Aston Villa will be chief among those clubs itching for the international break to be over as they are in great form at the moment.

The Villans have shot themselves into the top six in recent weeks and need to keep playing in order to keep that momentum up.

In some other good news for Dean Smith, though, Axel Tuanzebe is back fit for the Villans and could be in contention to feature against Blackburn - according to the Birmingham Mail.

The defender was in good form before getting injured and now provides a selection headache for Smith in more ways than one.

In one way, he contests with Kortney Hause and Tyrone Mings to come in at centre-half whilst, in another way, Smith will have to decide which loanees make his bench - as he is only allowed 5.

Headaches, then, but nice ones to have for the Villa boss at this stage of the campaign.

The Verdict

Tuanzebe is a good young player and will want to force himself back into the side as soon as possible as Villa embark on a play-off challenge.

He's got plenty going for him at the moment, then, but he's also got quite the challenge in front of him looking at Villa's defence now.