Brighton - Aston Villa

Brighton

Premier League Season 2026 - Round 1

Sunday 23 August 2026 14:00

4 - 0

Finished

Referee: Peter Bankes

Aston Villa

Result

Ball possession

73%

27%

Timeline

Victor Nilsson Lindelöf

1-0 OG

João Victor Gomes da Silva

Pascal Groß

10'

Yasin Abbas Ayari

11'

Maxim De Cuyper

2-0

18'

Jack Hinshelwood

3-0

30'

Jack Hinshelwood

4-0

31'

33'

John McGinn

39'

VAR

Card upgrade
João Victor Gomes da Silva

40'

João Victor Gomes da Silva

Yasin Abbas Ayari (out)
João Pedro Loureiro da Costa (in)

64'

Jack Hinshelwood (out)
Charalampos Kostoulas (in)

64'

74'

Pau Francisco Torres (out)
Tyrone Mings (in)

74'

Ross Barkley (out)
Lamar Bogarde (in)

Maxim De Cuyper (out)
Ibrahim Osman (in)

78'

Mats Wieffer (out)
Zadok Yohanna (in)

78'

82'

Ian Maatsen (out)
Matteo Ruggeri (in)

82'

John McGinn (out)
Alysson Edward Franco da Rocha dos Santos (in)

Diego Alexander Gómez Amarilla (out)
Malick Junior Yalcouyé (in)

86'

Emiliano Buendía (out)
Alejandro Garnacho Ferreyra (in)

90+5'

Matty Cash

Odds

1X2	10Bet	1xBet	888Sport	Bet365	Betano	Betfair	BetVictor	Dafabet	Marathonbet	Pinnacle	SBO	Superbet	Unibet	William Hill
1 Brighton	2.18	2.28	2.15	2.20	2.22	2.20	2.20	2.24	2.24	2.22	2.18	2.22	2.23	2.15
X Draw	3.60	3.60	3.30	3.60	3.55	3.50	3.60	3.60	3.54	3.57	3.21	3.50	3.50	3.40
2 Aston Villa	3.05	3.35	3.10	3.10	3.15	3.25	3.13	3.20	3.30	3.30	2.94	3.25	3.10	3.20

Previous confrontations (H2H)

2 Brighton

6 Draw

10 Aston Villa

56% Over 2.5 goals

67% Both teams scored

2.9 Goals per match

2 | 5 Clean sheets

🔥 Aston Villa won the last 3 head-to-head meetings

Biggest win: Aston Villa 6-1 Brighton (2023)

Most goals: Brighton 3-4 Aston Villa (2025)

Goals scored all matches

1.00

1.94

Goals in home matches

0.89

2.11

Goals in away matches

1.11

1.78

Above is calculated based on the below matches

2026-02-11 Wednesday 19:30

Won 😀

Aston Villa 2

Brighton 3

2025-12-03 Wednesday 19:30

Won 😎

Brighton 2

Aston Villa 2

2025-04-02 Wednesday 19:45

Walkover 🔥

Brighton 2

Aston Villa 3

2024-12-30 Monday 19:45

Draw 🤔

Aston Villa 2 P

Brighton 3

2024-05-05 Sunday 14:00

Won 😀

Brighton 2

Aston Villa

2023-09-30 Saturday 12:30

Walkover 🔥

Aston Villa 4

Brighton 4

2023-05-28 Sunday 16:30

Won 😀

Aston Villa 4

Brighton 4

2022-12-08 Thursday 13:00

Draw 🤔

Aston Villa

Brighton

2022-11-13 Sunday 14:00

Won 😎

Brighton 2

Aston Villa 7 P

2022-02-26 Saturday 15:30

Won 😎

Brighton 4

Aston Villa 5

2021-11-20 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Aston Villa 3

Brighton 3

2021-02-13 Saturday 20:00

Draw 🤔

Brighton 2

Aston Villa 3

2020-11-21 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Aston Villa 2

Brighton 3

2020-01-18 Saturday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Brighton 3

