Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 Aston Villa · Premier League
Brighton & Hove Albion beat Aston Villa 4-0 in the Premier League. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Match report
Brighton & Hove Albion and Aston Villa met in the Premier League at American Express Stadium in Falmer on Sunday, 23 August 2026.
Goalscorers
Brighton & Hove Albion: V. Lindelöf 8'; M. De Cuyper 18'; J. Hinshelwood 30', 31'. Aston Villa did not score.
How the match went
Brighton & Hove Albion saw more of the ball, 73% of it. Brighton & Hove Albion had 21 shots with 6 on target, Aston Villa 6 with 0 on target. There were 7 corners in total, 5 to Brighton & Hove Albion and 2 to Aston Villa. Brighton & Hove Albion conceded 12 fouls, Aston Villa 11. The referee showed 5 yellow cards (2 for Brighton & Hove Albion, 3 for Aston Villa) and 1 red card.
Line-ups
Brighton & Hove Albion started in a 4-2-3-1: Bart Verbruggen, Mats Wieffer, Luka Vušković, Lewis Dunk, Olivier Boscagli, Pascal Groß, Yasin Ayari, Diego Gómez, Jack Hinshelwood, Maxim De Cuyper, Georginio Rutter.
Aston Villa started in a 4-2-3-1: Marco Bizot, Matty Cash, Victor Lindelöf, Pau Torres, Ian Maatsen, Boubacar Kamara, João Gomes, John McGinn, Ross Barkley, George Hemmings, Emiliano Buendía.
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