Aston Villa vs Brighton

30 September 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 6 – 1

Half-time: 3–0

Ollie Watkins 14’, 21’, 65’
Estupiñán 26’ (og)
Jacob Ramsey 85’
Douglas Luiz 90+7’

Anssumane Fati 50’

Match summary

Aston Villa won comfortably, 6-1 at home to Brighton. Aston Villa led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ollie Watkins put Aston Villa ahead in the 14th minute, set up by Matthew Cash, Watkins made it 2-0 in the 21st minute, set up by Moussa Diaby, and Estupiñán's own goal made it 3-0 in the 26th minute. In the second half, Anssumane Fati pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 50th minute, set up by João Pedro, Watkins made it 4-1 in the 65th minute, set up by John McGinn, Jacob Ramsey made it 5-1 in the 85th minute, set up by Ollie Watkins, and Douglas Luiz made it 6-1 in stoppage time.

There was little between the sides on chances: Aston Villa created 1.92 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots, Brighton 1.73 from 11.

Match stats

19 Shots 11

9 Shots on Target 3

1 Corners 3

4 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

1.91 xG 1.73

1.91 Non-penalty xG 1.73

15 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Aston Villa Brighton

Kick-off

Ollie Watkins
Assist: Matthew Cash

1-0

14’

Ollie Watkins
Assist: Moussa Diaby

2-0

21’

Estupiñán
Own goal

3-0

26’

Half-time3-0

50’

Anssumane Fati
Assist: João Pedro

3-1

Ollie Watkins
Assist: John McGinn

4-1

65’

Jacob Ramsey
Assist: Ollie Watkins

5-1

85’

Douglas Luiz

6-1

90+7’

Full-time6-1

Bookings

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

Aston Villa

Ezri Konsa Ngoyo
Lucas Digne
Douglas Luiz
Jhon Durán

Brighton

Lewis Dunk
Danny Welbeck
Kaoru Mitoma
Anssumane Fati

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 1.92 xGBrighton 1.73 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
Matthew Cash	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.57	1
Pau Torres	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Digne	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.04	1
Douglas Luiz	MID	90	1		2	0.05	0.07	1
Boubacar Kamara	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
John McGinn	MID	90		1	1	0.04	0.28	3
Moussa Diaby	MID	84		1	5	0.39	0.24	1
Nicolo Zaniolo	MID	62			2	0.10	0.00	0
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90	3	1	6	1.16	0.43	5
Jacob Ramsey	Sub	28	1		2	0.11	0.00	0
Jhon Durán	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Youri Tielemans	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jason Steele	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joël Veltman	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.41	1
Adam Webster	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lewis Dunk	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Estupiñán	DEF	51			1	0.31	0.00	0
Jack Hinshelwood	MID	90			0	0.00	0.11	2
Billy Gilmour	MID	90			1	0.01	0.37	2
Solly March	MID	67			1	0.41	0.00	0
Danny Welbeck	MID	51			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kaoru Mitoma	MID	90			2	0.12	0.04	2
Evan Ferguson	FWD	51			0	0.00	0.00	0
João Pedro	Sub	39		1	1	0.03	0.66	2
Tariq Lamptey	Sub	39			0	0.00	0.00	0
Anssumane Fati	Sub	39	1		4	0.81	0.06	1
Simon Adingra	Sub	23			1	0.04	0.00	0
Carlos Baleba	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 38% Avg odds 2.50

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.70

Brighton win 36% Avg odds 2.70

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

Form going into the game

Aston Villa W W L W W

Brighton W L W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Aston Villa 2-1 Brighton, 28 May 23 Next meeting: Brighton 1-0 Aston Villa, 05 May 24 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.