English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 23, 2026
Aston Villa WWLLL 0
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Brighton & Hove Albion LWWWD 4
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American Express Stadium · Peacock

Match Report

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Brilliant Brighton batter dreadful Aston Villa

Jack Hinshelwood struck twice in two first-half minutes as rampant Brighton ruthlessly exploited Aston Villa's summer exodus with a thumping 4-0 Premier League victory.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
6
2
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
0
27.1
Possession
72.9
6
SHOTS
21
0
ON GOAL
6
0.0
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
182
Accurate Passes
598
240
Passes
642
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
5
4
Crosses
23
0.3
Cross %
0.2
37
Long Balls
53
13
Accurate Long Balls
44
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
0
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
14
20
Tackles
21
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
8
Interceptions
10
23
Effective Clearances
12
23
Clearances
12

Head to Head

AVL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 44Luka VuskovicCD-R
  4. 21Olivier BoscagliLB
  5. 27Mats WiefferRB
  6. 8Jack HinshelwoodAM
  7. 26Yasin AyariLM
  8. 13Pascal GrossRM
  9. 10Georginio RutterF
  10. 29Maxim De CuyperAM-L
  11. 25Diego GómezAM-R

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 40Marco BizotG
  2. 14Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 3Victor LindelöfCD-R
  4. 22Ian MaatsenLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 6Ross BarkleyAM
  7. 35João GomesLM
  8. 8Boubacar KamaraRM
  9. 10Emiliano BuendíaF
  10. 53George HemmingsAM-L
  11. 7John McGinnAM-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Own Goal by Victor Lindelöf, Aston Villa. Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Aston Villa 0.
  2. 9' Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 9' João Gomes (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 11' Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 18' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Aston Villa 0. Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Georginio Rutter.
  6. 30' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Aston Villa 0. Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Diego Gómez with a headed pass.
  7. 31' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 4, Aston Villa 0. Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  8. 33' John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 39'
  10. 40'
  11. 40' João Gomes (Aston Villa) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  12. 55' Delay in match because of an injury Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa).
  13. 55'
  14. 56' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  15. 56'
  16. 64' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Charalampos Kostoulas replaces Jack Hinshelwood.
  17. 64' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Costinha replaces Yasin Ayari.
  18. 74' Substitution, Aston Villa. Lamare Bogarde replaces Ross Barkley.
  19. 74' Substitution, Aston Villa. Tyrone Mings replaces Pau Torres.
  20. 78' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Zadok Yohanna replaces Mats Wieffer.
  21. 78' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Ibrahim Osman replaces Maxim De Cuyper.
  22. 80'
  23. 81'
  24. 82' Substitution, Aston Villa. Matteo Ruggeri replaces Ian Maatsen.
  25. 82' Substitution, Aston Villa. Alysson replaces John McGinn.
  26. 86' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Malick Yalcouyé replaces Diego Gómez.
  27. 86' Substitution, Aston Villa. Alejandro Garnacho replaces Emiliano Buendía.
  28. 90'+5' Matty Cash (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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