Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton & Hove Albion

BHA

4 : 0

FT
Aston Villa

Aston Villa

AVL

📅 23 August 2026, 15:00 📍 The American Express Community Stadium Brighton & Hove Albion won after full-time.

Match Events

BHA
AVL

Victor Lindelöf

Own Goal

8'
9'

João Gomes

Argument

Pascal Groß

Foul

9'

Yasin Ayari

Foul

11'

Maxim De Cuyper

Left foot shot

18'

Jack Hinshelwood

Header

30'

Jack Hinshelwood

Right foot shot

31'
33'

John McGinn

Foul

40'

João Gomes

Violent conduct

Costinha

↑ Yasin Ayari

64'

Charalampos Kostoulas

↑ Jack Hinshelwood

64'
74'

Lamare Bogarde

↑ Ross Barkley

74'

Tyrone Mings

↑ Pau Torres

Ibrahim Osman

↑ Maxim De Cuyper

78'

Zadok Yohanna

↑ Mats Wieffer

78'
82'

Alysson

↑ John McGinn

82'

Matteo Ruggeri

↑ Ian Maatsen

86'

Alejandro Garnacho

↑ Emiliano Buendía

Malick Yalcouyé

↑ Diego Gómez

86'

Lineups

BHA

Starting XI

1 Bart Verbruggen
27 Mats Wieffer
44 Luka Vuskovic
5 Lewis Dunk 
21 Olivier Boscagli
13 Pascal Groß
26 Yasin Ayari
25 Diego Gómez
8 Jack Hinshelwood
29 Maxim De Cuyper
10 Georginio Rutter

Bench

4 Pascal Struijk
12 Promise David
15 Ibrahim Osman
19 Charalampos Kostoulas
20 Costinha
23 Jason Steele
30 Michael Svoboda
35 Malick Yalcouyé
36 Zadok Yohanna

AVL

Starting XI

40 Marco Bizot
2 Matty Cash
3 Victor Lindelöf
14 Pau Torres
22 Ian Maatsen
8 Boubacar Kamara
35 João Gomes
7 John McGinn 
6 Ross Barkley
53 George Hemmings
10 Emiliano Buendía

Bench

1 Zion Suzuki
5 Tyrone Mings
13 Matteo Ruggeri
17 Alejandro Garnacho
26 Lamare Bogarde
45 Triston Rowe
47 Alysson
49 Bradley Burrowes
74 Luka Lynch

Match Stats

BHA AVL
20 Shots Total 6
6 Shots On Target 0
5 Corners 2
12 Fouls 8
6 Offsides 2
0 Saves 3
11 Shots Off Target 6
131 Attacks 53
70 Dangerous Attacks 23
72 Ball Possession % 28
14 Shots Insidebox 2
6 Shots Outsidebox 4
4 Goals 0
9 Goal Kicks 10
10 Free Kicks 18
3 Shots Blocked 0
5 Substitutions 5
9 Throwins 18
51 Long Passes 34
2 Hit Woodwork 0
14 Successful Headers 7
21 Tackles 19
2 Assists 0
608 Passes 237
566 Successful Passes 183
93 Successful Passes Percentage 77
0 Redcards 1
2 Yellowcards 2
23 Total Crosses 4
5 Accurate Crosses 1
11 Interceptions 8
46 Duels Won 45
6 Dribble Attempts 14
3 Successful Dribbles 7
14 Key Passes 5
5 Big Chances Created 0
2 Big Chances Missed 0
50 Successful Dribbles Percentage 50
42 Successful Long Passes 13
82 Successful Long Passes Percentage 38

Team Form

BHA
W D W L D
AVL
L L L D W

Head to Head

11 Feb 2026 Premier League
AVL
1–0
BHA
3 Dec 2025 Premier League
BHA
3–4
AVL
2 Apr 2025 Premier League
BHA
0–3
AVL
30 Dec 2024 Premier League
AVL
2–2
BHA
5 May 2024 Premier League
BHA
1–0
AVL