Premier League · Round 1
American Express Stadium

Brighton & Hove Albion 4–0 Aston Villa starting lineups

Brighton & Hove Albion Aston Villa
4 - 0
Full time
Lindelöf 8' (og) De Cuyper 18' Hinshelwood 30', 31'

Brighton & Hove Albion and Aston Villa lineup images

Brighton & Hove Albion starting lineup vs Aston Villa, 4-2-3-1: Verbruggen, Wieffer, Vuskovic, Dunk, Boscagli, Groß, Ayari, Gómez, Hinshelwood, De Cuyper, Rutter. Premier League Round 1, Sunday, August 23, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Aston Villa starting lineup vs Brighton & Hove Albion, 4-2-3-1: Bizot, Cash, Lindelöf, Torres, Maatsen, Kamara, Gomes, McGinn, Barkley, Hemmings, Buendía. Premier League Round 1, Sunday, August 23, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Match events

1 - 0Lindelöf own goalgoal
8'
Groß Yellow cardYellow card
9'
9'
Yellow cardGomes Yellow card
Ayari Yellow cardYellow card
11'
2 - 0De Cuypergoal
18'
3 - 0Hinshelwoodgoal
30'
4 - 0Hinshelwoodgoal
31'
33'
Yellow cardMcGinn Yellow card
40'
Red cardGomes Red card
Half time · 4 - 0
Kostoulas for Hinshelwoodsubstitution
64'
Costinha for Ayarisubstitution
64'
74'
substitutionBogarde for Barkley
74'
substitutionMings for Torres
Yohanna for Wieffersubstitution
78'
Osman for De Cuypersubstitution
78'
81'
substitutionRuggeri for Maatsen
82'
substitutionAlysson Edward for McGinn
Yalcouyé for Gómezsubstitution
86'
86'
substitutionGarnacho for Buendía
90+5'
Yellow cardCash Yellow card

Brighton & Hove Albion and Aston Villa team sheets and player ratings

Brighton & Hove Albion

4-2-3-1
Starting XI
1 Netherlands Verbruggen rating 6.9
27 Netherlands Wieffer off 78' rating 7.9
44 Croatia Vuskovic rating 7.6
5 England Dunk rating 7.5
21 France Boscagli rating 7.7
13 Germany Groß yellow card rating 7.9
26 Sweden Ayari yellow card off 64' rating 6.5
25 Paraguay Gómez off 86' rating 7.9
8 England Hinshelwood 2 goals off 64' rating 9.0
29 Belgium De Cuyper 1 goal off 78' rating 8.6
10 France Rutter rating 7.5
Substitutes
20 Portugal Costinha on 64' rating 6.5
19 Greece Kostoulas on 64' rating 6.3
15 Ghana Osman on 78' rating 6.4
36 Nigeria Yohanna on 78' rating 6.0
35 Mali Yalcouyé on 86'
23 England Steele
30 Austria Svoboda
4 Netherlands Struijk
12 Canada David

Aston Villa

4-2-3-1
Starting XI
40 Netherlands Bizot rating 6.9
2 Poland Cash yellow card rating 5.3
3 Sweden Lindelöf rating 3.6
14 Spain Torres off 74' rating 3.7
22 Netherlands Maatsen off 81' rating 4.8
8 France Kamara rating 5.5
35 Brazil Gomes red card rating 4.1
7 Scotland McGinn yellow card off 82' rating 6.5
6 England Barkley off 74' rating 6.0
53 England Hemmings rating 6.5
10 Argentina Buendía off 86' rating 6.5
Substitutes
5 England Mings on 74' rating 6.2
26 Netherlands Bogarde on 74' rating 6.1
13 Italy Ruggeri on 81'
47 Brazil Edward on 82'
17 Argentina Garnacho on 86'
1 Japan Suzuki
74 England Lynch
45 England Rowe
49 England Burrowes

Managers

Hürzeler4-2-3-1Brighton & Hove Albion
Emery4-2-3-1Aston Villa
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Brighton & Hove Albion 4–0 Aston Villa: match summary

Brighton & Hove Albion beat Aston Villa 4–0 at American Express Stadium in Falmer on Sunday, August 23, 2026, in Round 1 of the Premier League. Aston Villa's Victor Nilsson Lindelöf (8') turned the ball into his own net. Maxim De Cuyper (18') and Jack Hinshelwood (30', 31') scored for Brighton & Hove Albion. The match ratings read 7.3 for Brighton & Hove Albion and 5.5 for Aston Villa. Jack Hinshelwood of Brighton & Hove Albion was the highest rated player on the pitch at 9.0, with Maxim De Cuyper at 8.5 and Mats Wieffer at 8.0 next, and Victor Nilsson Lindelöf of Aston Villa the lowest rated starter at 3.5. Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 under Hürzeler, Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1 under Emery. Aston Villa finished with ten: João Gomes (40') was sent off. Pascal Groß was booked on 9 minutes, João Gomes on 9, Yasin Ayari on 11, John McGinn on 33 and Matty Cash on 90. The Premier League table taken on September 2, 2026 had Brighton & Hove Albion 9th on 3 points and Aston Villa 19th on 0.

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