BIRMINGHAM, England — A clinical second half double from Marco Asensio took Aston Villa into the FA Cup quarterfinals for the first time in a decade after beating plucky Cardiff City 2-0 on Friday.

Eight teams remain in the 2024-2025 English FA Cup, and Aston Villa and Cardiff City will kick off the weekend with their Friday contest. The match begins at 3 p.m. ET on Feb. 28. Aston Villa vs.

Marco Asensio paid tribute to the Aston Villa fans after bagging a double that sent them home happy. The Spaniard, on loan from PSG, scored twice as his new team fought back to beat Chelsea ...

With this win, Aston Villa’s new duo of Marco Asensio and Marcus Rashford both made their mark, each contributing a brace—Asensio with two goals and Rashford with two assists. The victory propelled ...

Marcus Rashford has been hailed as Aston Villa's new 'hero' after coming off the bench to set up both of their goals in their 2-1 victory over Chelsea. Super sub Rashford was brought on with Villa ...

Aston Villa vs Chelsea player ratings (from fotmob.com) Rashford sends a hard ball into the mix and Asensio turns it toward goal, where it dips under Jorgensen for a howler of a potential/probable ...

The English Premier League’s Saturday schedule wraps up with an afternoon tilt between Aston Villa and Chelsea at Villa Park. The game is scheduled to start at 12:30 p.m. ET (5:30 p.m. local ...

Chelsea’s two-and-a-half-month wait for a Premier League away win goes on after a late error from Filip Jorgensen consigned them to defeat at Aston Villa and meant ...

Rashford, who joined United at the age of seven and for so long was an instrumental player for the club, found himself frozen out under new manager Ruben Amorim. So he went on loan to Aston Villa ...

Aston Villa should have been reduced to 10 men with Axel Disasi sent off in the 23rd minute of Wednesday's 2-2 draw with Liverpool, says former PGMOL chief Keith Hackett. However, events at Villa ...

Goals by Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins gave Villa a half time lead before Trent Alexander-Arnold's deflected shot just past the hour levelled it up. Liverpool substitute Darwin Núñez missed ...

Liverpool missed the chance to move 10 points clear at the top of the Premier League but avoided defeat as Aston Villa battled to a thrilling 2-2 draw and hand hope to title race challenges Arsenal.