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Brighton v Villa

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Sunday, 23 August 2026, 13:00 · Gameweek 1 · 2026/27
Brighton4.00 xG
40
Aston Villa0.28 xG

How it went

0.00.51.01.52.02.53.03.54.04.545′90′
Brighton 4.00Villa 0.28A filled mark is a goal
  1. 17′Maxim De Cuyper0.91 xG chance
  2. 29′Jack Hinshelwood0.80 xG chance
  3. 30′Jack Hinshelwood0.50 xG chance

One goal was an own goal, counted in the attacking side’s chances rather than listed above.

The shots

Every shotBy zone

Brighton 21 shots

10% of shots, 2 shots5% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 1 shot19% of shots, 4 shots10% of shots, 2 shots5% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 1 shot10%19%10%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Brighton, Brighton v Aston Villa, final 35m.

Aston Villa 7 shots

14% of shots, 1 shot14% of shots, 1 shot14% of shots, 1 shot14% of shots, 1 shot14% of shots, 1 shot14% of shots, 1 shot14%14%14%14%14%14%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Aston Villa, Brighton v Aston Villa, final 35m. A further 14% of their shots came from outside this window.

The chances that got away

  • 0.35Luka Vuskovic, 53' for Brighton
  • 0.30Maxim De Cuyper, 7' for Brighton
  • 0.28Charalampos Kostoulas, 93' for Brighton, set up by Pascal Groß

Where they stood

VerbruggenDunkVuskovicAyariBoscagliWiefferGroßGómezRutterHinshelwoodCuyper
Brighton held a line 22m deep, from 47m to 69m. The dot grows with touches.
BizotLindelöfTorresCashKamaraGomesMaatsenBarkleyHemmingsMcGinnBuendía
Villa held a line 34m deep, from 28m to 62m. The dot grows with touches.

Each starter at the average of every touch they took. An average is the one thing a single match gives reliably, so this is a shape rather than a heat map: it shows a full-back who spent the match as a winger, not how much ground anybody covered.

The match, in figures

BrightonMeasureVilla
4Goals0
4.00Expected goals0.28
4.00Non-penalty xG0.28
2.98Expected pointswhat those chances are worth, out of three0.01
4Half time0
21Shots6
6On target0
5Corners2
3.7Passes allowed per defensive actionlower is a higher press32.3
13Deep entriespasses completed within 20 metres of goal0
12Fouls11
2YCards3Y 1R

Before kickoff the bookmakers’ closing prices made it 2.07 Brighton, 3.41 the draw, 3.52 Villa, which is a 48, 29 and 28 percent chance each way before the margin. Referee: P Bankes.