5th round draw - ASTON VILLA away

[Bluebirdman Of Alcathays]

Was praying for this draw. Can’t wait to walk out at Villa Park with Cardiff and play in front of the Holte End again! #CityAsOne �� #UTV ��

— Anwar El Ghazi (@elghazi1995) February 10, 2025

That's about as much effort as he usually makes.

[The Lone Gunman]

So it will almost certainly be a Saturday….possibly the Friday night?

Guess it depends on when their Champions League game is scheduled. They’ve played on Sundays ahead of previous Champions League games on Wednesdays this season.

[MOZZER2]

spurs had a 6,000 plus allocation last round

do you think we will sell 6,000 plus ?

[bobh]

So it will almost certainly be a Saturday….possibly the Friday night?

If it's Sat at 3pm - it won't be on TV. Maybe it will be moved good for TV. Fans don't matter these days

[G rangetown Blue]

Guess it depends on when their Champions League game is scheduled. They’ve played on Sundays ahead of previous Champions League games on Wednesdays this season.

True

[insider]

Birmingham city home on the Saturday 12.30 live on sky.
I doubt it will be a Saturday

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

spurs had a 6,000 plus allocation last round

do you think we will sell 6,000 plus ?

No

[Bobby Dandruff]

Probably the worst possible draw.

We’ll get absolutely pumped.

[Canton Kev]

Birmingham city home on the Saturday 12.30 live on sky.
I doubt it will be a Saturday

Villa’s CL game is based on a draw from a hat isn’t it?

I’d imagine a League One game is more likely to be moved than UEFA bending the rules to ensure Villa play on the Wednesday.

[BLUETIT]

Birmingham city home on the Saturday 12.30 live on sky.
I doubt it will be a Saturday

8.00pm like the Spurs game

[insider]

8.00pm like the Spurs game

That's 24 hours on the pre match piss for a lot of city's away mob.
I can't see that tbh

[Moodybluebird]

I don't understand the negativity shown on here. If we're not prepared for any eventuality why enter the damn competition. We're playing one of the best teams in the country, we'll be getting a sizeable chunk of date receipts and offer a great day out for our travelling supporters.

For those bemoaning our luck, we hit the jackpot by drawing Barnsley in the FA Cup Semi Final resulting in a never to be forgotten experience of seeing my team in an FA Cup Final.

[The Lone Gunman]

This is going to be a difficult one to schedule as City have stupidly arranged the Hull game for the Wednesday before this tie (that looked daft to me even before Saturday’s cup win).

You’d think that would rule the Friday out.

[ccfcwelshlad]

This is going to be a difficult one to schedule as City have stupidly arranged the Hull game for the Wednesday before this tie (that looked daft to me even before Saturday’s cup win).

You’d think that would rule the Friday out.

I'm not sure how much say we get in it. They weren't happy with the League forcing the Watford game to be played at home a few days before the Swansea game.

The Burnley league game (which has to be moved for Villa) has already been determined to rearranged to be played in the midweek after the Villa game, too.

[ccfcwelshlad]

I'm not sure how much say we get in it. They weren't happy with the League forcing the Watford game to be played at home a few days before the Swansea game.

The Burnley league game (which has to be moved for Villa) has already been determined to rearranged to be played in the midweek after the Villa game, too.

EDIT: it won't be the Friday as you say, it'll be on the Saturday (and probably an excuse for a reduced away allocation due to Birmingham playing on Sky at 12.30 ) if Villa are playing CL following Tuesday or the Sunday if Villa are playing CL on the Wednesday.

[The Lone Gunman]

I'm not sure how much say we get in it. They weren't happy with the League forcing the Watford game to be played at home a few days before the Swansea game.

The Burnley league game (which has to be moved for Villa) has already been determined to rearranged to be played in the midweek after the Villa game, too.

I can’t understand why it’s on the Wednesday as opposed to the Tuesday. That doesn’t make sense looking at Cardiff or Hull’s fixtures and it’s not being televised, but even if they want to put it on Sky+ they could have done so on the Tuesday.

[ccfcwelshlad]

I can’t understand why it’s on the Wednesday as opposed to the Tuesday. That doesn’t make sense looking at Cardiff or Hull’s fixtures and it’s not being televised, but even if they want to put it on Sky+ they could have done so on the Tuesday.

Yeah I presumed Hull were playing on the Sunday before, it seems a real odd choice.

Maybe it'll get moved to the Tuesday and then the Villa game will be pulled forward to the Friday then ..

[The Lone Gunman]

By the way, the draw for the next round of the Champions League isn’t until 21st February!

[Dave Blue]

12:30 Saturday BBC Wales is my forecast.

[The Lone Gunman]

12:30 Saturday BBC Wales is my forecast.

And Birmingham City are scheduled to be playing at 12:30 on the Saturday at home to Wycombe - live on Sky.

[Dave Blue]

And Birmingham City are scheduled to be playing at 12:30 on the Saturday at home to Wycombe - live on Sky.

On the same pitch?

[The Lone Gunman]

On the same pitch?

Doubtful, although I read somewhere they play in the same city.

[The Lone Gunman]

I’ve just checked and in fact Birmingham and Villa have twice played home games on the same days this season. Both midweek matches. That’s surprised me.

[The Lone Gunman]

The previous games this season that were allowed to go ahead in Birmingham on the same day (first time since 2010 apparently):

Villa v Bologna
Brum v Bolton

And then just over a month later:

Villa v Brentford
Brum v Stockport

[insider]

This is definitely not a 6 pointer