Brighton vs Aston Villa 2024-25 English Premier League

Brighton & Hove Albion

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0 - 3

Aston Villa

51': Marcus Rashford
78': Marco Asensio
90'+10': Donyell Malen

Marcus Rashford scores again as Aston Villa beat Brighton

Marcus Rashford scored his first league goal for Aston Villa who earned a comfortable 3-0 win at Brighton & Hove Albion on Wednesday, which moved the visitors ahead of the hosts in the Premier League standings.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
20': Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+2': First Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Aston Villa 0.
45': Second Half begins Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Aston Villa 0.
51': Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Aston Villa 1. Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Morgan Rogers with a through ball following a fast break.
65': Substitution, Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins replaces Marcus Rashford.
65': Substitution, Aston Villa. Marco Asensio replaces Jacob Ramsey.
65': Substitution, Aston Villa. Amadou Onana replaces Youri Tielemans.
72': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Mats Wieffer replaces Jack Hinshelwood.
72': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Eiran Cashin replaces Lewis Dunk.
72': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Carlos Baleba replaces Diego Gómez.
72': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Danny Welbeck replaces João Pedro.
78': Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Aston Villa 2. Marco Asensio (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Morgan Rogers.
81': Substitution, Aston Villa. Axel Disasi replaces Matty Cash.
84': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Matt O'Riley replaces Brajan Gruda.
88': Substitution, Aston Villa. Donyell Malen replaces Morgan Rogers because of an injury.
90': Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
90'+1': Axel Disasi (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
90'+2': Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+10': Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Aston Villa 3. Donyell Malen (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marco Asensio following a fast break.
90'+11': Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: American Express Stadium
Location: Falmer, England
Attendance: 31,230

English Premier League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+43	Liverpool	30	73	1
+30	Arsenal	30	61	3
+15	Nottingham Forest	30	57	7
+17	Manchester City	30	51	9

Full Table

Statistics

AVL		BHA
11	Fouls	16
3	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	1
0	Corner Kicks	4
4	Saves	2
44.3	Possession	55.7
8	SHOTS	11
5	ON GOAL	4
0.6	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
321	Accurate Passes	397
383	Passes	464
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	6
5	Crosses	24
0.4	Cross %	0.3
47	Long Balls	31
22	Accurate Long Balls	11
0.5	Long Balls %	0.4
0	Blocked Shots	2
15	Effective Tackles	11
26	Tackles	16
0.6	Tackle %	0.7
7	Interceptions	7
33	Effective Clearances	13
33	Clearances	13

Line-Ups

Brighton & Hove Albion (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Bart Verbruggen (GK)
5	Lewis Dunk
29	Jan Paul van Hecke
30	Pervis Estupiñán
41	Jack Hinshelwood
8	Brajan Gruda
26	Yasin Ayari
25	Diego Gómez
9	João Pedro
22	Kaoru Mitoma
11	Simon Adingra

Substitutes:

Yankuba Minteh, Mats Wieffer, Matt O'Riley, Solly March, Carl Rushworth, Danny Welbeck, Charlie Tasker, Carlos Baleba, Eiran Cashin.

Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
23	Emiliano Martínez (GK)
14	Pau Torres
4	Ezri Konsa
12	Lucas Digne
2	Matty Cash
7	John McGinn
8	Youri Tielemans
44	Boubacar Kamara
9	Marcus Rashford
41	Jacob Ramsey
27	Morgan Rogers