Premier League · Aug 23, 2026 14:00 · Round 1

Brighton & Hove Albion4 – 0Aston Villa

The American Express Community Stadium, FalmerReferee: Peter Bankes · 4.2 yellow cards per match21 °CArena 2 Premium, Arena Cloud, Arena Sport 1P

Match officials

Peter Bankes · Referee
Ian Hussin · 1st Assistant
Wade Smith · 2nd Assistant
Michael Salisbury · 4th Official

Match stats

73%Possession27%
21Shots6
6Shots on target0
12Shots off target6
3Blocked shots0
15Shots inside box2
6Shots outside box4
6Big chances0
5Corners2
647Passes242
601Accurate passes185
93%Pass accuracy76%
135Attacks53
72Dangerous attacks23
12Fouls11
6Offsides2
0Saves3
21Tackles19
10Interceptions8
50%Dribble success50%
2Yellow cards3
0Red cards1
5Accurate Crosses1
59Ball Safe72
3Big Chances Missed0
8Dribble Attempts14
51Duels Won45
11Free Kicks18
14Goal Attempts6
9Goal Kicks11
2Hit Woodwork0
0Injuries1
15Key Passes5
37Long Passes34
5Substitutions5
4Successful Dribbles7
17Successful Headers7
30Successful Long Passes11
81%Successful Long Passes Percentage32%
13Tackles Won10
9Throwins18
23Total Crosses4

Events

8'Own goal 1-0 · Victor Lindelöf
9'Yellow card · João Gomes
10'Yellow card · Pascal Groß
11'Yellow card · Yasin Ayari
18'Goal 2-0 · Maxim De Cuyper (Georginio Rutter)
30'Goal 3-0 · Jack Hinshelwood (Diego Gómez)
31'Goal 4-0 · Jack Hinshelwood
33'Yellow card · John McGinn
39'VAR_CARD · João Gomes
40'Red card · João Gomes
64'Substitution · Costinha in, Yasin Ayari out
64'Substitution · Charalampos Kostoulas in, Jack Hinshelwood out
74'Substitution · Lamare Bogarde in, Ross Barkley out
74'Substitution · Tyrone Mings in, Pau Torres out
78'Substitution · Ibrahim Osman in, Maxim De Cuyper out
78'Substitution · Zadok Yohanna in, Mats Wieffer out
82'Substitution · Alysson in, John McGinn out
82'Substitution · Matteo Ruggeri in, Ian Maatsen out
86'Substitution · Alejandro Garnacho in, Emiliano Buendía out
86'Substitution · Malick Yalcouyé in, Diego Gómez out
90+5'Yellow card · Matty Cash

Lineups

Aston VillaCoach: Unai Emery4-2-3-1

40Bizot

2Cash

3Lindelöf

14Torres

22Maatsen

8Kamara

35Gomes

7McGinn

6Barkley

53Hemmings

10Buendía

10Rutter

29Cuyper

8Hinshelwood

25Gómez

26Ayari

13Groß

21Boscagli

5Dunk

44Vuskovic

27Wieffer

1Verbruggen

Brighton & Hove AlbionCoach: Fabian Hürzeler4-2-3-1

Substitutes

4Pascal Struijk
12Promise David
15Ibrahim Osman
19Charalampos Kostoulas
20Costinha
23Jason Steele
30Michael Svoboda
35Malick Yalcouyé
36Zadok Yohanna

Substitutes

1Zion Suzuki
5Tyrone Mings
13Matteo Ruggeri
17Alejandro Garnacho
26Lamare Bogarde
45Triston Rowe
47Alysson
49Bradley Burrowes
74Luka Lynch

Missing players

Brighton & Hove Albion

Kaoru MitomaHamstring Injury
Stefanos TzimasCruciate Ligament Tear

Aston Villa

No missing players.

Players

Brighton & Hove Albion	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	Passes	Rating
	90				34	6.8
	78			1	60	7.5
	90			2	103	7.2
	90				114	7.3
	90				66	7.4
	90				77	7.5
	64			2	40	6.5
	86		1	3	33	7.8
	64	2		3	14	8.9
	78	1		4	41	8.1
	90		1	2	12	7.3
Substitutes


	12				10	6.6
	26			2	6	6.4
	26			2	17	6.9


	4				15
	12				5	6.4

Aston Villa	Min	Shots	Passes	Rating
	90		29	6.4
	90		29	6.2
	90		34	5.5
	74		26	5.0
	82	1	8	5.7
	90		24	6.2
	40		14	5.5
	82	1	21	6.2
	74	1	25	6.6
	90		13	6.5
	86	3	17	7.0
Substitutes

	16			6.6
	8			6.6
	4
	16		2	6.5

	8			6.5

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Head-to-head

League matches between the teams

2Wins

3Draws

9Wins

14 matches · goals 13–28

Brighton & Hove Albion4 – 0Aston Villa

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