Preston North End FC vs Aston Villa FC, FA Cup 2024-25 QUARTER FINALS
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Overview
Match Preview
Preston North End FC vs Aston Villa FC — FA Cup at Deepdale.
- Preston North End FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Aston Villa FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 30 Mar Aston Villa FC H 0–3 L 15 Mar Portsmouth FC H 2–1 W 11 Mar Sunderland AFC A 1–1 D 08 Mar Sheffield United FC A 0–1 L 04 Mar Swansea City AFC H 0–0 D 01 Mar Burnley FC H 3–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 30 Mar Preston North End FC A 3–0 W 12 Mar Club Brugge KV H 3–0 W 08 Mar Brentford FC A 1–0 W 04 Mar Club Brugge KV A 3–1 W 28 Feb Cardiff City FC H 2–0 W 25 Feb Crystal Palace FC A 1–4 L Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season0% Clean Sheets
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Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Deepdale that hosts another battle between Preston North End FC and Aston Villa FC.
- 5' Marco Asensio has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 53 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 10' Preston North End FC is showing some good football. However, Preston North End FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 15' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 20' Aston Villa FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 25' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Preston North End FC that had 370 games and scored 353 goals.
- 28' That looks like a foul for a card for Will Keane.
- 33' Preston North End FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 33.
- 38' It looks like no one’s ball. Preston North End FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 43' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Tyrone Mings made 322 appearances and scored 12 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 48' Supporters expect more eagerness from Andrew Hughes, as he is very good at scoring at Deepdale with 2 goals in the last 2 games.
- 53' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 53 minutes.
- 58' Marcus Rashford puts Aston Villa FC on the lead.
- 63' Marcus Rashford with the second goal in the match!
- 65' The supporters are chanting for Milutin Osmajic. He replaces Will Keane on 65 minute.
- 67' Ben Whiteman was booked on 67.
- 71' GOAL! Jacob Ramsey scores on 71. Assisted by Lucas Digne
- 73' Another change for Aston Villa FC made on 73 minute. Morgan Rogers leaves to be changed by Donyell Malen.
- 77' Another substitution for Preston North End FC to replace Jayden Meghoma by Liam Lindsay on 77 minute.
- 81' It is a substitution in Aston Villa FC team. Marcus Rashford is replaced by Ollie Watkins on 81 minute.
- 83' The whistle greets Mads Frokjaer-Jensen as he departs to be replaced by Theo Carroll.
- 88' It looks surprising Aston Villa FC does not make any changes. Matty Cash has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- With this win, Aston Villa FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Preston North End FC Lineups
3-5-2Starting XI
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7
Will Keane ↓ Milutin Osmajic 65'
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- 19
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9
Emil Riis Jakobsen ↓ Ched Evans 77'
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- 10
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3
Jayden Meghoma ↓ Liam Lindsay 77'
Bench
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6
Liam Lindsay ↑ 77'
- 26
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12
Ched Evans ↑ 77'
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28
Milutin Osmajic ↑ 65'
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31
Theo Mawene ↑ 83'
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39
Theo Carroll ↑ 83'
Aston Villa FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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27
Morgan Rogers ↓ Donyell Malen 73'
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- 12
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9
Marcus Rashford ↓ Ollie Watkins 81'
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Matty Cash ↓ Andres Garcia 81'
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8
Youri Tielemans ↓ John McGinn 73'
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Marco Asensio ↓ Amadou Onana 73'
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Bench
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17
Donyell Malen ↑ 73'
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11
Ollie Watkins ↑ 81'
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7
John McGinn ↑ 73'
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- 25
- 22
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24
Amadou Onana ↑ 73'
- 26
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16
Andres Garcia ↑ 81'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Marcus Rashford 2 Tammy Abraham 2 Tammy Abraham 1 Jonathan Kodjia 1 Daniel Johnson 1 Yannick Bolasie 1 Paul Gallagher 1 Ahmed El Mohamady 1 Head to Head
Preston North End FC Form
2025-03-30 Preston North End FC 0–3 Aston Villa FC L 2025-03-15 Preston North End FC 2–1 Portsmouth FC W 2025-03-11 Sunderland AFC 1–1 Preston North End FC D 2025-03-08 Sheffield United FC 1–0 Preston North End FC L 2025-03-04 Preston North End FC 0–0 Swansea City AFC D 2025-03-01 Preston North End FC 3–0 Burnley FC WAston Villa FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.23 Preston North End FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.55 Aston Villa FC xGI would bet for: Preston North End FC or Aston Villa FC 72% + Both teams to score 56%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Aston Villa FC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.78Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 77% 23% ± 2.5 52% 48% ± 3.5 31% 69% ± 4.5 16% 84% Double Chance
Preston North End FC or Draw 58%Draw or Aston Villa FC 70%Preston North End FC or Aston Villa FC 72%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.7%1 – 2 8.8%0 – 1 8.7%0 – 0 8.1%0 – 2 7.3%2 – 1 7%1 – 0 6.7%2 – 2 5.5%2 – 0 4.6%1 – 3 4.6%0 – 3 Actual2 – 3 2.9%Asian Handicap — Preston North End FC
Handicap Preston North End FC covers Push Aston Villa FC covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 8% 87% -1.5 13% — 87% -1 13% 16% 71% -0.5 29% — 71% +0.5 57% — 43% +1 57% 21% 22% +1.5 78% — 22% +2 78% 13% 9% +2.5 91% — 9% Clean Sheet
Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet 22% ✓Aston Villa FC keeps clean sheet 30% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.