Jack Grealish shares how he'd feel about playing West Brom in the play-offs

Aston Villa are likely to face West Bromwich Albion in the Championship play-offs.

Jack Grealish of Aston Villa in action during the Sky Bet Championship match between Aston Villa and Millwall at Villa Park on April 22, 2019 in Birmingham, England.

Aston Villa star Jack Grealish has told the Daily Mail that it would be ‘nice’ to face West Bromwich Albion in the play-offs having gone unbeaten since facing the Baggies.

Villa head into the final game of the Championship season sitting in fifth place, with the likelihood being that they will face local rivals West Brom in the play-off semi-finals.

A West Brom win and a Leeds defeat on the final day would see West Brom jump into third place, but for now, most are expecting a Villa v Baggies semi-final.

The two sides last met in February, with West Brom winning 2-0 at Villa Park thanks to goals from Hal Robson-Kanu and Jay Rodriguez, which took West Brom 13 points clear of Villa.

Villa, then seven points off the play-offs, haven’t lost since. They’ve dropped just four points in the 12 games since that defeat, catapulting themselves into the top six, and now only four points adrift of West Brom.

That local derby would be great to see in the play-offs anyway, but it would have added meaning for star playmaker Grealish, especially as he missed the last meeting through an injury suffered in December – against the Baggies.

Jack Grealish of Aston Villa celebrates with the fans after his victory after the Sky Bet Championship match between Aston Villa and Millwall at Villa Park, Birmingham on Monday 22nd April...

Grealish has now admitted that it would be ‘nice’ to face West Brom having gone unbeaten since their last meeting, believing Villa have come alive at the right time and he just doesn’t think this time will get beat due to its confidence right now.

“We’ve come alive at the right time,” said Grealish. “We haven’t lost since West Brom on February 16 so it would probably be nice to get West Brom in the play-off semi-final, knowing we haven’t been beaten since then. We’ll take any game that comes and go into it with high confidence.”

“’The lads are just flying at the moment. So much confidence. I’ve never been in a team, even when I was playing with Delph and Benteke, where I just feel we’re never going to get beat. I think all the boys are all the same: we don’t care who we play,” he added.

Jay Rodriguez of West Bromwich Albion (C) celebrates scoring the second goal of the game at Villa Park on February 16, 2019 in Birmingham, England.