Aston Villa vs Brighton

20 November 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Ollie Watkins 84’
  • Tyrone Mings 89’

Match summary

Aston Villa won 2-0 at home to Brighton. It was goalless at half-time.

Ollie Watkins put Aston Villa ahead in the 84th minute, set up by Ashley Young and Tyrone Mings made it 2-0 from a corner in the 89th minute.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 1.10 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Brighton's 0.59 from 6.

Match stats

Aston Villa Brighton
9 Shots 6
5 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 7
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.07 xG 0.58
1.07 Non-penalty xG 0.58
6 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Aston Villa Brighton
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Ollie Watkins
Assist: Ashley Young1-0 (Aston Villa)
84’
Tyrone Mings2-0 (Aston Villa)
89’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Aston Villa
  • Matthew Cash
  • Ezri Konsa Ngoyo
  • Marvelous Nakamba
Brighton
  • Adam Webster
  • Marc Cucurella
  • Alexis Mac Allister

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.10 0.59 84’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), 1-0 84’ 89’ Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), 2-0 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.10 0.59 84’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), 1-0 Watkins 84’ 89’ Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), 2-0 Mings 89’
Aston Villa 1.10 xGBrighton 0.59 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brighton attacking Aston Villa attacking 
46’ Tariq Lamptey (Brighton), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 89’ Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.33 xG, goal 90+4’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 88’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 63’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 84’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 90+4’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 12’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 31’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 47’ Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 90+2’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 46’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 49’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 64’ Adam Webster (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 40’ Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 46’ Tariq Lamptey (Brighton), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 89’ Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.33 xG, goal 90+4’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 88’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 63’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 84’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 90+4’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 12’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 31’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 47’ Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 90+2’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 46’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 49’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 64’ Adam Webster (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 40’ Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Emiliano Martinez GK900 0.000.000
Matthew Cash DEF901 0.060.000
Tyrone Mings DEF9013 0.390.000
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo DEF900 0.000.011
Matt Targett DEF900 0.000.503
Marvelous Nakamba MID900 0.000.000
John McGinn MID900 0.000.041
Jacob Ramsey MID860 0.000.000
Emiliano Buendía FWD761 0.020.000
Danny Ings FWD680 0.000.000
Ollie Watkins FWD9012 0.190.000
Leon Bailey Sub222 0.440.000
Ashley Young Sub1410 0.000.101
Anwar El Ghazi Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 39% Avg odds 2.48
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.29
Brighton win 32% Avg odds 3.00

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Aston Villa LLLLL
Brighton DDLDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brighton 0-0 Aston Villa, 13 Feb 21 Next meeting: Brighton 0-2 Aston Villa, 26 Feb 22  All Aston Villa vs Brighton meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.