Aston Villa 3

2019-10-19 Saturday 15:00

Won 😀

Aston Villa

Brighton 4

2019-09-25 Wednesday 19:45

Won 😎

Brighton 2

Aston Villa

2017-05-07 Sunday 12:00

Draw 🤔

Aston Villa

Brighton P

2016-11-18 Friday 19:45

Draw 🤔

Brighton

Aston Villa 2

Stats

Brighton

Aston Villa

Shots off goal

Total shots

Shots inside box

Shots outside box

Fouls

Corners

Offsides

Yellow cards

647

Total passes

242

601

Passes success

185

93%

Passes %

76%

3.77

Expected goals (xG)

0.29

-0.41

Goals prevented

-0.41

Stadion

Stadion name

The American Express Community Stadium

Capacity

30750

Address

Village Way
Falmer, East Sussex

table 2026

Premier League

Team	Pts
Manchester City	6
Hull City	6
Chelsea	6
Brentford	4
Newcastle	4
Everton	4
Leeds	4
Brighton	3
Arsenal	3
Manchester United	3
Sunderland	3
Ipswich	3
Liverpool	2
Bournemouth	1
Nottingham Forest	1
Fulham	0
Aston Villa	0
Coventry	0
Crystal Palace	0
Tottenham	0

Complete table

Line-ups

Brighton — Formation: 4-2-3-1

Coach: Fabian Marc Hürzeler

Bart Verbruggen

Mats Wieffer

Luka Vušković

Lewis Dunk

Olivier Boscagli

Pascal Groß

Yasin Abbas Ayari

Diego Alexander Gómez Amarilla

Jack Hinshelwood

Maxim De Cuyper

Georginio Rutter

Emiliano Buendía

George Hemmings

Ross Barkley

John McGinn

João Victor Gomes da Silva

Boubacar Kamara

Ian Maatsen

Pau Francisco Torres

Victor Nilsson Lindelöf

Matty Cash

Marco Bizot

Aston Villa — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo Aston Villa

Coach: Unai Emery Etxegoien

Brighton — Formation: 4-2-3-1

Coach: Fabian Marc Hürzeler

Aston Villa — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo Aston Villa

Coach: Unai Emery Etxegoien

Bart Verbruggen

Mats Wieffer

Luka Vušković

Lewis Dunk

Olivier Boscagli

Pascal Groß

Yasin Abbas Ayari

Diego Alexander Gómez Amarilla

Jack Hinshelwood

Maxim De Cuyper

Georginio Rutter

Emiliano Buendía

George Hemmings

Ross Barkley

John McGinn

João Victor Gomes da Silva

Boubacar Kamara

Ian Maatsen

Pau Francisco Torres

Victor Nilsson Lindelöf

Matty Cash

Marco Bizot

Substitutes

Substitutes Brighton

Name	Age	Position
Jason Steele	36	Goalkeeper
Michael Svoboda	27	Defender
João Pedro Loureiro da Costa	26	Defender
Pascal Struijk	27	Defender
Malick Junior Yalcouyé	20	Midfielder
Zadok Yohanna	0	Midfielder
Charalampos Kostoulas	19	Attacker
Promise Akinpelu	25	Attacker
Ibrahim Osman	27	Attacker

Substitutes Aston Villa

Name	Age	Position
Zion Suzuki	24	Goalkeeper
Tyrone Mings	33	Defender
Matteo Ruggeri	24	Defender
Luka Lynch	19	Midfielder
Bradley Burrows	2	Midfielder
Lamar Bogarde	22	Attacker
Alejandro Garnacho Ferreyra	22	Attacker
Alysson Edward Franco da Rocha dos Santos	20	Attacker

