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West Brom’s Hegazi falters but Abraham sends Aston Villa to Championship playoff final

West Bromwich Albion defender Ahmed Hegazi missed his penalty while Tammy Abraham found the back of the net to give Aston Villa a 4-3 penalty shoot-out win in the return leg of their playoff semi-final encounter.

The triumph secured passage for Dean Smith’s men into the Championship playoff final as they await the winner between Wednesday’s clash between Leeds United and Derby County.

Aston Villa came into Tuesday’s clash at the Hawthorns with a 2-1 lead but Craig Dawson's header in the 29th minute drew both teams level with a 2-2 aggregate score.