Brighton & Hove Albion v Aston Villa

Premier League

Full time

Brighton & Hove Albion

4–0

Aston Villa

Match events

Brighton & Hove AlbionAston Villa

1st half

Own goalOwn Goal by Victor Lindelöf, Aston Villa. Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Aston Villa 0.
8'0–1
Yellow cardPascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
9'
9'
Yellow cardJoão Gomes (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
Yellow cardYasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
11'
GoalGoal! 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.
18'2–0
GoalGoal! 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.
30'3–0
GoalGoal! 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.
31'4–0
33'
Yellow cardJohn McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
40'
Red cardJoão Gomes (Aston Villa) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
Half-time4–0

2nd half

SubstitutionSubstitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Charalampos Kostoulas replaces Jack Hinshelwood.
64'
SubstitutionSubstitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Costinha replaces Yasin Ayari.
64'
74'
SubstitutionSubstitution, Aston Villa. Lamare Bogarde replaces Ross Barkley.
74'
SubstitutionSubstitution, Aston Villa. Tyrone Mings replaces Pau Torres.
SubstitutionSubstitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Zadok Yohanna replaces Mats Wieffer.
78'
SubstitutionSubstitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Ibrahim Osman replaces Maxim De Cuyper.

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Match details

Date: Sunday 23 August 2026
Started: 11:00 pm Sydney time
Venue: American Express Stadium, Falmer
Competition: Premier League
Officials: Peter Bankes (Referee)

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