Aston Villa vs Cardiff City

What it means

• Aston Villa has dropped 4 of the last 5.

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Lineups

Cardiff21st in English League Championship

Lineup (4-1-4-1)

1. 1David MarshallG
2. 2Ben TurnerCD-L
3. 3Steven CaulkerCD-R
4. 4Gary MedelDM
5. 5Andrew TaylorLB
6. 6Kévin Théophile-CatherineRB
7. 7Peter WhittinghamCM-L
8. 8Aron GunnarssonCM-R
9. 9Craig BellamyLM
10. 10Don CowieRM
11. 11Peter OdemwingieF

Aston Villa16th in English Premier League

Lineup (4-1-2-1-2)

1. 1Brad GuzanG
2. 2Nathan BakerCD-L
3. 3Ron VlaarCD-R
4. 4Ashley WestwoodDM
5. 5Ciaran ClarkLB
6. 6Leandro BacunaRB
7. 7Aleksandar TonevAM
8. 8Yacouba SyllaLM
9. 9Karim El AhmadiRM
10. 10Christian BentekeCF-L
11. 11Libor KozákCF-R

Head to head

Last 5

CAR

• Wvs SWA1-0
• T@ NOR0-0
• L@ CHE1-4
• Lvs NEW1-2
• W@ FUL2-1

AVL

• T@ WHU0-0
• Lvs EVE0-2
• Lvs TOT0-2
• T@ HUL0-0
• Wvs MNC3-2

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

Villa Park, Birmingham, England · Attendance 35,809

Officials

M Atkinson (Referee), M Atkinson (Referee), Martin Atkinson