Brighton & Hove Albion beat Aston Villa 4–0 — 2026 Premier League 2026-27 English Premier League

Brighton & Hove Albion beat Aston Villa 4–0 at American Express Stadium on Sunday, August 23, 2026.

The goals

• 8' — Own Goal by Victor Lindelöf, Aston Villa. Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Aston Villa 0.
• 18' — Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton & Hove Albion)
• 30' — Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton & Hove Albion)
• 31' — Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton & Hove Albion)

How it unfolded

1. —•First Half begins.
2. 8'⚽Own Goal by Victor Lindelöf, Aston Villa. Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Aston Villa 0.
3. 9'•Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
4. 9'•João Gomes (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
5. 11'•Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 33'•John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
10. 40'•João Gomes (Aston Villa) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
11. 45'+5'•First Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 4, Aston Villa 0.
12. 45'•Second Half begins Brighton and Hove Albion 4, Aston Villa 0.
13. 55'•Delay in match because of an injury Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa).
14. 56'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
15. 64'•Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Charalampos Kostoulas replaces Jack Hinshelwood.
16. 64'•Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Costinha replaces Yasin Ayari.
17. 74'•Substitution, Aston Villa. Lamare Bogarde replaces Ross Barkley.
18. 74'•Substitution, Aston Villa. Tyrone Mings replaces Pau Torres.
19. 78'•Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Zadok Yohanna replaces Mats Wieffer.
20. 78'•Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Ibrahim Osman replaces Maxim De Cuyper.
21. 82'•Substitution, Aston Villa. Matteo Ruggeri replaces Ian Maatsen.
22. 82'•Substitution, Aston Villa. Alysson replaces John McGinn.
23. 86'•Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Malick Yalcouyé replaces Diego Gómez.
24. 86'•Substitution, Aston Villa. Alejandro Garnacho replaces Emiliano Buendía.
25. 90'+5'•Matty Cash (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

How they arrived

• Brighton & Hove Albion: 3W 1D 0L in their last 4 — 75% win rate, 8 scored and 3 conceded.
• Aston Villa: 0W 0D 3L in their last 3 — 0% win rate, 3 scored and 6 conceded.

Full match statistics

Team records

Sources

• 2026 Premier League 2026-27 English Premier League — live match data

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