English Premier League

Brighton vs Aston Villa 2025-26 English Premier League

Brighton & Hove Albion
  • 9': Jan Paul van Hecke
  • 29': Pau Torres (OG)
  • 83': Jan Paul van Hecke
FT
3 - 4
Aston Villa
  • 37': Ollie Watkins
  • 45'+7': Ollie Watkins
  • 60': Amadou Onana
  • 78': Donyell Malen

Aston Villa rally to edge Brighton in 7-goal thriller

Ollie Watkins ended an 11-game goal drought with a first-half brace as high-flying Aston Villa overturned a two-goal deficit to beat Brighton 4-3 at the Amex Stadium.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 9': Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Aston Villa 0. Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Mats Wieffer following a corner.
  • 24': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jack Hinshelwood replaces Stefanos Tzimas because of an injury.
  • 29': Own Goal by Pau Torres, Aston Villa. Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Aston Villa 0.
  • 37': Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Aston Villa 1. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Evann Guessand.
  • 45'+7': Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Aston Villa 2. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Morgan Rogers with a through ball.
  • 45'+8': Bart Verbruggen (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45': Second Half begins Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Aston Villa 2.
  • 60': Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Aston Villa 3. Amadou Onana (Aston Villa) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matty Cash with a cross following a corner.
  • 67': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Danny Welbeck replaces Ferdi Kadioglu.
  • 70': Substitution, Aston Villa. Lucas Digne replaces Ian Maatsen.
  • 70': Substitution, Aston Villa. Youri Tielemans replaces Boubacar Kamara.
  • 75': John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  • 77': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Charalampos Kostoulas replaces Brajan Gruda.
  • 77': Substitution, Aston Villa. Donyell Malen replaces John McGinn.
  • 78': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Joël Veltman replaces Carlos Baleba.
  • 78': Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Aston Villa 4. Donyell Malen (Aston Villa) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  • 83': Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Aston Villa 4. Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Hinshelwood.
  • 85': Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  • 86': Substitution, Aston Villa. Emiliano Buendía replaces Ollie Watkins.
  • 86': Substitution, Aston Villa. Lamare Bogarde replaces Evann Guessand.
  • 90'+5': Marco Bizot (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Aston Villa 4.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: American Express Community Stadium
Location: Falmer, England
Attendance: 31,180

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+20 Arsenal 16 36 2
+22 Manchester City 16 34 4
+8 Aston Villa 16 33 3
+12 Chelsea 16 28 4
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Statistics

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9 Fouls 10
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 4
6 Corner Kicks 5
4 Saves 6
43.6 Possession 56.4
14 SHOTS 16
10 ON GOAL 7
0.7 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
300 Accurate Passes 404
362 Passes 473
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
4 Accurate Crosses 4
15 Crosses 19
0.3 Cross % 0.2
38 Long Balls 38
15 Accurate Long Balls 15
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
2 Blocked Shots 3
13 Effective Tackles 13
23 Tackles 23
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
8 Interceptions 9
25 Effective Clearances 16
25 Clearances 16

Line-Ups

BHA Brighton & Hove Albion (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Bart Verbruggen (GK) Yellow Card
5 Lewis Dunk
6 Jan Paul van Hecke
24 Ferdi Kadioglu
27 Mats Wieffer
8 Brajan Gruda
25 Diego Gómez Yellow Card
17 Carlos Baleba
9 Stefanos Tzimas
29 Maxim De Cuyper
11 Yankuba Minteh
Substitutes:
Jack Hinshelwood, Olivier Boscagli, Jason Steele, Nehemiah Oriola, Charalambos Kostoulas, Joe Knight, Diego Coppola, Danny Welbeck, Joël Veltman.

AVL Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
40 Marco Bizot (GK) Yellow Card
14 Pau Torres
4 Ezri Konsa
22 Ian Maatsen
2 Matty Cash
7 John McGinn Yellow Card
24 Amadou Onana
44 Boubacar Kamara
11 Ollie Watkins
27 Morgan Rogers
29 Evann Guessand
Substitutes:
Victor Lindelöf, Emiliano Buendía, Lamare Bogarde, Lucas Digne, Donyell Malen, Youri Tielemans, Andrés García, Jadon Sancho, Ronnie Hollingshead.

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