Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 26 February 2022

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 26 February 2022, 15:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Aston Villa: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion lost to Aston Villa 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 February 2022. The half-time score was 0-1.

Matty Cash opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion did not score. Aston Villa scored through Matty Cash (17') and Ollie Watkins (68').

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 4 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 10th on 33 points from 25 and Aston Villa 13th on 27 points from 24. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 9th with 51 points, and Aston Villa 14th with 45.

Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 3-5-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tyrone Mings of Aston Villa (7.8), ahead of Matty Cash (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Brighton & Hove Albion win, 2 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

16'Yellow card · Marc CucurellaBrighton & Hove Albion
17'Goal · Matty CashAston Villa · 0-1
19'Yellow card · Matty CashAston Villa
25'Yellow card · Douglas LuizAston Villa
25'Yellow card · Leandro TrossardBrighton & Hove Albion
40'Yellow card · Tyrone MingsAston Villa
40'Yellow card · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa
57'Yellow card · Yves BissoumaBrighton & Hove Albion
58'Yellow card · Joël VeltmanBrighton & Hove Albion
68'Goal · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa · 0-2
83'Yellow card · Emiliano MartínezAston Villa

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 1, draws 2, Aston Villa 2.

Aston Villa 2-0 Brighton & Hove AlbionPremier League · 20 Nov 2021
Brighton & Hove Albion 0-0 Aston VillaPremier League · 13 Feb 2021
Aston Villa 1-2 Brighton & Hove AlbionPremier League · 21 Nov 2020
Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Aston VillaPremier League · 18 Jan 2020
Aston Villa 2-1 Brighton & Hove AlbionPremier League · 19 Oct 2019

Team news

Unavailable

Jensen WeirBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Knee Injury)
Andi ZeqiriBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (COVID 19)
J. SarmientoBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Abdallah SimaBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Groin Injury)
Axel TuanzebeAston Villa · injury (Lumbago)
Wesley MoraesAston Villa · other (Doubtful)
Michal KarbownikBrighton & Hove Albion · other (Doubtful)
Deniz UndavBrighton & Hove Albion · suspension (Yellow Card Suspension)

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (3-5-2)

Robert Sánchez, Joël Veltman, Lewis Dunk, Marc Cucurella, Tariq Lamptey, Jakub Moder, Yves Bissouma, Alexis Mac Allister, S. March, Neal Maupay, Leandro Trossard

Aston Villa line-up (4-3-1-2)

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Jacob Ramsey, Philippe Coutinho, Ollie Watkins, Danny Ings