Brighton & Hove Albion

3rd · 3-1-1 · 10 pts · +11

YES!

Brighton & Hove Albion beat Aston Villa

0-0-1 0 – 4

1-0-0

FT · Sun, Aug 23

Match Details

American Express Stadium (Falmer) · Peacock

Recap

Brilliant Brighton batter dreadful Aston Villa

Jack Hinshelwood struck twice in two first-half minutes as rampant Brighton ruthlessly exploited Aston Villa's summer exodus with a thumping 4-0 Premier League victory.

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Commentary

·Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 4, Aston Villa 0.
90'+6'Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 4, Aston Villa 0.
90'+5'Matty Cash (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+5'Ibrahim Osman (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+5'Foul by Matty Cash (Aston Villa).
90'+4'Attempt missed. Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Pascal Groß.
90'Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
90'Offside, Aston Villa. Alejandro Garnacho is caught offside.
90'Attempt saved. Costinha (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Marco Bizot (Aston Villa). Assisted by Ibrahim Osman with a cross.
87'Ibrahim Osman (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
87'Foul by Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa).
86'Substitution, Aston Villa. Alejandro Garnacho replaces Emiliano Buendía.

Line Score

	1	2	T
AVL	0	0	0
BHA	4	0	4

Match Leaders

Aston Villa

EB Emiliano Buendía · 3Total Shots
Marco Bizot · 3Saves
IM Ian Maatsen · 8Defensive Interventions
VL Victor Lindelöf · 26Accurate Passes

Brighton & Hove Albion

JH Jack Hinshelwood · 2Goals
MD Maxim De Cuyper · 4Total Shots
Olivier Boscagli · 9Defensive Interventions
LD Lewis Dunk · 106Accurate Passes

League Table · 2026-27 English Premier League

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Man City	5	5	0	0	+8	15
2	Arsenal	5	4	0	1	+4	12
3	Brighton	5	3	1	1	+11	10
4	Brentford	5	2	3	0	+6	9
5	Leeds	5	2	3	0	+4	9
6	Liverpool	5	2	3	0	+3	9
7	Everton	5	2	3	0	+3	9
8	Hull	5	2	2	1	+2	8
9	Newcastle	5	2	2	1	0	8
10	Chelsea	5	2	1	2	-2	7
11	Ipswich	5	2	0	3	-4	6
12	Man United	5	1	2	2	0	5
13	Nottm Forest	5	1	2	2	-1	5
14	Sunderland	5	1	1	3	-4	4
15	C Palace	5	1	1	3	-5	4
16	Aston Villa	5	1	1	3	-5	4
17	Bournemouth	5	0	3	2	-2	3
18	Coventry	5	1	0	4	-9	3
19	Fulham	5	0	2	3	-3	2
20	Spurs	5	0	2	3	-6	2

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Key Events

90'+5'Matty Cash (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

86'Substitution, Aston Villa. Alejandro Garnacho replaces Emiliano Buendía.

86'Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Malick Yalcouyé replaces Diego Gómez.

82'Substitution, Aston Villa. Alysson replaces John McGinn.

82'Substitution, Aston Villa. Matteo Ruggeri replaces Ian Maatsen.

78'Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Ibrahim Osman replaces Maxim De Cuyper.

78'Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Zadok Yohanna replaces Mats Wieffer.

74'Substitution, Aston Villa. Tyrone Mings replaces Pau Torres.

74'Substitution, Aston Villa. Lamare Bogarde replaces Ross Barkley.

64'Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Costinha replaces Yasin Ayari.

64'Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Charalampos Kostoulas replaces Jack Hinshelwood.

40'João Gomes (Aston Villa) is shown the red card for violent conduct.

33'John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

31'Goal! 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.

30'Goal! 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.

18'Goal! 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.

11'Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

9'João Gomes (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.

9'Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

8'Own Goal by Victor Lindelöf, Aston Villa. Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Aston Villa 0.