Match Centre: Brighton & Hove Albion vs Aston Villa
van Hecke 9′Torres 29′ (og)van Hecke 83′
Watkins 37′Watkins 45+7′Onana 60′Malen 78′
Player of the match Ollie Watkins 8.8
GolVolt rating 9.9GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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2:0 → 3:4
Aston Villa came from behind to win.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Comeback from 0:2, plenty of chances.
- Dramaweight 50% Comeback from 0:2.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 9.1 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Keeper Verbruggen: 6 saves, Watkins: two goals, Watkins: rated 8.8.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 9.1 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Race for the top places. Stakes: 8.4 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances, 7 goals.Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 9.9 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 9.9more watchable than 99% of Premier League matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
7 goals4 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 9' Goal: Jan Paul van Heckeassist: Wieffer1:0
- 24' SubstitutionHinshelwood for Tzimas
- 29' Goal: Pau Torresown goal2:0
- 37' Goal: Ollie Watkinsassist: Guessand2:1
- 45+7' Goal: Ollie Watkinsassist: Rogers2:2
- 45+8' Bart Verbruggenyellow card
- Half-time · 2:2
- 60' Goal: Amadou Onanaassist: Cash2:3
- 67' SubstitutionWelbeck for Kadıoğlu
- 70' 2 substitutionsDigne for MaatsenTielemans for Kamara
- 75' John McGinnyellow card
- 77' SubstitutionKostoulas for Gruda
- 77' SubstitutionMalen for McGinn
- 78' Goal: Donyell MalenAston Villa2:4
- 78' SubstitutionVeltman for Baleba
- 83' Goal: Jan Paul van Heckeassist: Hinshelwood3:4
- 85' Diego Gómezyellow card
- 86' 2 substitutionsBogarde for GuessandBuendía for Watkins
- 90+5' Marco Bizotyellow card
- Full-time · 3:4
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Brighton & Hove Albion
Aston Villa
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Brighton & Hove Albion
- 23 Jason Steele GK —
- 21 Olivier Boscagli DEF —
- 34 Joël Veltman DEF on
- 42 Diego Coppola DEF —
- 13 Jack Hinshelwood MID on
- 49 Joe Knight MID —
- 18 Danny Welbeck ATT on
- 19 Charalampos Kostoulas ATT on
- 58 Nehemiah Oriola ATT —
Aston Villa
- 60 Ronnie Hollingshead GK —
- 3 Victor Lindelöf DEF —
- 12 Lucas Digne DEF on
- 16 Andrés García DEF —
- 8 Youri Tielemans MID on
- 10 Emiliano Buendía MID on
- 26 Lamare Bogarde MID on
- 17 Donyell Malen ATT on
- 19 Jadon Sancho ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- The American Express Community Stadium, Falmer
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Aston Villa Ollie Watkins
- 2. place · Brighton & Hove Albion Jan Paul van Hecke
- 3. place · Aston Villa Amadou Onana
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