Cardiff City vs Aston Villa

What it means

• Cardiff has dropped 4 of the last 5.

Latest headlines

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Lineups

Aston Villa16th in English Premier League

Lineup (4-2-3-1)

1. 1Mark BunnG
2. 2Nathan BakerCD-L
3. 3James ChesterCD-R
4. 4Jordan AmaviLB
5. 5Alan HuttonRB
6. 6Jack GrealishAM
7. 7Ashley WestwoodLM
8. 8Gary GardnerRM
9. 9Ross McCormackF
10. 10Leandro BacunaAM-L
11. 11Albert AdomahAM-R

Cardiff21st in English League Championship

Lineup (5-4-1)

1. 1Brian MurphyG
2. 2Sean MorrisonCD
3. 3Bruno Ecuélé MangaCD-L
4. 4Sol BambaCD-R
5. 5Joe BennettLB
6. 6Lee PeltierRB
7. 7Joe RallsCM-L
8. 8Aron GunnarssonCM-R
9. 9Junior HoilettLM
10. 10Kadeem HarrisRM
11. 11Kenneth ZohoreF

Head to head

Last 5

AVL

• Tvs LEE1-1
• Wvs BRT2-1
• W@ QPR1-0
• L@ NOR0-1
• Wvs WGA1-0

CAR

• T@ BRE2-2
• Lvs BAR3-4
• Wvs WOL2-1
• T@ IPS1-1
• Tvs BHA0-0

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales · Attendance 21,391