Aston Villa vs Brighton

30 December 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Ollie Watkins 36’ (pen)
Morgan Rogers 47’

Simon Adingra 12’
Tariq Lamptey 81’

Match summary

Aston Villa and Brighton drew 2-2. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Simon Adingra put Brighton ahead in the 12th minute, set up by João Pedro and Ollie Watkins equalised from the penalty spot in the 36th minute. In the second half, Morgan Rogers put Aston Villa in front from a corner in the 47th minute, set up by Ollie Watkins and Tariq Lamptey equalised in the 81st minute, set up by João Pedro.

Aston Villa had the better of the chances, with 1.88 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Brighton's 0.94 from 13.

Match stats

20 Shots 13

4 Shots on Target 4

12 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.88 xG 0.94

1.12 Non-penalty xG 0.94

13 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Aston Villa Brighton

Kick-off

12’

Simon Adingra
Assist: João Pedro

0-1

Ollie Watkins
Penalty

1-1

36’

Half-time1-1

Morgan Rogers
Assist: Ollie Watkins

2-1

47’

81’

Tariq Lamptey
Assist: João Pedro

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Aston Villa

Morgan Rogers
Tyrone Mings

Brighton

Igor Julio
Carlos Baleba
Yasin Ayari

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.

Aston Villa 1.88 xGBrighton 0.94 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Brighton attacking Aston Villa attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Diego Carlos	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pau Torres	DEF	19			1	0.01	0.00	0
Lucas Digne	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.12	2
Youri Tielemans	MID	90			2	0.16	0.00	0
Boubacar Kamara	MID	90			1	0.03	0.06	2
Leon Bailey	MID	89			7	0.43	0.23	3
John McGinn	MID	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Morgan Rogers	MID	90	1		2	0.07	0.15	1
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90	1	1	6	1.11	0.20	3
Tyrone Mings	Sub	71			1	0.07	0.04	1
Amadou Onana	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ian Maatsen	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ross Barkley	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.01	1
Jacob Ramsey	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bart Verbruggen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tariq Lamptey	DEF	90	1		1	0.08	0.00	0
Jan Paul van Hecke	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Lewis Dunk	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Igor Julio	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Carlos Baleba	MID	90			2	0.07	0.00	0
Yasin Ayari	MID	81			0	0.00	0.05	1
Brajan Gruda	MID	70			0	0.00	0.06	2
Julio Enciso	MID	70			1	0.03	0.00	0
Simon Adingra	MID	70	1		1	0.35	0.00	0
João Pedro	FWD	90		2	3	0.14	0.46	3
Georginio Rutter	Sub	20			1	0.12	0.04	1
Yankuba Minteh	Sub	20			1	0.04	0.00	0
Kaoru Mitoma	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.06	1
Matt O'Riley	Sub	9			2	0.11	0.00	0
Jakub Moder	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.17	2

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 51% Avg odds 1.89

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.73

Brighton win 23% Avg odds 4.06

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

Form going into the game

Aston Villa W W L W L

Brighton L D L D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Brighton 1-0 Aston Villa, 05 May 24 Next meeting: Brighton 0-3 Aston Villa, 02 Apr 25 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.