Brighton vs Aston Villa

2 April 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 0 – 3

Half-time: 0–0

  • Marcus Rashford 51’
  • Marco Asensio 78’
  • Donyell Malen 90+10’

Match summary

Aston Villa won comfortably, 3-0 away at Brighton. It was goalless at half-time.

Marcus Rashford put Aston Villa ahead in the 51st minute, set up by Morgan Rogers, Marco Asensio made it 0-2 in the 78th minute, set up by Morgan Rogers, and Donyell Malen made it 0-3 in stoppage time, set up by Marco Asensio.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 1.21 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Brighton's 0.56 from 11.

Match stats

Brighton Aston Villa
11 Shots 8
4 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 0
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.56 xG 1.21
0.56 Non-penalty xG 1.21
12 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Brighton Aston Villa
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
51’
Marcus Rashford
Assist: Morgan Rogers0-1 (Aston Villa)
78’
Marco Asensio
Assist: Morgan Rogers0-2 (Aston Villa)
90+10’
Donyell Malen
Assist: Marco Asensio0-3 (Aston Villa)
Full-time0-3

Bookings

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

Brighton
  • Jack Hinshelwood
Aston Villa
  • Emiliano Martinez
  • Axel Disasi
  • Ollie Watkins

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 0.56 1.21 51’ Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa), 0-1 51’ 78’ Marco Asensio (Aston Villa), 0-2 78’ 90+10’ Donyell Malen (Aston Villa), 0-3 90+10’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.56 1.21 51’ Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa), 0-1 Rashford 51’ 78’ Marco Asensio (Aston Villa), 0-2 Asensio 78’ 90+10’ Donyell Malen (Aston Villa), 0-3 Malen 90+10’
Brighton 0.56 xGAston Villa 1.21 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Brighton attacking 
51’ Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 78’ Marco Asensio (Aston Villa), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 90+7’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 77’ Marco Asensio (Aston Villa), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 90+10’ Donyell Malen (Aston Villa), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 90+4’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 9’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 12’ Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 42’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 36’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 5’ Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 25’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 63’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+4’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 16’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 21’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 55’ Estupiñán (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 51’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 89’ Carlos Baleba (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 51’ Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 78’ Marco Asensio (Aston Villa), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 90+7’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 90+10’ Donyell Malen (Aston Villa), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 77’ Marco Asensio (Aston Villa), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 90+4’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 9’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 12’ Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 42’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 36’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 5’ Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 63’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+4’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 25’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 16’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 21’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 51’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 55’ Estupiñán (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 89’ Carlos Baleba (Brighton), open play, 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
Jack Hinshelwood DEF730 0.000.051
Jan Paul van Hecke DEF901 0.020.000
Lewis Dunk DEF730 0.000.000
Estupiñán DEF901 0.020.021
Yasin Ayari MID903 0.300.021
Diego Gómez MID730 0.000.031
Simon Adingra MID902 0.090.202
Brajan Gruda MID850 0.000.000
Kaoru Mitoma MID902 0.080.041
João Pedro FWD731 0.050.000
Carlos Baleba Sub171 0.010.000
Eiran Cashin Sub170 0.000.000
Mats Wieffer Sub170 0.000.011
Danny Welbeck Sub170 0.000.000
Matt O'Riley Sub50 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 41% Avg odds 2.35
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.49
Aston Villa win 32% Avg odds 3.03

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

Form going into the game

Brighton WWWWD
Aston Villa DDWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Aston Villa 2-2 Brighton, 30 Dec 24 Next meeting: Brighton 3-4 Aston Villa, 03 Dec 25  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.