Player stats

#	Name	FN rating	Min	Pos	G	A	Sh	SoT	Pas	KP	Pas+	Tkl	Blk	Int	Du	Du+	Dri	Dri+	Foul	Foul+	🟨	🟥	Off	Sav	GC	PenSv
8	Jack Hinshelwood	9.0	64	Midfielder	2	0	2	2	14	1	13	2	-	-	6	6	1	1	-	2	0	0	-	-	0	-
29	Maxim De Cuyper	8.3	78	Midfielder	1	0	3	1	41	4	37	3	-	1	7	3	-	-	4	-	0	0	1	-	0	-
25	Diego Alexander Gómez Amarilla	8.2	86	Midfielder	-	1	3	2	33	2	27	3	-	1	9	5	-	-	-	-	0	0	2	-	0	-
44	Luka Vušković	7.9	90	Defender	-	0	2	-	103	-	98	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	1	-	0	0	-	-	0	-
10	Georginio Rutter	7.7	90	Attacker	-	1	2	-	12	1	7	2	-	-	9	4	1	1	-	1	0	0	2	-	0	-
5	Lewis Dunk ©️	7.6	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	114	-	109	1	-	1	6	3	-	-	2	-	0	0	-	-	0	-
21	Olivier Boscagli	7.6	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	66	-	65	1	-	2	5	3	-	-	-	1	0	0	-	-	0	-
27	Mats Wieffer	7.3	78	Defender	-	0	1	-	60	2	55	4	-	4	19	11	1	1	1	3	0	0	-	-	0	-
13	Pascal Groß	7.2	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	77	4	72	3	-	-	7	4	-	-	1	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
1	Bart Verbruggen	6.9	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	34	-	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	0
5	Tyrone Mings (sub)	6.9	16	Defender	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	-
13	Matteo Ruggeri (sub)	6.9	8	Defender	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	-
20	João Pedro Loureiro da Costa (sub)	6.7	26	Defender	-	0	2	1	17	-	17	1	-	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	-
36	Zadok Yohanna (sub)	6.7	12	Attacker	-	0	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	4	1	2	1	1	-	0	0	-	-	0	-
35	Malick Junior Yalcouyé (sub)	6.7	9	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	15	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	-
10	Emiliano Buendía	6.7	86	Attacker	-	0	3	-	17	1	16	1	-	2	14	5	-	-	3	2	0	0	1	-	0	-
47	Alysson Edward Franco da Rocha dos Santos (sub)	6.7	8	Attacker	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	-
26	Lamar Bogarde (sub)	6.6	16	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	-
19	Charalampos Kostoulas (sub)	6.5	26	Attacker	-	0	2	-	6	-	3	1	-	-	5	3	1	-	-	-	0	0	1	-	0	-
40	Marco Bizot	6.5	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	29	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	3	4	0
53	George Hemmings	6.5	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	13	1	6	3	-	-	9	6	1	1	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	-
15	Ibrahim Osman (sub)	6.3	12	Attacker	-	0	-	-	10	1	8	-	-	-	4	2	2	-	-	2	0	0	-	-	0	-
8	Boubacar Kamara	6.3	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	24	-	23	2	1	1	11	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	-	-	0	-
7	John McGinn ©️	6.3	82	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	21	-	11	1	-	1	12	7	5	2	1	4	1	0	-	-	0	-
6	Ross Barkley	6.3	74	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	25	2	20	-	1	-	10	5	2	2	-	2	0	0	-	-	0	-
26	Yasin Abbas Ayari	6.2	64	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	40	1	36	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	2	1	1	0	-	-	0	-
2	Matty Cash	6.2	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	29	-	22	2	1	1	6	4	-	-	2	2	1	0	-	-	0	-
17	Alejandro Garnacho Ferreyra (sub)	6.2	9	Attacker	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	1	-	0	-
22	Ian Maatsen	5.5	82	Defender	-	0	1	-	8	-	6	2	-	2	8	2	3	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	-
3	Victor Nilsson Lindelöf	5.0	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	34	-	27	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	-
35	João Victor Gomes da Silva	5.0	40	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	14	1	14	4	-	-	11	6	1	1	2	1	1	1	-	-	0	-
14	Pau Francisco Torres	4.9	74	Defender	-	0	-	-	26	-	20	-	-	1	4	1	-	-	1	-	0	0	-	-	0	-
23	Jason Steele (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	-
4	Pascal Struijk (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	-
30	Michael Svoboda (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	-
12	Promise Akinpelu (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	-
1	Zion Suzuki (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	-
49	Bradley Burrows (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	-
74	Luka Lynch (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	-