Brighton & Hove Albion

4–0

FT

Aston Villa

Sunday, 23 August 2026 · American Express Stadium

Victor Lindelöf 8' · Maxim De Cuyper 18' · Jack Hinshelwood 31'

What happened

8'Victor Lindelöf
9'Pascal Gross
9'João Gomes
11'Yasin Ayari
18'Maxim De Cuyperassist: Georginio Rutter
31'Jack Hinshelwood
33'John McGinn
40'João Gomes
64'Charalambos Kostoulasoff: Jack Hinshelwood
64'Costinhaoff: Yasin Ayari
74'Lamare Bogardeoff: Ross Barkley
74'Tyrone Mingsoff: Pau Torres
78'Zadok Yohannaoff: Mats Wieffer
78'Ibrahim Osmanoff: Maxim De Cuyper
82'Matteo Ruggerioff: Ian Maatsen
82'Alyssonoff: John McGinn
86'Malick Yalcouyéoff: Diego Gómez
86'Alejandro Garnachooff: Emiliano Buendía
90'+5'Matty Cash

Team stats

73%Possession27%
21Shots6
6On target0
5Corners2
12Fouls9
6Offsides2
0Saves3
90%Pass completion80%

Lineups

Brighton & Hove Albion

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

  • 1Bart VerbruggenG
  • 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  • 44Luka VuskovicCD-R
  • 21Olivier BoscagliLB
  • 27Mats WiefferRB
  • 8Jack HinshelwoodAM
  • 26Yasin AyariLM
  • 13Pascal GrossRM
  • 10Georginio RutterF
  • 29Maxim De CuyperAM-L
  • 25Diego GómezAM-R

Substitutes

  • 15Ibrahim OsmanSUB
  • 12Promise DavidSUB
  • 30Michael SvobodaSUB
  • 19Charalambos KostoulasSUB
  • 4Pascal StruijkSUB
  • 36Zadok YohannaSUB
  • 35Malick YalcouyéSUB
  • 23Jason SteeleSUB
  • 20CostinhaSUB

Aston Villa

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

  • 40Marco BizotG
  • 14Pau TorresCD-L
  • 3Victor LindelöfCD-R
  • 22Ian MaatsenLB
  • 2Matty CashRB
  • 6Ross BarkleyAM
  • 35João GomesLM
  • 8Boubacar KamaraRM
  • 10Emiliano BuendíaF
  • 53George HemmingsAM-L
  • 7John McGinnAM-R

Substitutes

  • 1Zion SuzukiSUB
  • 49Bradley BurrowesSUB
  • 26Lamare BogardeSUB
  • 5Tyrone MingsSUB
  • 47AlyssonSUB
  • 74Luka LynchSUB
  • 45Triston RoweSUB
  • 17Alejandro GarnachoSUB
  • 13Matteo RuggeriSUB

Goals, cards, substitutions and lineups as reported by the match data provider. Minutes follow the official match clock.