Birmingham City welcome arch-rivals Aston Villa to St. Andrew’s this weekend in another huge derby clash in the Championship.
The previous meeting between the sides this season finished in a 4-2 win for Villa in a thoroughly entertaining display.
But months later, it is the Blues who sit higher in the table, currently three places better off in eighth place as both sides look to break into the play-offs.
A win for Smith’s side, however, will see them leapfrog their neighbours and potentially close the gap on the top-six to just three points.
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And Villa are keen to take every chance they can to gain an advantage, with Garry Monk revealing that the Blues asked their rivals for permission to play on loan midfielder Gary Gardner.
And unsurprisingly, Smith and co batted the request away leaving the Blues with another decision to make.
It is safe to say that it went down very well with the Villa fans, too…