Aston Villa

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Fourth in the Premier League, into the last 16 in Europe...what a season Aston Villa are enjoying.

Will they fix their shocking FA Cup form?

Villa have not reached the fifth round since finishing runners-up to Arsenal in 2015 under Tim Sherwood.

They're on the rise under Unai Emery. Will the Spaniard steer Villa to the 25 May showpiece at Wembley?

Both these ties ended goalless when the teams met last month. If tonight's games end all square after 90 minutes, there will be an additional 30 minutes extra-time. If the teams still cannot be separated then ties will be decided by penalties.

Michael Brown
Former Tottenham midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

Bristol City will come with confidence, come and have a go, but there are a lot of players in that Forest team. They look fresh and if they perform, they should win this evening.

BBC Radio 5 Live

Tune in for commentary of Aston Villa against Chelsea on 5 Live with Conor McNamara and Dion Dublin on 5 Live from 20:00 GMT.

If you're after Nottingham Forest against Bristol City, that's on 5 Sports Extra from 19:45.

Michael: Giving Pochettino the sack is not the answer. Three managers have struggled to achieve excellent results with average players. It’s no surprise.

Chelsea

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Belle Silva, the wife of Chelsea defender Thiago, has apologised after appearing to criticise Blues boss Mauricio Pochettino and calling for changes at the club.

Sunday's 4-2 defeat against Wolves was their 10th in the Premier League and they are 11th in the table.

At the end of the game Belle posted on X: "It's time to change. If you wait any longer it will be too late."

Pochettino has said he has spoken to Silva since his wife's comment.

"I'm sorry that my personal outburst as a passionate Chelsea fan has caused such an impact," Belle wrote in a new post on X on Wednesday. "I'm passionate about the team, I thrive on victories and I'm saddened by defeats.

"We all want the same thing, a winning team, come on Chelsea."

Read the full story here.

Talking of Thiago Silva...

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery makes one change, with Matty Cash starting in place of Ezri Konsa, the man he replaced during the second half of the Premier League victory at Sheffield United at the weekend.

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Diego Carlos, Lenglet, Moreno, Bailey, Kamara, Douglas Luiz, McGinn (c), Tielemens, Watkins.

Substitutes:Olsen, Wright, Pau, Chambers, Diaby, Zaniolo, Ramsey, Iroegbunman, Kellyman.

Chelsea defender Thiago Silva has been named among the substitutes for Chelsea at Villa Park this evening, with Benoit Badiashile coming into Mauricio Pochettino's line-up.

Raheem Sterling and Christopher Nkunku are also on the bench, with Noni Madueke and Nicolas Jackson given the nod.

Chelsea XI:Petrovic, Gusto, Disasi, Badiashile, Chilwell (c), Gallagher, Caicedo, Enzo, Madueke, Jackson, Palmer.

Substitutes: Bergstrom, Bettinelli, Gilchrist, Thiago Silva, Samuels-Smith, Chuwuemeka, Mudryk, Sterling, Nkunku.

Nottingham Forest make eight changes to the side that started their Premier League draw at Bournemouth on Sunday.

Midfield duo Ryan Yates and Nicolas Dominguez are both suspended and new goalkeeper Matz Sels is ineligible to play, while Taiwo Awoniyi, Nuno Tavares, Murillo, Neco Williams and Callum Hudson-Odoi drop to the bench.

That means the likes of Matt Turner, Harry Toffolo, Danilo, Felipe, Moussa Niakhate, Gonzalo Montiel, Cheikhou Kouyate and Divock Origi all start.

Nottingham Forest XI: Turner, Niakhate, Omobamidele, Felipe, Toffolo, Montiel, Danilo, Kouyate, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Origi.

Subs: Vlachodimos, Tavares, Murillo, Williams, Awoniyi, Hudson-Odoi, Osong, Gardner, Abbott.

Bristol City make three changes to the side that lost 1-0 to Leeds at Ashton Gate in the Championship last Friday.

Anis Mehmeti, Sam Bell and Andy King all start in place of Matty James, Cameron Pring and Nahki Wells.

Bristol City XI: O'Leary, Tanner, Vyner, Dickie, McCrorie, Williams, King, Bell, Knight, Conway, Mehmeti.

Subs: Bajic, Knight-Lebel, Tanner, Blackwell, James, Taylor-Clarke, Cornick, Wells.

FA Cup

By the end of the night, the fifth round line-up will be complete. This is how it looks with just a couple of blanks to fill in.

Monday, 26 February

Coventry City v Maidstone United 19:45

Tuesday, 27 February

Bournemouth v Leicester City 19:30

Blackburn v Newcastle 19:45

Luton Town v Manchester City 20:00

Wednesday, 28 February

Chelsea/Aston Villa v Leeds United 19:45

Bristol City/Nott'm Forest v Man Utd 19:45

Wolves v Brighton 19:45

Liverpool v Southampton 20:00

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Villa Park

I find the situation at Chelsea quite remarkable. How can a team assembled at such cost be as poor as they have been so often this season?

I have occasionally seen improvement in Chelsea this season, but then we see how badly they perform in other games and I wonder where it's all heading at Stamford Bridge under Mauricio Pochettino.

Is Pochettino under pressure? Of course he is and, I must admit, I've been surprised and disappointed at the lack of impact from someone I rate so highly.

On the other hand, can Chelsea really afford to change managers again? Where would they even go next? I actually felt the club needed a period of calm and stability under Pochettino after the chaos, but defeats like the one against Wolves on Sunday hardly generate that.

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Nottingham Forest v Bristol City 19:45

Aston Villa v Chelsea 20:00

FA Cup

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It's not all about Aston Villa and Chelsea.

There's another FA Cup replay as well between Nottingham Forest and Bristol City, with a huge prize on offer for the winners.

Bristol City, 14th in the Championship, have played Manchester United once since 1980. Will they be hosting the 12-time winners at Ashton Gate in the fifth round?

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Not long now before Mauricio Pochettino leads Chelsea out at Wembley.

The Carabao Cup final is just 18 days away but it's fair to say the Blues are in a bit of a mess.

They're closer to the relegation zone than the top four having spent close to £1bn over the past 18 months.

Will they return to winning ways before their big day against Liverpool? They have three games between now and then - starting tonight with an FA Cup replay under the lights at Aston Villa.