This may be it. We may have reached the end of the line for any last gasps of hope in the 2015-16 season of Aston Villa. Lose today against Bournemouth and it's pretty much over no matter what. Do what Norwich City do against Crystal Palace, and it's effectively done. Do anything worse than what the Canaries do and we can finally put our last lingering shreds of hope to bed.
If there is any mercy to be had it's in the fact that almost no one will be able to follow the execution. Not even BBC WM is covering this team any more, opting instead to broadcast Reading-Birmingham City. If you do want to watch, there are ways to do so online, but there are always ways to find snuff footage, so that shouldn't come as a surprise.
We'll be covering the match on Twitter and you can join in the comments below. If I'm being honest, I really sort of hope relegation happens today. A miracle isn't in the offing and I'd just like for this to be over with already.
UTV or DTV. Whichever.
Location: Villa Park, Birmingham, England
Kick-off time: 3 PM BST, 10 AM Eastern, 7 AM Pacific
Available TV: DirectTV Ch. 493 (US)
Available streaming: BT Sport Live Streaming, NBC Sports Live Extra
Available radio: AVTV (subscription required), Westwood One Sports (US)
For listings in other countries, check out LiveSoccerTV.com.
Aston Villa squad
Here's the Villa line-up to face @afcbournemouth this afternoon. #AVFC #AFCB #AVLBOU pic.twitter.com/vFpoRwADOw
— Aston Villa FC (@AVFCOfficial) April 9, 2016
#AVFC subs (v @AFCBournemouth): Richards, Adama, Sanchez, Bunn, Gestede, Grealish, Toner. #AVLBOU
— Aston Villa FC (@AVFCOfficial) April 9, 2016
Bournemouth Squad
TEAM NEWS: @TommyElph4 starts and @CallumWilson returns to the bench for #AVLBOU: https://t.co/vJmQUfbphR pic.twitter.com/9Ubd4c44dG
— AFC Bournemouth (@afcbournemouth) April 9, 2016