Brighton 3:4 Aston Villa

Aston Villa beat Brighton 4:3 in the Premier League Regular Season 14 at American Express Stadium on 3 December 2025, with the half time score at 2:2; below are the full timeline of goals, cards and substitutions, the complete match statistics, both confirmed lineups with formations, and the top rated players on each side.

Brighton

3 : 4

HT 2 : 2

Aston Villa

3 December 2025
Kickoff: 19:30 UTC
Venue: American Express Stadium | Falmer, East Sussex
Referee: A. Madley

Form and Table

Brighton 8th 53 pts LossLossWinLossWin
Aston Villa 4th 65 pts WinWinDrawLossLoss

Full table: Premier League

Team News

Brighton

S. March Questionable | Knee Injury
D. Gomez Questionable | Injury
J. Sarmiento Questionable | Inactive
Y. Minteh Questionable | Thigh Injury
Y. Ayari Questionable | Injury
K. Mitoma Questionable | Ankle Injury
K. Mitoma Questionable | Ankle Injury
G. Rutter Questionable | Head Injury

Aston Villa

A. Garcia Questionable | Muscle Injury
O. Watkins Questionable | Injury
H. Elliott Questionable | Illness
H. Elliott Questionable | Illness
P. Torres Questionable | Calf Injury
A. Garcia Questionable | Injury
T. Mings Questionable | Ankle Injury
J. Sancho Questionable | Illness

Match Events

Brighton: J. P. van HeckeGoal | Assist: M. Wieffer
9'
Brighton: J. HinshelwoodSubstitution | Off: S. Tzimas
24'
Brighton: P. TorresOwn Goal
29'
37'
Aston Villa: O. WatkinsGoal | Assist: E. Guessand
45'
Aston Villa: O. WatkinsGoal | Assist: M. Rogers
Brighton: Bart VerbruggenYellow Card | Argument
45+8'
60'
Aston Villa: A. OnanaGoal | Assist: M. Cash
Brighton: D. WelbeckSubstitution | Off: F. Kadioglu
67'
70'
Aston Villa: Y. TielemansSubstitution | Off: B. Kamara
70'
Aston Villa: L. DigneSubstitution | Off: I. Maatsen
75'
Aston Villa: John McGinnYellow Card | Time wasting
Brighton: C. KostoulasSubstitution | Off: B. Gruda
77'
77'
Aston Villa: D. MalenSubstitution | Off: J. McGinn
Brighton: J. VeltmanSubstitution | Off: C. Baleba
78'
78'
Aston Villa: D. MalenGoal
Brighton: J. P. van HeckeGoal | Assist: J. Hinshelwood
83'
Brighton: Diego GómezYellow Card | Argument
85'
86'
Aston Villa: L. BogardeSubstitution | Off: E. Guessand
86'
Aston Villa: E. BuendiaSubstitution | Off: O. Watkins
90+5'
Aston Villa: Marco BizotYellow Card | Time wasting

Match Stats

Brighton
Aston Villa

56% Ball Possession 44%

2.21 Expected Goals 2.41

16 Total Shots 14

7 Shots on Goal 10

6 Shots off Goal 2

3 Blocked Shots 2

12 Shots Inside Box 12

4 Shots Outside Box 2

5 Corner Kicks 6

4 Offsides 1

10 Fouls 9

2 Yellow Cards 2

Red Cards

6 Goalkeeper Saves 4

473 Total Passes 362

404 Accurate Passes 300

85% Pass Accuracy 83%

-0.81 Goals Prevented -0.81

Lineups

Brighton

Formation: 4-2-3-1

B. Verbruggen

F. Kadioglu L. Dunk J. P. van Hecke M. Wieffer

D. Gomez C. Baleba

M. De Cuyper B. Gruda Y. Minteh

S. Tzimas

Substitutes

23 | J. Steele | G
18 | D. Welbeck | F
34 | J. Veltman | D
21 | O. Boscagli | D
42 | D. Coppola | D
13 | J. Hinshelwood | M
19 | C. Kostoulas | F
49 | J. Knight | M
58 | N. Oriola | F

Coach: Fabian Hurzeler

Aston Villa

Formation: 4-2-3-1

M. Bizot

I. Maatsen P. Torres E. Konsa M. Cash

A. Onana B. Kamara

M. Rogers J. McGinn E. Guessand

O. Watkins

Substitutes

60 | R. Hollingshead | G
3 | V. Lindelof | D
8 | Y. Tielemans | M
17 | D. Malen | F
26 | L. Bogarde | M
12 | L. Digne | D
10 | E. Buendia | M
19 | J. Sancho | F
16 | A. Garcia | D

Coach: Unai Emery

Player Ratings: Top 5

Brighton
Player	Minutes	Rating
Bart Verbruggen	90	8.3
Jan Paul van Hecke	90	7.6
Carlos Baleba	78	7.3
Charalampos Kostoulas	13	6.9
Maxim De Cuyper	90	6.9

Aston Villa
Player	Minutes	Rating
Ollie Watkins	86	8.6
Matty Cash	90	7.3
Amadou Onana	90	7.2
Morgan Rogers	90	7.2
Ian Maatsen	70	6.9

Updated: 10 Jun 2026, 10:47 UTC