Aston Villa's FA Cup fifth round clash with Cardiff City has been selected for live TV Unai Emery’s side will face the Bluebirds at Villa Park on Friday, February 28 (ko 8pm), live on ITV1. Villa have secured their place in the last 16 of the competition for the first time in a decade after seeing off West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur en route.

Football fans down under can watch FA Cup matches live on streaming service Optus Sport. With exclusive rights to stream select FA Cup and all Premier League matches live this season, as well as German Bundesliga and Spanish La Liga games, streaming service Optus Sport is a particularly big draw for Aussie soccer fans.

A Liam Delap goal helped Ipswich Town overcome a red card for Axel Tuanzebe as they grabbed a 1-1 Premier League draw away to Aston Villa on Saturday, with Ollie Watkins netting a 69th-minute equaliser for the home side.

Follow live coverage as Aston Villa face Ipswich Town today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.

Aston Villa also got through in the FA Cup, beating Tottenham, but they have gone three games without a win in the league - drawing with Arsenal and West Ham, and losing to Wolves. All three of those results came after midweek matches,