Aston Villa v West Brom: Championship play-off semi-final, first leg – live!

11 May 2019 10:44
Latest updates from the 12.30pm BST kick-offVilla Park will be rocking for derby, says SmithGet in touch! Email Scott with your thoughts 11.41am BST Villa power up after taking it easy in the final match of the regular season against Norwich. Ahmed Elmohamady, Tyrone Mings, John McGinn, Anwar El Ghazi, Tammy Abraham and captain Jack Grealish return to the starting XI.The Baggies make two changes to the team that lost at Derby on the final day. Chris Brunt and Matty Phillips are back, replacing Jacob Murphy and Rekeem Harper. 11.34am BST Aston Villa: Steer, Elmohamady, Tuanzebe, Mings, Taylor, Whelan, Adomah, McGinn, Grealish, El Ghazi, Abraham.Subs: Hourihane, Jedinak, Davis, Green, Kodjia, Kalinic, Hause. WBA: Johnstone, Dawson, Bartley, Hegazi, Holgate, Brunt, Johansen, Gibbs, Phillips, Rodriguez, Gayle.Subs: Morrison, Mears, Townsend, Montero, Bond, Field, Murphy. 11.13am BST West Bromwich Albion had the better of this particular fixture back in February. Goals from Hal-Robson-Kanu and Jay Rodriguez sealed a 2-0 win for Darren Moore’s side. Villa didn’t look much like promotion prospects back then.But then they embarked on a spectacular run as Dean Smith’s work started to bear fruit. A draw at Stoke was followed by ten wins on the bounce, a sequence that pretty much guaranteed a play-off spot. West Brom meanwhile got shot of Moore and replaced him with caretaker James Shan, to no great artistic improvement, though the results have kept ticking over. Continue readingreadfullarticle

Source: TheGuardian