Premier League 2026-27 | Matchday 1 | 2026-08-23 22:00 JST
4–0
- 18' M. De Cuyper
- 30' J. Hinshelwood
- 31' J. Hinshelwood
- 8' V. Lindelof (OG)
Match summary
The Premier League 2026-27 Matchday 1 fixture between Brighton & Hove Albion and Aston Villa was played on August 23. Brighton & Hove Albion cruised to a 4-0 victory over Aston Villa. Brighton & Hove Albion led 4-0 at half-time. The score did not change in the second half.
Brighton & Hove Albion controlled the game with 73% possession and 21 shots (6 for their opponents). Brighton & Hove Albion scored 4 from 6 shots on target. Yellow cards: Brighton & Hove Albion 2, Aston Villa 3. Aston Villa finished the game with ten men after a red card.
Team stats
4-2-3-1
4-2-3-1
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| Brighton & Hove Albion | Stat | Aston Villa |
|---|---|---|
| 4-2-3-1 | Formation | 4-2-3-1 |
| 73% | Possession | 27% |
| 3.77 | Expected goals (xG) | 0.29 |
| 21 | Shots | 6 |
| 6 | Shots on target | 0 |
| 12 | Shots off target | 6 |
| 3 | Blocked shots | 0 |
| 15 | Shots inside the box | 2 |
| 6 | Shots outside the box | 4 |
| 5 | Corner kicks | 2 |
| 6 | Offsides | 2 |
| 12 | Fouls | 11 |
| 647 | Passes | 242 |
| 601 | Accurate passes | 185 |
| 93% | Pass accuracy | 76% |
| 0 | Goalkeeper saves | 3 |
| -0.41 | Goals prevented (xG) | -0.41 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 1 |
Referee: Peter Bankes, England
Player stats
Brighton & Hove Albion
| Pos | Player | Shots | Shots on target | Goals | Dribbles (success) | Tackles (success) | Blocks | Passes (accuracy) | Assists | Yellow cards | Red cards | Fouls | Fouled | Rating | Min | Key passes | Interceptions | Duels (won) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Bart Verbruggen | 0 | 34(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 90 | ||||||||||
| DF | Mats Wieffer | 1 | 0 | 1(100%) | 4 | 55(92%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7.3 | 78 | 2 | 4 | 19(11) | ||
| DF | Luka Vušković | 2 | 0 | 98(95%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.9 | 90 | 6(4) | |||||||
| DF | Lewis Dunk | 0 | 1 | 109(96%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.6 | 90 | 1 | 6(3) | ||||||
| DF | Olivier Boscagli | 0 | 1 | 65(98%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.6 | 90 | 2 | 5(3) | ||||||
| MF | Pascal Groß | 0 | 3 | 72(94%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.2 | 90 | 4 | 7(4) | ||||||
| MF | Yasin Ayari | 1 | 0 | 36(90%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.2 | 64 | 1 | 5(1) | |||||
| MF | ジエゴ Gómez | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 27(82%) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 86 | 2 | 1 | 9(5) | ||||
| MF | Jack Hinshelwood | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1(100%) | 2 | 13(93%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 64 | 1 | 6(6) | |||
| MF | Maxim De Cuyper | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 37(90%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.3 | 78 | 4 | 1 | 7(3) | |||
| FW | Georginio Rutter | 2 | 0 | 1(100%) | 2 | 7(58%) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.7 | 90 | 1 | 9(4) | ||||
| DF | Costinha | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 26 | 1 | 4(1) | |||||
| FW | Charalampos Kostoulas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3(50%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 26 | 5(3) | |||||||
| FW | Ibrahim Osman | 0 | 8(80%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.3 | 12 | 1 | 4(2) | |||||||
| FW | Zadok Yohanna | 0 | 1(50%) | 5(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 12 | 4(1) | |||||||
| MF | Malick Yalcouyé | 0 | 15(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 9 | ||||||||||
| GK | Jason Steele | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DF | Pascal Struijk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DF | Michael Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| FW | Promise David | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aston Villa
| Pos | Player | Shots | Shots on target | Goals | Dribbles (success) | Tackles (success) | Blocks | Passes (accuracy) | Assists | Yellow cards | Red cards | Fouls | Fouled | Rating | Min | Key passes | Interceptions | Duels (won) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Marco Bizot | 0 | 18(62%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 90 | ||||||||||
| DF | Matty Cash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22(76%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6.2 | 90 | 1 | 6(4) | ||||
| DF | Victor Lindelöf | 0 | 27(79%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 90 | 4(None) | |||||||||
| DF | Pau Torres | 0 | 20(77%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.9 | 74 | 1 | 4(1) | |||||||
