Premier League · Round 1 · Brighton vs Aston Villa

Sun, 23 Aug, 13:00

Prediction

BrightonvsAston Villa

23/08/2026 13:00

LLWWW

10th place

4-0

EPL · Round 1

WWLLL

7th place

Lindelof V. 8' (OG)De Cuyper M. 18'Hinshelwood J. 30'Hinshelwood J. 31'

About the match

Brighton is going head to head with Aston Villa on August 23, 2026 at 13:00. This match is part of Premier League — Round 1.

Player of the match

Hinshelwood

Brighton

9.0

Match events

Lindelof V.

Joao Gomes

Gross P.

Brighton7.84

4-2-3-1 ·

5.45Aston Villa

6.8

1 Verbruggen

8.6

5 Dunk

9.02

8 Hinshelwood

7.5

10 Rutter

8.0

13 Gross

8.5

21 Boscagli

7.9

25 Gomez

6.2

26 Ayari

7.2

27 Wieffer

8.0

29 Cuyper

8.5

44 Vuskovic

6.4

2 Cash

4.4

3 Lindelof

6.3

6 Barkley

5.7

7 McGinn

5.8

8 Kamara

6.1

10 Buendia

4.4

14 Torres

5.1

22 Maatsen

3.7

35 Gomes

6.0

40 Bizot

6.1

53 Hemmings

6.8

1 Verbruggen

8.6

5 Dunk

9.02

8 Hinshelwood

7.5

10 Rutter

8.0

13 Gross

8.5

21 Boscagli

7.9

25 Gomez

6.2

26 Ayari

7.2

27 Wieffer

8.0

29 Cuyper

8.5

44 Vuskovic

6.4

2 Cash

4.4

3 Lindelof

6.3

6 Barkley

5.7

7 McGinn

5.8

8 Kamara

6.1

10 Buendia

4.4

14 Torres

5.1

22 Maatsen

3.7

35 Gomes

6.0

40 Bizot

6.1

53 Hemmings

Managers

Hurzeler F.

Coach · Brighton

Baleba C.

Coach · Aston Villa

Substitutions

Brighton

Costinha

↑ 64' · ↓ Ayari Y.

Kostoulas C.

↑ 64' · ↓ Hinshelwood J.

Osman I.

↑ 78' · ↓ De Cuyper M.

Yalcouye M.

↑ 86' · ↓ Gomez D.

Yohanna Z.

↑ 78' · ↓ Wieffer M.

David P.

Unused sub

Steele J.

Unused sub

Struijk P.

Unused sub

Svoboda M.

Unused sub

Aston Villa

Alysson

↑ 82' · ↓ McGinn J.

Bogarde L.

↑ 74' · ↓ Barkley R.

Garnacho A.

↑ 86' · ↓ Buendia E.

Mings T.

↑ 74' · ↓ Torres P.

Ruggeri M.

↑ 82' · ↓ Maatsen I.

Burrowes B.

Unused sub

Lynch L.

Unused sub

Rowe T.

Unused sub

Suzuki Z.

Unused sub

Key moments

40'Here comes the VAR decision. Referee Peter Bankes produces a RED card from his pocket and Joao Gomes (Aston Villa) heads for an early shower!

39'There's a break in play and the referee must have got a signal in his ear as he indicates he will check that earlier infringement by Joao Gomes (Aston Villa) using VAR. This could result in a red card!

31'4 - 0Goal! Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton) fires the rebound into the bottom left corner after the ball breaks to him in the box. The score is 4:0.

18'2 - 0Goal! Georginio Rutter puts a cross into the box and finds Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton), who latches on to it and strikes the ball into the middle of the net. He makes it 2:0.

8'1 - 0Victor Lindelof (Aston Villa) scores an unfortunate own goal after deflecting the ball into his own net!