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Brighton & Hove Albion
Aston Villa
Brighton & Hove Albion0 – 0
NS
23 Aug 2026, 20:00 WIB
American Express Stadium
Aston Villa⚽ Victor Lindelöf 8' OG
⚽ Maxim De Cuyper 18'
⚽ Jack Hinshelwood 30', 31'
João Gomes 40' 🟥
Match Preview
Brighton & Hove Albion host Aston Villa in a highly anticipated match, with the home side looking to improve their recent form against their opponents. Key players for both teams will be crucial in deciding the outcome, with the likes of Aston Villa's talented squad posing a significant threat to Brighton's defense. The head-to-head history between the two teams suggests that Aston Villa have had the upper hand in recent meetings, having won three of their last five encounters, including a 0-1 win in their most recent meeting on 2026-02-11. Brighton will be seeking to reverse this trend and claim a much-needed victory.
Match Stats
73%Possession27%
21Total Shots6
6Shots on Target0
90%Pass Completion %80%
5Corner Kicks2
6Offsides2
2Yellow Cards3
0Red Cards1
Timeline
8'⚽Victor Lindelöf (Own Goal) — Brighton & Hove Albion
9'🟨Pascal Gross (Yellow Card) — Brighton & Hove Albion
9'🟨João Gomes (Yellow Card) — Aston Villa
11'🟨Yasin Ayari (Yellow Card) — Brighton & Hove Albion
18'⚽Maxim De Cuyper — assist Georginio Rutter — Brighton & Hove Albion
30'⚽Jack Hinshelwood — assist Diego Gómez — Brighton & Hove Albion
31'⚽Jack Hinshelwood — Brighton & Hove Albion
33'🟨John McGinn (Yellow Card) — Aston Villa
40'🟥João Gomes (Red Card) — Aston Villa
64'↔️Charalambos Kostoulas ↔ Jack Hinshelwood — Brighton & Hove Albion
64'↔️Costinha ↔ Yasin Ayari — Brighton & Hove Albion
74'↔️Lamare Bogarde ↔ Ross Barkley — Aston Villa
74'↔️Tyrone Mings ↔ Pau Torres — Aston Villa
78'↔️Zadok Yohanna ↔ Mats Wieffer — Brighton & Hove Albion
78'↔️Ibrahim Osman ↔ Maxim De Cuyper — Brighton & Hove Albion
82'↔️Matteo Ruggeri ↔ Ian Maatsen — Aston Villa
82'↔️Alysson ↔ John McGinn — Aston Villa
86'↔️Malick Yalcouyé ↔ Diego Gómez — Brighton & Hove Albion
86'↔️Alejandro Garnacho ↔ Emiliano Buendía — Aston Villa
90'+5'🟨Matty Cash (Yellow Card) — Aston Villa
Formations & Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion — 4-2-3-1
1
B. Verbruggen21
O. Boscagli5
L. Dunk44
L. Vuskovic27
M. Wieffer26
Y. Ayari13
P. Gross29⚽
M. De Cuyper8⚽
J. Hinshelwood25
D. Gómez10
G. RutterSubstitutes
15
I. Osman12
P. David30
M. Svoboda19
C. Kostoulas4
P. Struijk36
Z. Yohanna35
M. Yalcouyé23
J. Steele20
Costinha64'↓ Jack Hinshelwood↑ Charalambos Kostoulas
64'↓ Yasin Ayari↑ Costinha
78'↓ Mats Wieffer↑ Zadok Yohanna
78'↓ Maxim De Cuyper↑ Ibrahim Osman
86'↓ Diego Gómez↑ Malick Yalcouyé
Aston Villa — 4-2-3-1
40
M. Bizot22
I. Maatsen14
P. Torres3
V. Lindelöf2
M. Cash35
J. Gomes8
B. Kamara53
G. Hemmings6
R. Barkley7
J. McGinn10
E. BuendíaSubstitutes
1
Z. Suzuki49
B. Burrowes26
L. Bogarde5
T. Mings47
Alysson74
L. Lynch45
T. Rowe17
A. Garnacho13
M. Ruggeri74'↓ Ross Barkley↑ Lamare Bogarde
74'↓ Pau Torres↑ Tyrone Mings
82'↓ Ian Maatsen↑ Matteo Ruggeri
82'↓ John McGinn↑ Alysson
86'↓ Emiliano Buendía↑ Alejandro Garnacho
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