Match Verdict
ASTON VILLA, last season’s beaten finalists, have been looking up at the Premier League since relegation in 2016 and, with parachute payments ending this year, the need to return is greater than ever.
They head to The Hawthorns buoyed by a late comeback win and they will fancy their chances of going through, especially with Albion’s best striker Dwight Gayle seeing red after picking up two silly yellow cards and thus missing out.
Most pundits expected an easy Villa win as Albion have turned in some abject displays of late, but they needed to dig...