Tim Sherwood insists Aston Villa are prepared for their final survival fight as he backed his side to stay up.
Villa go to Manchester City on Saturday, looking good at four points above the bottom three and with an FA Cup final against Arsenal ahead next month.
Manager Sherwood replaced Paul Lambert in February when Villa were in the Barclays Premier League relegation zone but believes they have enough to survive with five games left.
He said; "There's enough games out there to be able to achieve it. We are very confident that we are going to stay in the Premier League but you just never know. If you take your foot off the pedal, this game shocks you.
"There's other teams fighting for their lives as well.
"It's important in the bad times that they stick together as well and I think we've done that.
"It's not all been plain sailing. We haven't won every game since I've come in.
"We've taken some knocks and took some last-gasp defeats as well so we've managed to brush it aside and bounce back in the following games, so there's enough character in there and enough ability in there to stay in the division."
Sherwood could have Gabriel Agbonlahor back from a hamstring injury while Philippe Senderos and Aly Cissokho are available again after respective thigh and groin problems.
Nathan Baker and Ciaran Clark (both knee) are out along with Alan Hutton (ankle), and Scott Sinclair is ineligible to face his parent club.
Source: PA
