Brighton vs Aston Villa

5 May 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Robert Jones

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • João Pedro 87’

Match summary

Brighton saw off Aston Villa 1-0, with a late winner. It was goalless at half-time.

João Pedro put Brighton ahead with a header in the 87th minute.

The chances backed that up: Brighton created 3.02 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Aston Villa's 0.06 from 2. João Pedro had a penalty saved for Brighton.

Match stats

Brighton Aston Villa
15 Shots 2
8 Shots on Target 1
7 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.64 xG 0.06
1.75 Non-penalty xG 0.06
4 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Brighton Aston Villa
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
João Pedro1-0 (Brighton)
87’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Brighton
  • Pascal Groß
  • Simon Adingra
Aston Villa
  • Matthew Cash

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 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.02 0.06 87’ João Pedro (Brighton), 1-0 87’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.02 0.06 87’ João Pedro (Brighton), 1-0 Pedro 87’
Brighton 3.02 xGAston Villa 0.06 xG Goal

Tap a goal for the scorer and score.

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Brighton attacking 
87’ João Pedro (Brighton), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 87’ João Pedro (Brighton), set piece, 0.51 xG, goal 83’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 62’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 48’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 49’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 67’ Julio Enciso (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 8’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 6’ Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 80’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+1’ Julio Enciso (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 10’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 3’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 8’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 82’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 68’ Julio Enciso (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 56’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 87’ João Pedro (Brighton), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 87’ João Pedro (Brighton), set piece, 0.51 xG, goal 83’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 62’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 48’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 49’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 67’ Julio Enciso (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 8’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 6’ Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 80’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+1’ Julio Enciso (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 10’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 3’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 8’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 82’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 68’ Julio Enciso (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 56’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Bart Verbruggen GK900 0.000.000
Joël Veltman DEF901 0.070.000
Lewis Dunk DEF900 0.000.000
Adam Webster DEF900 0.000.041
Igor Julio DEF900 0.000.000
Pascal Groß MID902 0.340.071
Billy Gilmour MID900 0.000.000
Facundo Buonanotte MID660 0.000.000
João Pedro MID9014 1.650.363
Simon Adingra MID904 0.430.835
Danny Welbeck FWD901 0.350.000
Julio Enciso Sub243 0.170.402
Valentín Barco Sub10 0.000.000
Carlos Baleba Sub10 0.000.000
Jakub Moder Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 39% Avg odds 2.45
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.81
Aston Villa win 36% Avg odds 2.70

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

Form going into the game

Brighton DLDLL
Aston Villa LDWWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Aston Villa 6-1 Brighton, 30 Sep 23 Next meeting: Aston Villa 2-2 Brighton, 30 Dec 24  All Brighton vs Aston Villa 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.