English Premier League

FT Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Aston Villa WWWWW 3
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Brighton & Hove Albion WWWDL 0
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BHA000
American Express Stadium · 31,230 att. · Peacock

Match Report

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Marcus Rashford scores again as Aston Villa beat Brighton

Marcus Rashford scored his first league goal for Aston Villa who earned a comfortable 3-0 win at Brighton & Hove Albion on Wednesday, which moved the visitors ahead of the hosts in the Premier League standings.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
16
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
0
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
2
44.3
Possession
55.7
8
SHOTS
11
5
ON GOAL
4
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
321
Accurate Passes
397
383
Passes
464
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
6
5
Crosses
24
0.4
Cross %
0.3
47
Long Balls
31
22
Accurate Long Balls
11
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
11
26
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
7
Interceptions
7
33
Effective Clearances
13
33
Clearances
13

Head to Head

AVL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 29Jan Paul van HeckeCD-R
  4. 30Pervis EstupiñánLB
  5. 41Jack HinshelwoodRB
  6. 8Brajan GrudaAM
  7. 26Yasin AyariLM
  8. 25Diego GómezRM
  9. 9João PedroF
  10. 22Kaoru MitomaAM-L
  11. 11Simon AdingraAM-R

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 14Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 12Lucas DigneLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 7John McGinnAM
  7. 8Youri TielemansLM
  8. 44Boubacar KamaraRM
  9. 9Marcus RashfordF
  10. 41Jacob RamseyAM-L
  11. 27Morgan RogersAM-R

Timeline

  1. 20' Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 51' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Aston Villa 1. Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Morgan Rogers with a through ball following a fast break.
  3. 65' Substitution, Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins replaces Marcus Rashford.
  4. 65' Substitution, Aston Villa. Marco Asensio replaces Jacob Ramsey.
  5. 65' Substitution, Aston Villa. Amadou Onana replaces Youri Tielemans.
  6. 72' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Mats Wieffer replaces Jack Hinshelwood.
  7. 72' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Eiran Cashin replaces Lewis Dunk.
  8. 72' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Carlos Baleba replaces Diego Gómez.
  9. 72' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Danny Welbeck replaces João Pedro.
  10. 78' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Aston Villa 2. Marco Asensio (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Morgan Rogers.
  11. 81' Substitution, Aston Villa. Axel Disasi replaces Matty Cash.
  12. 84' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Matt O'Riley replaces Brajan Gruda.
  13. 88' Substitution, Aston Villa. Donyell Malen replaces Morgan Rogers because of an injury.
  14. 90' Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+1' Axel Disasi (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+2' Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+10' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Aston Villa 3. Donyell Malen (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marco Asensio following a fast break.
  18. 90'+11' Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.

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