Win Draw Loss Fixtures On 25 August 2020, it was revealed that Aston Villa's first pre-season friendly would be against Bristol City.

The third round draw was made on 30 November 2020, by Robbie Savage on the BT Sport YouTube channel.

[65] In the week building up to their third round tie against Liverpool, there was a "significant" COVID-19 outbreak at Villa's Bodymoor Heath Training Ground.

Because of this, the entire Aston Villa first team was forced to self-isolate, as well as Dean Smith and his backroom staff.

[66] On the morning of 8 January 2021, Aston Villa confirmed that they would be forced to field a team made up of players from the Under-18s and Under-23s squads, managed by Mark Delaney.