Brighton 4-0 Aston Villa | Result & Match Report

Brighton 4 - 0 Aston Villa
Premier League · Matchday 1 · Full Time

Premier League · Matchday 1: Brighton beat Aston Villa 4-0. The match was played on Sunday, 23 August 2026 at Amex Stadium (Brighton); refereed by P. Bankes.

⚽ Goals

Victor Lindelöf 8' (OG) (Brighton) · Maxim De Cuyper 18' (Brighton) · Jack Hinshelwood 30' (Brighton) · Jack Hinshelwood 31' (Brighton)

Match Analysis

After a 4-0 first half, the game finished 4-0.

Brighton held 73% of possession against 27%, attempting 21 shots to Aston Villa's 6.

Shots on target read 6-0 and corners 5-2.

⏱️ Match Events

8'⚽🔴Victor Lindelöf
9'🟨João Gomes
10'🟨Pascal Groß
11'🟨Yasin Ayari
18'⚽Maxim De Cuyper (Georginio Rutter)
30'⚽Jack Hinshelwood (Diego Gómez)
31'⚽Jack Hinshelwood
33'🟨John McGinn
39'📺João Gomes
40'🟥João Gomes
64'🔄▲ Costinha ▼ Yasin Ayari
64'🔄▲ Charalampos Kostoulas ▼ Jack Hinshelwood
74'🔄▲ Tyrone Mings ▼ Pau Torres
74'🔄▲ Lamare Bogarde ▼ Ross Barkley
78'🔄▲ Ibrahim Osman ▼ Maxim De Cuyper
78'🔄▲ Zadok Yohanna ▼ Mats Wieffer
82'🔄▲ Alysson ▼ John McGinn
82'🔄▲ Matteo Ruggeri ▼ Ian Maatsen
86'🔄▲ Malick Yalcouyé ▼ Diego Gómez
86'🔄▲ Alejandro Garnacho ▼ Emiliano Buendía
90+5'🟨Matty Cash

👕 Line-ups

Brighton · 4-2-3-1 · ⌀ 7.63
26
6.2
13
7.2
10
7.7

Substitutes: Costinha, Charalampos Kostoulas, Ibrahim Osman, Zadok Yohanna, Malick Yalcouyé, Jason Steele, Pascal Struijk, Michael Svoboda, Promise David

Coach: Fabian Hurzeler

Aston Villa · 4-2-3-1 · ⌀ 5.93
40
6.5
22
5.5
14
4.9
2
6.2
35
5.0
8
6.3

Substitutes: Tyrone Mings, Lamare Bogarde, Matteo Ruggeri, Alysson, Alejandro Garnacho, Zion Suzuki, Triston Rowe, Bradley Burrowes, Luka Lynch

Coach: Unai Emery

📊 Match Stats

73%Possession27%
3.77Expected goals (xG)0.29
21Total shots6
6Shots on target0
12Shots off target6
3Blocked shots0
15Shots inside box2
6Shots outside box4
5Corners2
6Offsides2
12Fouls11
2Yellow cards3
0Red cards1
0Goalkeeper saves3
647Total passes242
601Accurate passes185

⭐ Player of the Match

Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton) — named player of the match with a 9.0 rating.

📝 Player Ratings

Brighton
⭐ Jack Hinshelwood ⚽×264'9.0Maxim De Cuyper ⚽78'8.3Diego Gómez 🅰️86'8.2Luka Vušković90'7.9Georginio Rutter 🅰️90'7.7Lewis Dunk90'7.6Olivier Boscagli90'7.6Mats Wieffer78'7.3Pascal Groß90'7.2Bart Verbruggen90'6.9Costinha26'6.7Zadok Yohanna12'6.7Malick Yalcouyé9'6.7Charalampos Kostoulas26'6.5
Aston Villa
Tyrone Mings16'6.9Matteo Ruggeri8'6.9Emiliano Buendía86'6.7Alysson8'6.7Lamare Bogarde16'6.6Marco Bizot90'6.5George Hemmings90'6.5Boubacar Kamara90'6.3John McGinn82'6.3Ross Barkley74'6.3Matty Cash90'6.2Alejandro Garnacho9'6.2Ian Maatsen82'5.5Victor Lindelöf90'5.0
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