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title: "Predicted Villa XI: Birmingham (A)"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Sheldon Muchmore"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2019-03-08T19:00:00Z"
modified: "2019-03-08T19:00:00Z"
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# Predicted Villa XI: Birmingham (A)

Aston Villa absolutely destroyed Derby last Saturday, and every single Villa fan will be hoping to see a similar scoreline this weekend as Dean Smith’s men take on fierce local rivals Birmingham City at St. Andrew’s.

Birmingham City, I think it is fair to say, have had a better season than many would have expected – they currently sit in 8th place, two points above Villa in 11th and just 4 points off of the play-off places.

However, to the delight of every true Villa fan, the Blues could find themselves just hovering above the Relegation Zone soon as there is a good chance that they will be deducted 12 points for breaking Financial Fair Play rules.

However, those of a claret and blue persuasion will put this to the back of their minds on Sunday, as the only thing that matters is getting all three points.

A win for Villa, coupled with some other favourable results, could see them move to within 3 points off a play-off place, which is something that a number of fans had started to give up on a few weeks ago.

Here is our predicted XI for Sunday’s game against Birmingham: