Aston Villa have sacked head coach Dean Smith after five successive Premier League defeats.
Smith, who was appointed in October 2018, helped earn Villa promotion back to the Premier League in his first season in charge at the club.
However, in his third Premier League campaign with the club, a run of five straight losses – the last of which came at Southampton on Friday – has led the Villa hierarchy to make a change.
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