Hello and welcome to BirminghamLive's coverage of Aston Villa's third pre-season friendly against Championship promotion hopefuls Bristol City. Villa's week has been a disruptive one given the cancellation of Wednesday's match with Nottingham Forest due to Covid issues. Transfer interest in star man Jack Grealish has also stepped up a notch with Man City filing a £100 million bid into Aston Villa. Back to matters on the pitch and Villa come into this one against the Robins after a disappointing showing up at Stoke City last week. Stay with us for all of the pre-game build-up, confirmed team news, live updates, player ratings and post-match reaction.

Source: Express July 31, 2021 09:32 UTC