MATCH FACTS

  • Cardiff have failed to score in three of their last four home league games against Villa, although three of those matches were played in the 1970s.
  • Villa have won seven of their last nine league games against the Bluebirds, keeping seven clean sheets in that time.
  • Cardiff have kept just one clean sheet in their last 14 home league contests.
  • The Villans could win successive away league games for the first time since September 2014.
  • Villa won just twice away from home in the league in 2016, with both wins coming under Steve Bruce.