🟢 | 1’ Debut, Joe Gauci, Kadan Young
🕒 | 45’+2 HT Wycombe Wanderers 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 55’ Goal!, 1-0, Emiliano Buendía, Assist by Kadan Young
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Amadou Onana, Sub on, Aidan Borland 🟢
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
⚽ | 85’ Goal!, 2-0, Jhon Durán (pen)
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Kadan Young, Sub on, Ben Broggio 🟢
🔁 | 90’ Sub off, Ian Maatsen, Sub on, Travis Patterson 🟢
🔁 | 90’+1 Sub off, Emiliano Buendía, Sub on, Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba 🟢
🥅 | 90’+5 Goal, 2-1, (Wycombe Wanderers), Richard Kone
🕒 | 90’+6 FT Wycombe Wanderers 1-2 Aston Villa

❗| 5’ Chance! Leon Bailey from an Emiliano Buendía assist
❗| 6’ Chance! Leon Bailey from a Jaden Philogene-Bidace assist
🥅 | 8’ Goal, 0-1, (Crystal Palace), Eberechi Eze
❗| 22’ Chance! Ian Maatsen from a Leon Bailey assist
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 1-1, Jhon Durán, Assist by Emiliano Buendía
❗| 27’ Chance! Jhon Durán from a Boubacar Kamara assist
❗| 27’ Chance! Emiliano Buendía saved by Matt Turner
❗| 36’ Chance! John McGinn from a Tyrone Mings assist
❗| 45’+2 Chance! Boubacar Kamara shot blocked
❗| 45’+2 Chance! Jaden Philogene-Bidace shot blocked
❗| 45’+3 Chance! Leon Bailey saved by Matt Turner
🕒 | 45’+4 HT Aston Villa 1-1 Crystal Palace
❗| 46’ Chance! Jhon Durán saved by Matt Turner
❗| 47’ Chance! Tyrone Mings from John McGinn assist
❗| 58’ Chance! Ian Maatsen shot blocked
❗| 58’ Chance! Jhon Durán wide
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 1-2, (Crystal Palace), Daichi Kamada from a defensive error
❗| 66’ Chance! Jhon Durán saved by Matt Turner
🟨 | 67’ Booking, Diego Carlos, Bad Foul
❗| 70’ Chance! Leon Bailey over
❗| 75’ Chance! Jaden Philogene-Bidace saved by Matt Turner
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Emiliano Buendía, Sub on, Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Kadan Young
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Lamare Bogarde
🟨 | 89’ Booking, Tyrone Mings, Bad Foul
🕒 | 90’+5 HT Aston Villa 1-2 Crystal Palace

❗| 2’ Chance! Watkins in but his ball is cleared
❗| 7’ Chance! Leon Bailey can’t get to Marcus Rashford’s cross
❗| 9’ Chance! Marcus Rashford’s free kick collected by ‘keeper Horvath
❗| 12’ Chance! Marcus Rashford’s cut back put out for a corner
❗| 13’ Chance! John McGinn’s shot saved by Horvath
❗| 16’ Chance! Andrés García cross cleared
❗| 17’ Chance! Marcus Rashford can’t connect to Youri Tielemans corner with goal gaping
❗❗| 18’ Huge Chance! Ollie Watkins in, Horvath makes a great save to put it wide
❗| 19’ Chance! Ian Maatsen shoots wide
❗❗| 20’ Huge Chance! Youri Tielemans’ shot blocked
🗒️ | 22’ Villa utterly dominant but we’ve been here before, this pressure needs to be turned into goals and quickly
❗| 23’ Chance! Marco Asensio’s shot deflected wide
❗| 24’ Chance! Marcus Rashford’s cross in too long for any onrushing Villa players
🆘 | 26’ Anwar El Ghazi chucks himself to the floor in Cardiff’s first attack, naughty, and was offside anyway
❗| 28’ Chance! Huge error from Horvath whose clearance hits Ollie Watkins but the ball falls kindly to Cardiff to clear - exactly the sort of error that Villa have been punished for all season, typical
❗| 32’ Chance! Andrés García cross taken by Horvath
🗒️ | 32’ 9 Shots, 3 on target, 21 touches in the box for Villa but nothing to show for it
❗❗| 33’ Huge Chance! Leon Bailey’s volley tipped behind for another corner (5th)
❗❗| 35’ Huge Chance! Lamare Bogarde breaks up play before setting Villa on their way, Leon Bailey crosses into Marcus Rashford but he can’t make full contact and goes over from close range… so so unlucky
💥 | 41’ Cardiff have an attack, Anwar El Ghazi well off target
💥 | 42’ Villa being Villa, Cardiff come again and claim another penalty, there was contact but the Cardiff man totally overacted, seen those given mind
❗❗| 44’ Huge Chance! Horvath saves Ollie Watkins’ shot from Marcus Rashford’s ball in
🗒️ | 44’ To not go in at half time leading would be very disappointing and a little concerning given Villa’s tendency to not keep clean sheets
🕒 | 45’+2 HT Aston Villa 0-0 Cardiff City
🗒️ | 13 Shots vs. 2, 5 on target vs. 0, 6 corners vs. 0, 5 goalkeeper saves vs. 0, 31 touches in the box vs. 1, 67% possession. All set up for a quarter final place for Cardiff then.
❗❗| 49’ Huge Chance! John McGinn from Andrés García’s ball, saved by Horvath
❗| 50’ Chance! Andrés García’s shot deflected behind for Villa’s 10th corner
❗❗| 54’ Huge Chance! Ollie Watkins heads wide from Marcus Rashford’s cross
❗❗| 55’ Huge Chance! Marcus Rashford shoots from distance, Horvath saves before desperate defending clears the ball
🚑 | 57’ Cardiff’s centre forward clatters Ezri Konsa who goes down injured
🚑 | 59’ Ezri Konsa returns to the field of play but does not look comfortable, that’d leave Villa without a fit centre back in the entire club
❗❗| 60’ Huge Chance! Ollie Watkins shoots wide
❗| 61’ Chance! Ollie Watkins’ cross is gathered by Horvath
🗒️ | 19 Shots vs. 2, 7 on target vs. 0, 10 corners vs. 0, 7 goalkeeper saves vs. 0, 43 touches in the box vs. 1, 70% possession. Villa have to make this count.
💥 | 67’ Emiliano Martínez gets his first taste of action tonight as he gathers Yousef Salech attempt
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 1-0, Marco Asensio, Assist by Marcus Rashford
🗒️ | Villa finally score with their 21st shot of the game as Asension and Rashford combine for the third time in three games
🗒️ | Marcus Rashford has created six chances for tonight, equalling the most he ever created in any of his 426 matches for Manchester United (six vs Wigan in January 2024).
❗❗| 76’ Huge Chance! Marcus Rashford’s effort is cleared off the line after Ollie Watkins unselfishly crosses from Marco Asensio’s ball in
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 2-0, Marco Asensio, Assist by Leon Bailey
🗒️ | Marco Asensio’s 4th goal in 3 games and Leon Bailey’s first assist since October and only his 3rd of the season
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Marcus Rashford, Sub on, Morgan Rogers
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Marco Asensio, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Ian Maatsen, Sub on, Lucas Digne
❗| 90’+2 Chance! Another Andrés García’s cross saved by Horvath, although it hasn’t affected the result it’s yet another ‘keeper coming to Villa Park and put in the performance of their lives, funny old game
🕒 | 90’+4 FT Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff City