Aston Villa’s season may be meandering before another round of off-season improvement but a chance to virtually destroy West Brom’s hopes of survival will be enticing. Another occasion where a crowd would have provided an electric amphitheatre of these West Midlands’ rivals. Not long to go now, hopefully, and the same goes for Sam Allardyce’s side who reverted to type in limp defeat to Leicester. Villa desperately miss Jack Grealish but should still have the quality in defence to handle everything Allardyce throws at them as he tries to save his precious title of having never been relegated. Graham Searles
Sunday 7pm BT Sport 1
Venue Villa Park
Last season n/a
Referee Stuart Attwell
This season G19 Y71 R2 3.84 cards/game
Odds H Evens A 7-2 D 3-1
ASTON VILLA
Subs from Steer, Taylor, Nakamba, Jota, Davis, Chrisene, Heaton, Engels, Hayden, Hause, El Ghazi, Wesley
Doubtful Wesley (match fitness)
Injured Grealish (shin, unknown), Trezeguet (knee, unknown), Sanson (knee, unknown)
Suspended Cash (one match)
Discipline Y54 R3
Form DDLWLL
Leading scorer Watkins 12
WEST BROM
Subs from Lonergan, Button, Grosicki, Harper, Edwards, Kipré, Livermore, Grant, Peltier, Gibbs, Ajayi, Diangana, Ajayi, Gallagher
Doubtful None
Injured Ivanovic (thigh, unknown)
Suspended None
Discipline Y42 R4
Form LDLWWL
Leading scorer Pereira 8
