Aston Villa 2, Cardiff City 0. Marco Asensio - Aston Villa - shot with left foot from the centre of the box to the right corner. Assist - Leon Bailey. Marco Asensio Goal | |
| 81' | Substitution - Cardiff City. Isaak Davies for Dylan Lawlor. Isaak Davies Substitution | |
| 81' | Substitution - Cardiff City. Cian Ashford for Chris Willock. Cian Ashford Substitution | |
| 82' | Substitution - Aston Villa. Jamaldeen Jimoh for Ollie Watkins. Jamaldeen Jimoh Substitution | |
| 82' | Substitution - Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey for Marco Asensio. Jacob Ramsey Substitution | |
| 82' | Substitution - Aston Villa. Morgan Rogers for Marcus Rashford. Morgan Rogers Substitution | |
| 83' | Substitution - Aston Villa. Lucas Digne for Ian Maatsen. Lucas Digne Substitution | |
| 83' | Fouled by Alex Robertson - Cardiff City Alex Robertson Foul | |
| 86' | Fouled by Andrés García - Aston Villa Andrés García Foul | |
| 88' | Fouled by Anwar El Ghazi - Cardiff City Anwar El Ghazi Foul | |
| 90+2' | Fouled by Jamaldeen Jimoh - Aston Villa Jamaldeen Jimoh Foul | |
| 90+3' | Shot blocked. Alex Robertson - Cardiff City - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Alex Robertson Shot Blocked | |
| 90+4' | Missed chance. Morgan Rogers - Aston Villa - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner following a fast break. Morgan Rogers Shot Off Target |
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