Aston Villa's recent revival in the Sky Bet Championship has been nothing short of remarkable, with Dean Smith's men propelling themselves into the play-off spots after a fabulous run of form.

The club's promotion hopes looked to be dead and buried a month or so ago, but out of nowhere, the players have stepped up to the plate and put together an impressive run of results.

Every area on the pitch is at its best right now - Tyrone Mings and Kortney Hause have dramatically improved the defence, Jack Grealish's return has made the midfield tick again, and Tammy Abraham keeps on firing in front of goal.

You feel though, that one conundrum that Villa really do need to solve is their goalkeeping options, with Lovre Kalinic failing to make an impact since his January move from Gent, and subsequently losing his place in the team to Jed Steer.

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With the club recently being linked with CD Aves' Quentin Beunardeau, it's clear that Smith clearly shares these thoughts, and one player who could have been very useful for Villa once again this season is Sam Johnstone.

The former Manchester United shot-stopper played an integral role in Villa's play-off push last season, and was linked with a return to Villa before signing for Midlands rivals West Bromwich Albion in the summer, for a reported fee of £6.5million.

Would he be useful for Villa right now? Here, we take a look at his stats from the season so far in today's FLW Spotlight...

Johnstone has made 38 appearances in the Championship this season, keeping eight clean sheets for the Baggies, which therefore leads to a rate of 21.1%.

Similarly to Villa in the first-half of the season, West Brom's defence has been far from solid this term - Albion have shipped 48 goals in the league this season, which doesn't make for pretty reading when you compare it to teams around them in Middlesbrough and Sheffield United.

Johnstone has done his best to keep out as many goals as possible - saving two penalties and accruing a save success rate of 72.3%.

He isn't too bad with his feet either, amassing a pass success rate of 68.9% from 32.1 passes per game, suggesting that he'd fit right into Smith's style of passing out from the back.

Having kept 20 clean sheets in the league for Villa last term, Johnstone is well on course to record a lower amount of clean sheets this season, but his save statistics are impressive, and he could have played a key part in Villa's revival this term.