Match Centre: Brighton & Hove Albion vs Aston Villa
Lindelöf 8′ (og)De Cuyper 18′Hinshelwood 30′Hinshelwood 31′
Gomes 40′
Player of the match Jack Hinshelwood 8.9
GolVolt rating 2.1GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 8' Lindelöf, 1:0-
8 → 20
Aston Villa drop 12 places in the table. Brighton & Hove Albion: 9 → 1.
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44% → 94%
Brighton & Hove Albion: chance of winning before kick-off and after minute 30.
The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 1:0, from 43% to 67% (Brighton & Hove Albion).
How the match went
One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.
90+5' · 4:0Brighton & Hove Albion 94%draw 4%Aston Villa 2%
90+5' · 4:0xG Brighton & Hove Albion 3.23xG Aston Villa 0.35
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Settled by 28′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 28′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 1.6 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Hinshelwood: rated 8.9. Heroes: 4.7 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 6.4 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% xG 3.6. Quality of play: 4.6 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 2.1more watchable than 21% 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
4 goals6 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 8' Goal: Victor Lindelöfown goal · own goal1:0
- 9' João Gomesyellow card · dissent
- 9' Pascal Großyellow card · foul
- 11' Yasin Ayariyellow card · foul
- 18' Goal: Maxim De Cuyperleft foot · assist: Rutter2:0
- 30' Goal: Jack Hinshelwoodheader · assist: Gómez3:0
- 31' Goal: Jack Hinshelwoodright foot · assist: Ayari4:0
- 33' John McGinnyellow card · foul
- 40' João Gomesred card · violent conduct
- Half-time · 4:0
- 64' 2 substitutionsCostinha for AyariKostoulas for Hinshelwood
- 74' 2 substitutionsBogarde for BarkleyMings for Torres
- 78' 2 substitutionsOsman for De CuyperYohanna for Wieffer
- 82' 2 substitutionsAlysson for McGinnRuggeri for Maatsen
- 86' SubstitutionGarnacho for Buendía
- 86' SubstitutionYalcouyé for Gómez
- 90+5' Matty Cashyellow card · foul
- Full-time · 4:0
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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 —
- 4 Pascal Struijk DEF —
- 20 Costinha DEF on
- 30 Michael Svoboda DEF —
- 35 Malick Yalcouyé MID on
- 12 Promise David ATT —
- 15 Ibrahim Osman ATT on
- 19 Charalampos Kostoulas ATT on
- 36 Zadok Yohanna ATT on
Aston Villa
- 1 Zion Suzuki GK —
- 5 Tyrone Mings DEF on
- 13 Matteo Ruggeri DEF on
- 45 Triston Rowe DEF —
- 26 Lamare Bogarde MID on
- 17 Alejandro Garnacho ATT on
- 47 Alysson ATT on
- 49 Bradley Burrowes ATT —
- 74 Luka John Lynch ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- The American Express Community Stadium, Falmer
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Brighton & Hove Albion Jack Hinshelwood
- 2. place · Brighton & Hove Albion Maxim De Cuyper
- 3. place · Brighton & Hove Albion Diego Gómez
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Brighton & Hove Albion · 1 out
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Stefanos Tzimas Injured
since 3 Dec 2025 · until 1 Sep · 32 matches missed · Cruciate Ligament Tear
Aston Villa · 1 out
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Johan Manzambi Injured
since 6 Jul · return date unknown · 8 matches missed · Knee Bruise
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.