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# Brighton 4-0 Aston Villa

- **Status:** FT
- **Date:** 23 Aug 14:00
- **League:** Premier League, Regular Season - 1
- **Venue:** American Express Stadium, Falmer

## Match Events

| Min | Event | Player | Team |
|-----|-------|--------|------|
| 8' | Own Goal | V. Lindelof | Brighton |
| 9' | Yellow Card | Joao Gomes | Aston Villa |
| 9' | Yellow Card | P. Gross | Brighton |
| 11' | Yellow Card | Y. Ayari | Brighton |
| 18' | Normal Goal | M. De Cuyper (G. Rutter) | Brighton |
| 30' | Normal Goal | J. Hinshelwood (D. Gomez) | Brighton |
| 31' | Normal Goal | J. Hinshelwood | Brighton |
| 33' | Yellow Card | J. McGinn | Aston Villa |
| 40' | Red Card | Joao Gomes | Aston Villa |
| 64' | Substitution 1 | J. Hinshelwood (on for C. Kostoulas) | Brighton |
| 64' | Substitution 2 | Y. Ayari (on for Costinha) | Brighton |
| 74' | Substitution 1 | R. Barkley (on for L. Bogarde) | Aston Villa |
| 74' | Substitution 2 | P. Torres (on for T. Mings) | Aston Villa |
| 78' | Substitution 3 | M. Wieffer (on for Z. Yohanna) | Brighton |
| 78' | Substitution 4 | M. De Cuyper (on for I. Osman) | Brighton |
| 82' | Substitution 3 | I. Maatsen (on for M. Ruggeri) | Aston Villa |
| 82' | Substitution 4 | J. McGinn (on for Alysson) | Aston Villa |
| 86' | Substitution 5 | D. Gomez (on for M. Yalcouye) | Brighton |
| 86' | Substitution 5 | E. Buendia (on for A. Garnacho) | Aston Villa |
| 90+5' | Yellow Card | M. Cash | Aston Villa |

## Statistics

| Stat | Brighton | Aston Villa |
|------|--------|--------|
| Shots on Goal | 5 | 0 |
| Shots off Goal | 11 | 6 |
| Total Shots | 19 | 6 |
| Blocked Shots | 3 | 0 |
| Shots insidebox | 13 | 2 |
| Shots outsidebox | 6 | 4 |
| Fouls | 12 | 8 |
| Corner Kicks | 5 | 2 |
| Offsides | 6 | 1 |
| Ball Possession | 71% | 29% |
| Yellow Cards | 2 | 2 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 1 |
| Goalkeeper Saves | 0 | 3 |
| Total passes | 579 | 236 |
| Passes accurate | 540 | 183 |
| Passes % | 93% | 78% |
| expected_goals | 3.58 | 0.31 |
| goals_prevented | -1.20 | -1.20 |

## Brighton Lineup (4-2-3-1)

**Starting XI:** Bart Verbruggen (1), Mats Wieffer (27), Luka Vušković (44), Lewis Dunk (5), Olivier Boscagli (21), Pascal Groß (13), Yasin Ayari (26), Diego Gómez (25), Jack Hinshelwood (8), Maxim De Cuyper (29), Georginio Rutter (10)

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


## Aston Villa Lineup (4-2-3-1)

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

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