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Villa v Albion match preview

Albion will head to Villa Park to play Midlands rivals Aston Villa in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday, February 16 (ko 3pm).

The opposition

Aston Villa are currently in 10th place in the league, and come in to this game after a 1-0 loss at manager Dean Smith's former club, Brentford.

The Bees scoring the only goal of the game in the 91st minute to condemn Villa to their eighth loss of the season.

Smith took over from Steve Bruce in October - he had previously been at Brentford.

Their top goalscorer is Tammy Abraham, who has bagged 19 league goals this season.