Premier League Round 1
Brighton
4-0
Full time
Aston Villa
- Victor Lindelöf 8' (OG)
- Maxim De Cuyper 18'
- Jack Hinshelwood 30', 31'
American Express Stadium, Falmer
Last updated: Thursday, 5 November 2026 (1 week ago). This data may not reflect the latest updates.
Brighton
4 - 0
Full time
Aston Villa
Match details
- Date
- Sunday 23 August 2026
- Time
- 14:00
- Status
- Full time
- Competition
- Premier League
- Round
- Round 1
- Venue
- American Express Stadium, Falmer
- Referee
- Peter Bankes, England
- Home
- Brighton
- Away
- Aston Villa
Match report
Automatic report from match dataBrighton beat Aston Villa 4-0 in the Premier League. Goals: Victor Lindelöf (8'), Maxim De Cuyper (18'), Jack Hinshelwood (30'), Jack Hinshelwood (31'). João Gomes was sent off. Brighton had 73% possession to Aston Villa's 27%. Shots were 21 to 6.
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- 8' Victor Lindelöf (own goal)
- 18' Maxim De Cuyper
- 30' Jack Hinshelwood
- 31' Jack Hinshelwood
Match summary
- 73%Possession27%
- 6On target0
- 5Corners2
- 2🟨 0🟥Cards3🟨 1🟥
- Referee
- Peter Bankes, England
- Venue
- American Express Stadium
- Season
- 2026/2027
- Half-time score
- 4 - 0
The two teams in the table now
| Position | Team | P | Points | Last 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Brighton | 10 | 22 | — |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 10 | 13 | — |
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0'45'90'
- 8' Goal: Victor Lindelöf Own Goal
- 9' Yellow card: João Gomes Yellow Card
- 10' Yellow card: Pascal Groß Yellow Card
- 11' Yellow card: Yasin Ayari Yellow Card
- 18' Goal: Maxim De Cuyper assist: Georginio Rutter
- 30' Goal: Jack Hinshelwood assist: Diego Gómez
- 31' Goal: Jack Hinshelwood Normal Goal
- 33' Yellow card: John McGinn Yellow Card
- 39' VAR: João Gomes Card upgrade
- 40' Red card: João Gomes Red Card
- 64' Substitution: Yasin Ayari for Costinha
- 64' Substitution: Jack Hinshelwood for Charalampos Kostoulas
- 74' Substitution: Pau Torres for Tyrone Mings
- 74' Substitution: Ross Barkley for Lamare Bogarde
- 78' Substitution: Maxim De Cuyper for Ibrahim Osman
- 78' Substitution: Mats Wieffer for Zadok Yohanna
- 82' Substitution: John McGinn for Alysson
- 82' Substitution: Ian Maatsen for Matteo Ruggeri
- 86' Substitution: Diego Gómez for Malick Yalcouyé
- 86' Substitution: Emiliano Buendía for Alejandro Garnacho
- 90+5' Yellow card: Matty Cash Yellow Card
Match statistics
- 3.77 Expected goals 0.29
- 601 Accurate passes 185
- 15 Shots insidebox 2
- 6 Shots outsidebox 4
- 3 Blocked shots 0
- 10 Free Kicks 12
- 6 On target 0
- 12 Off target 6
- 6 Offsides 2
- 647 Passes 242
- 21 Shots 6
- 2 Yellow cards 3
- 5 Corners 2
- 0 Goalkeeper saves 3
- 0 Red cards 1
- 12 Fouls 11
- 73% Possession 27%
Brighton
4-2-3-1Coach: Fabian Hurzeler
10Rutter
29Cuyper
8Hinshelwood
25Gómez
26Ayari
13Groß
21Boscagli
5Dunk
44Vušković
27Wieffer
1Verbruggen
Starting XI
- 1Bart VerbruggenG
- 27Mats WiefferD
- 44Luka VuškovićD
- 5Lewis DunkD
- 21Olivier BoscagliD
- 13Pascal GroßM
- 26Yasin AyariM
- 25Diego GómezM
- 8Jack HinshelwoodM
- 29Maxim De CuyperM
- 10Georginio RutterF
Substitutes
- 20CostinhaD
- 19Charalampos KostoulasF
- 15Ibrahim OsmanF
- 36Zadok YohannaF
- 35Malick YalcouyéM
- 23Jason SteeleG
- 4Pascal StruijkD
- 30Michael SvobodaD
- 12Promise DavidF
Aston Villa
4-2-3-1Coach: Unai Emery
10Buendía
53Hemmings
6Barkley
7McGinn
35Gomes
8Kamara
22Maatsen
14Torres
3Lindelöf
2Cash
40Bizot
Starting XI
- 40Marco BizotG
- 2Matty CashD
- 3Victor LindelöfD
- 14Pau TorresD
- 22Ian MaatsenD
- 8Boubacar KamaraM
- 35João GomesM
- 7John McGinnM
- 6Ross BarkleyM
- 53George HemmingsM
- 10Emiliano BuendíaF
Substitutes
- 5Tyrone MingsD
- 26Lamare BogardeM
- 13Matteo RuggeriD
- 47AlyssonF
- 17Alejandro GarnachoF
- 1Zion SuzukiG
- 45Triston RoweD
- 49Bradley BurrowesF
- 74Luka LynchF
Live commentary
Yellow card: Matty Cash (Aston Villa)
Substitution for Aston Villa: Emiliano Buendía on, Alejandro Garnacho off
Substitution for Brighton: Diego Gómez on, Malick Yalcouyé off
Substitution for Aston Villa: Ian Maatsen on, Matteo Ruggeri off
Substitution for Aston Villa: John McGinn on, Alysson off
Substitution for Brighton: Mats Wieffer on, Zadok Yohanna off
Substitution for Brighton: Maxim De Cuyper on, Ibrahim Osman off
Substitution for Aston Villa: Ross Barkley on, Lamare Bogarde off
Substitution for Aston Villa: Pau Torres on, Tyrone Mings off
Substitution for Brighton: Jack Hinshelwood on, Charalampos Kostoulas off
Substitution for Brighton: Yasin Ayari on, Costinha off
Red card: João Gomes (Aston Villa)
VAR: Card upgrade (Aston Villa)
Yellow card: John McGinn (Aston Villa)
Goal! Jack Hinshelwood scores for Brighton
Goal! Jack Hinshelwood scores for Brighton assisted by Diego Gómez
Goal! Maxim De Cuyper scores for Brighton assisted by Georginio Rutter
Yellow card: Yasin Ayari (Brighton)
Yellow card: Pascal Groß (Brighton)
Yellow card: João Gomes (Aston Villa)
Own goal by Victor Lindelöf, credited to Brighton