Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 23 August 2026

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 Aston Villa

Premier League · Sunday 23 August 2026, 13:00 UTC · The American Express Community Stadium, Falmer · half-time 4-0

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Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 Aston Villa: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion won against Aston Villa 4-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 August 2026 at The American Express Community Stadium. It was 4-0 at half-time.

Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from an own goal by Victor Lindelöf (8'), Maxim De Cuyper (18'), Jack Hinshelwood (30') and Jack Hinshelwood (31'). Aston Villa did not score.

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

In the current table Brighton & Hove Albion are 3rd on 19 points and Aston Villa are 10th on 12 points.

Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Hinshelwood of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.9), ahead of Maxim De Cuyper (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Brighton & Hove Albion win, 1 draw and 8 for Aston Villa.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Own goal · Victor LindelöfBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-0
  • 9'Yellow card · João GomesAston Villa
  • 10'Yellow card · Pascal GroßBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 11'Yellow card · Yasin AyariBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 18'Goal · Maxim De CuyperBrighton & Hove Albion · 2-0
  • 30'Goal · Jack HinshelwoodBrighton & Hove Albion · 3-0
  • 31'Goal · Jack HinshelwoodBrighton & Hove Albion · 4-0
  • 33'Yellow card · John McGinnAston Villa
  • 40'Red card · João GomesAston Villa
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Matty CashAston Villa

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
3Brighton & Hove Albion9612247+1719WWWLW
10Aston Villa93331013-312WDWWD

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 1, draws 1, Aston Villa 8.

Team news

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  • Stefanos TzimasBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
  • Kaoru MitomaBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Hamstring Injury)

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bart Verbruggen, Mats Wieffer, Luka Vuskovic, Lewis Dunk, Olivier Boscagli, Pascal Groß, Yasin Ayari, Diego Gómez, Jack Hinshelwood, Maxim De Cuyper, Georginio Rutter

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

Marco Bizot, Matty Cash, Victor Lindelöf, Pau Torres, Ian Maatsen, Boubacar Kamara, João Gomes, John McGinn, Ross Barkley, George Hemmings, Emiliano Buendía

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