Brighton 4–0 Aston Villa

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Matchweek 1The American Express StadiumFull time

Brighton

Home

4-0

Aston Villa

Away

Referee: Peter BankesSunday, 23 August 2026The American Express Stadium

Match Timeline

Brighton

Aston Villa

1st Half

⚽OG8'

10'

11'

Maxim De CuyperA: Georginio Rutter

⚽18'

Jack HinshelwoodA: Diego Gómez

⚽30'

Jack Hinshelwood

⚽31'

33'

John McGinn

40'

João Gomes

2nd Half

Charalampos Kostoulas↓ Jack Hinshelwood

64'

Costinha↓ Yasin Ayari

64'

74'

Tyrone Mings↓ Pau Torres

74'

Lamare Bogarde↓ Ross Barkley

Zadok Yohanna↓ Mats Wieffer

78'

Ibrahim Osman↓ Maxim De Cuyper

78'

82'

Matteo Ruggeri↓ Ian Maatsen

82'

Alysson↓ John McGinn

Malick Yalcouye↓ Diego Gómez

86'

Alejandro Garnacho↓ Emi Buendía

90+5'

Matty Cash

Stats

21Shots6

6On target0

0Saves3

12Fouls9

2Yellow cards3

0Red cards1

Player Stats

Brighton

⇅#?	Player	Pos	⇅Min?	⇅G?	⇅A?	⇅Sh?	⇅SoT?	⇅🟨?	⇅🟥?
1	Bart Verbruggen	GK	90	0	0	0	0	–	–
5	Lewis Dunk	CB	90	0	0	0	0	–	–
8	Jack Hinshelwood	AM	63	2	0	3	2	–	–
10	Georginio Rutter	FW	90	0	1	2	0	–	–
13	Pascal Groß	DM	90	0	0	0	0		–
15	Ibrahim Osman	FW,MF	13	0	0	0	0	–	–
19	Charalampos Kostoulas	FW	27	0	0	2	0	–	–
20	Costinha	DF,MF	27	0	0	2	1	–	–
21	Olivier Boscagli	LB	90	0	0	0	0	–	–
25	Diego Gómez	AM	85	0	1	3	2	–	–
26	Yasin Ayari	DM	63	0	0	2	0		–
27	Mats Wieffer	RB	77	0	0	1	0	–	–
29	Maxim De Cuyper	AM	77	1	0	4	1	–	–
35	Malick Yalcouye	MF	5	0	0	0	0	–	–
36	Zadok Yohanna	FW	13	0	0	0	0	–	–
44	Luka Vušković	CB	90	0	0	2	0	–	–

Aston Villa

⇅#?	Player	Pos	⇅Min?	⇅Sh?	⇅🟨?	⇅🟥?
2	Matty Cash	RB	90	0		–
3	Victor Lindelöf	CB	90	0	–	–
5	Tyrone Mings	DF	17	0	–	–
6	Ross Barkley	AM	73	1	–	–
7	John McGinn	AM	81	1		–
8	Boubacar Kamara	DM	90	0	–	–
10	Emi Buendía	FW	85	3	–	–
13	Matteo Ruggeri	DF,MF	9	0	–	–
14	Pau Torres	CB	73	0	–	–
17	Alejandro Garnacho	MF	5	0	–	–
22	Ian Maatsen	LB	81	1	–	–
26	Lamare Bogarde	DF,MF	17	0	–	–
35	João Gomes	DM	39	0
40	Marco Bizot	GK	90	0	–	–
47	Alysson	MF	9	0	–	–
53	George Hemmings	AM	90	0	–	–

Goalkeeper Stats

Goalkeeper	Club	Min	SoTA	GA	Saves	Save%
Marco Bizot	Aston Villa	90	7	4	3	42.9%
Bart Verbruggen	Brighton	90	0	0	0	-