Aston Villa vs Brighton 2022-23 English Premier League

Aston Villa

8': Douglas Luiz
26': Ollie Watkins

FT
2 - 1

Brighton & Hove Albion

38': Deniz Undav

Aston Villa seal Conference League place with win over Brighton

Aston Villa's Brazilian midfielder Douglas Luiz (C) celebrates after scoring the opening goal [1296x729]

Aston Villa secured a return to Europe in the Conference League next season with a 2-1 home win over Brighton & Hove Albion as goals from Douglas Luiz and Ollie Watkins on Sunday saw them end the Premier League campaign in seventh place.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
8': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jacob Ramsey.
12': Deniz Undav (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
22': Matty Cash (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
24': Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
26': Goal! Aston Villa 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jacob Ramsey following a fast break.
37': Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
38': Goal! Aston Villa 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Deniz Undav (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pascal Groß following a set piece situation.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
45': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Pervis Estupiñán replaces Joël Veltman.
45': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Moisés Caicedo replaces Yasin Ayari.
63': Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
65': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jan Paul van Hecke replaces Adam Webster.
65': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Kaoru Mitoma replaces Julio Enciso.
67': John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
69': Substitution, Aston Villa. Emiliano Buendía replaces Leon Bailey.
73': Moisés Caicedo (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
88': Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
89': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jack Hinshelwood replaces Deniz Undav.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Aston Villa 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 42,212

English Premier League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+46	Liverpool	35	82	3
+33	Arsenal	35	67	4
+24	Manchester City	35	64	9
+21	Newcastle United	35	63	10

Full Table

Statistics

BHA		AVL
16	Fouls	15
4	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	0
6	Offsides	0
3	Corner Kicks	4
3	Saves	3
59.7	Possession	40.3
8	SHOTS	12
4	ON GOAL	5
0.5	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
357	Accurate Passes	213
427	Passes	283
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
2	Accurate Crosses	2
7	Crosses	13
0.3	Cross %	0.2
27	Long Balls	43
18	Accurate Long Balls	14
0.7	Long Balls %	0.3
1	Blocked Shots	2
2	Effective Tackles	6
13	Tackles	14
0.2	Tackle %	0.4
3	Interceptions	12
14	Effective Clearances	7
14	Clearances	7

Line-Ups

Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Emiliano Martínez (GK)
5	Tyrone Mings
4	Ezri Konsa
27	Lucas Digne
2	Matty Cash
7	John McGinn
6	Douglas Luiz
44	Boubacar Kamara
11	Ollie Watkins
41	Jacob Ramsey
31	Leon Bailey

Substitutes:

Calum Chambers, Leander Dendoncker, Bertrand Traoré, Ashley Young, Sebastian Revan, Robin Olsen, Emiliano Buendía, Diego Carlos, Travis Patterson.

Brighton & Hove Albion (4-4-2)

No.	Name
23	Jason Steele (GK)
6	Levi Colwill
4	Adam Webster
13	Pascal Groß
34	Joël Veltman
10	Alexis Mac Allister
26	Yasin Ayari
20	Julio Enciso
40	Facundo Buonanotte
28	Evan Ferguson
21	Deniz Undav