| DF | Ian Maatsen | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6(75%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 82 | 2 | 8(2) | ||||||
| MF | Boubacar Kamara | 0 | 1(100%) | 2 | 1 | 23(96%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.3 | 90 | 1 | 11(4) | |||
| MF | João Gomes | 0 | 1(100%) | 4 | 14(100%) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 1 | 11(6) | ||||
| MF | John McGinn | 1 | 0 | 2(40%) | 1 | 11(52%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6.3 | 82 | 1 | 12(7) | |||
| MF | Ross Barkley | 1 | 0 | 2(100%) | 1 | 20(80%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.3 | 74 | 2 | 10(5) | ||||
| MF | George Hemmings | 0 | 1(100%) | 3 | 6(46%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 90 | 1 | 9(6) | ||||||
| FW | Emiliano Buendía | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16(94%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6.7 | 86 | 1 | 2 | 14(5) | |||
| DF | Tyrone Mings | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 16 | 1(1) | |||||||||
| MF | Lamare Bogarde | 0 | 2(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 16 | 2(1) | |||||||||
| DF | Matteo Ruggeri | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 8 | 2(2) | |||||||||
| FW | Alysson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 8 | 2(1) | |||||||||
| FW | Alejandro Garnacho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 9 | |||||||||||
| GK | Zion Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DF | Triston Rowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| FW | Bradley Burrowes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| FW | Luka Lynch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | GK | 1 | B. Verbruggen |
| Starter | DF | 27 | M. Wieffer |
| Starter | DF | 44 | L. Vuskovic |
| Starter | DF | 5 | L. Dunk |
| Starter | DF | 21 | O. Boscagli |
| Starter | MF | 13 | P. Gross |
| Starter | MF | 26 | Y. Ayari |
| Starter | MF | 25 | D. Gomez |
| Starter | MF | 8 | J. Hinshelwood |
| Starter | MF | 29 | M. De Cuyper |
| Starter | FW | 10 | G. Rutter |
| Bench | DF | 20 | Costinha |
| Bench | MF | 35 | M. Yalcouye |
| Bench | FW | 19 | C. Kostoulas |
| Bench | FW | 15 | I. Osman |
| Bench | FW | 36 | Z. Yohanna |
Show unused substitutes (4)
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bench | GK | 23 | J. Steele |
| Bench | DF | 30 | M. Svoboda |
| Bench | DF | 4 | P. Struijk |
| Bench | FW | 12 | P. David |
Aston Villa
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | GK | 40 | M. Bizot |
| Starter | DF | 2 | M. Cash |
| Starter | DF | 3 | V. Lindelof |
| Starter | DF | 14 | P. Torres |
| Starter | DF | 22 | I. Maatsen |
| Starter | MF | 8 | B. Kamara |
| Starter | MF | 35 | Joao Gomes |
| Starter | MF | 7 | J. McGinn |
| Starter | MF | 6 | R. Barkley |
| Starter | MF | 53 | G. Hemmings |
| Starter | FW | 10 | E. Buendia |
| Bench | DF | 5 | T. Mings |
| Bench | DF | 13 | M. Ruggeri |
| Bench | MF | 26 | L. Bogarde |
| Bench | FW | 17 | A. Garnacho |
| Bench | FW | 47 | Alysson |
Show unused substitutes (4)
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bench | GK | 1 | Z. Suzuki |
| Bench | DF | 45 | T. Rowe |
| Bench | FW | 74 | L. Lynch |
| Bench | FW | 49 | B. Burrowes |
Match events
| Time | Team | Event | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1H 8' | Brighton & Hove Albion | ⚽ Goal | V. Lindelof | 0-1 |
| 1H 9' | Aston Villa | 🟨 Yellow card | João Gomes | |
| 1H 10' | Brighton & Hove Albion | 🟨 Yellow card | Pascal Groß | |
| 1H 11' | Brighton & Hove Albion | 🟨 Yellow card | Yasin Ayari | |
| 1H 18' | Brighton & Hove Albion | ⚽ Goal | M. De Cuyper | 1-1 |
| 1H 30' | Brighton & Hove Albion | ⚽ Goal | J. Hinshelwood | 2-1 |
| 1H 31' | Brighton & Hove Albion | ⚽ Goal | J. Hinshelwood | 3-1 |
| 1H 33' | Aston Villa | 🟨 Yellow card | John McGinn | |
| 1H 39' | Aston Villa | 📺 VAR | João Gomes | |
| 1H 40' | Aston Villa | 🟥 Red card | João Gomes | |
| 2H 19' | Brighton & Hove Albion | 🔄 Substitution | OUT Y. Ayari → IN Costinha | |
| 2H 19' | Brighton & Hove Albion | 🔄 Substitution | OUT J. Hinshelwood → IN C. Kostoulas | |
| 2H 29' | Aston Villa | 🔄 Substitution | OUT P. Torres → IN T. Mings | |
| 2H 29' | Aston Villa | 🔄 Substitution | OUT R. Barkley → IN L. Bogarde | |
| 2H 33' | Brighton & Hove Albion | 🔄 Substitution | OUT M. De Cuyper → IN I. Osman | |
| 2H 33' | Brighton & Hove Albion | 🔄 Substitution | OUT M. Wieffer → IN Z. Yohanna | |
| 2H 37' | Aston Villa | 🔄 Substitution | OUT I. Maatsen → IN M. Ruggeri | |
| 2H 37' | Aston Villa | 🔄 Substitution | OUT J. McGinn → IN Alysson | |
| 2H 41' | Brighton & Hove Albion | 🔄 Substitution | OUT D. Gomez → IN M. Yalcouye | |
| 2H 41' | Aston Villa | 🔄 Substitution | OUT E. Buendia → IN A. Garnacho | |
| 2H 45+5' | Aston Villa | 🟨 Yellow card | Matty Cash |
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