English Premier League

FT Sunday, May 28, 2023
Brighton & Hove Albion LWLWD 1
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Aston Villa WLLWD 2
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BHA101
AVL202
Villa Park · 42,212 att.

Match Report

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Aston Villa seal Conference League place with win over Brighton

Aston Villa secured a return to Europe in the Conference League next season with a 2-1 home win over Brighton & Hove Albion as goals from Douglas Luiz and Ollie Watkins on Sunday saw them end the Premier League campaign in seventh place.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
15
4
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
3
59.7
Possession
40.3
8
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
357
Accurate Passes
213
427
Passes
283
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
7
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.2
27
Long Balls
43
18
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.7
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
2
2
Effective Tackles
6
13
Tackles
14
0.2
Tackle %
0.4
3
Interceptions
12
14
Effective Clearances
7
14
Clearances
7

Head to Head

AVL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 27Lucas DigneLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 7John McGinnAM
  7. 6Douglas LuizLM
  8. 44Boubacar KamaraRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 41Jacob RamseyAM-L
  11. 31Leon BaileyAM-R

BHA · 4-4-2

  1. 23Jason SteeleG
  2. 6Levi ColwillCD-L
  3. 4Adam WebsterCD-R
  4. 13Pascal GrossLB
  5. 34Joël VeltmanRB
  6. 10Alexis Mac AllisterCM-L
  7. 26Yasin AyariCM-R
  8. 20Julio EncisoLM
  9. 40Facundo BuonanotteRM
  10. 28Evan FergusonCF-L
  11. 21Deniz UndavCF-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jacob Ramsey.
  2. 12' Deniz Undav (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 22' Matty Cash (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 24' Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 26' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jacob Ramsey following a fast break.
  6. 37' Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 38' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Deniz Undav (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pascal Groß following a set piece situation.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  8. 45' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Pervis Estupiñán replaces Joël Veltman.
  9. 45' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Moisés Caicedo replaces Yasin Ayari.
  10. 63' Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 65' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jan Paul van Hecke replaces Adam Webster.
  12. 65' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Kaoru Mitoma replaces Julio Enciso.
  13. 67' John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 69' Substitution, Aston Villa. Emiliano Buendía replaces Leon Bailey.
  15. 73' Moisés Caicedo (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 88' Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 89' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jack Hinshelwood replaces Deniz Undav.

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