Christian Benteke is out of Aston Villa 's FA Cup clash with local rivals West Bromwich Albion after sustaining a minor hip injury in training . The Belgian striker scored a nerveless stoppage-time penalty to inflict defeat on West Brom in the Premier League on Tuesday and Tim Sherwood hoped he would carry the momentum into the repeat tie at Villa Park . But he picked up a knock before Saturday and is missing from the Villa squad entirely , with Scott Sinclair coming in as a replacement . Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke will miss the FA Cup quarter-final clash with rivals West Brom . Benteke has been removed from Villa 's match-day squad entirely due to a minor hip injury . Writing in the match day programme , Sherwood said : 'It 's unusual to play the same team twice in the space of a few says , never mind your local rivals , but having won the first one we remain just as determined to win this one . 'We know it will be a difficult game but with a sell-out crowd behind us we are hoping to win the game and make sure we are in the hat for the next round . ' Benteke scores a goal past Newcastle United goalkeeper Tim Krul at St James ' Park , but it is disallowed .
Aston Villa striker Tim Krul has suffered a hip injury in training . This will keep the Belgian out of the FA Cup quarter-final with West Brom . Benteke has scored four goals in 23 games for Villa this season .