Brighton ran riot within the first half to crush Aston Villa 4-0 on the Amex Stadium. Targets from Maxim De Cuyper, an personal objective through Victor Lindelöf, and a quickfire double from Jack Hinshelwood sealed the competition inside 31 minutes. Villa’s distress was compounded when João Gomes was despatched off earlier than halftime.
Villa began brightly with Emiliano Buendía testing Bart Verbruggen early, however Brighton capitalised on defensive errors to take management. Pau Torres’ misplaced cross led to De Cuyper’s opener through Lindelöf’s deflection.
De Cuyper then transformed Georginio Rutter’s cross earlier than Hinshelwood scored twice in fast succession to place Brighton 4-0 up. Gomes’ reckless kick at Rutter earned him a straight pink card after VAR overview, capping a disastrous half for Villa.
The second half noticed Brighton ease off, whereas Villa tried to restrict additional injury. For Unai Emery, the defeat raises severe questions after a summer time of exits and uncertainty.
However after a turbulent summer time at Villa Park, which has seen key gamers Morgan Rogers, Youri Tielemans, Ezri Konsa and Lucas Digne depart the membership, this can be a damaging opening defeat for Villa, leaving loads of questions for Emery to reply with simply over every week left of the summer time switch window.
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Participant Scores
Brighton
| Participant | Score |
|---|---|
| Bart Verbruggen | 6.8 |
| Mats Wieffer | 6.8 |
| Luka Vuskovic | 7.5 |
| Olivier Boscagli | 7.3 |
| Lewis Dunk | 6.9 |
| Yasin Ayari | 6.7 |
| Pascal Groß | 6.9 |
| Jack Hinshelwood | 9.2 (2 Targets) |
| Diego Gómez | 7.8 |
| Maxim De Cuyper | 8.6 (Aim + Help) |
| Georginio Rutter | 7.7 |
Aston Villa
| Participant | Score |
|---|---|
| Marco Bizot | 5.8 |
| Matty Money | 5.6 |
| Victor Lindelöf | 4.8 (Personal Aim) |
| Pau Torres | 3.9 |
| Ian Maatsen | 5.2 |
| Ross Barkley | 5.0 |
| Boubacar Kamara | 5.4 |
| João Gomes | 4.0 (Crimson Card) |
| John McGinn | 5.1 |
| George Lawrence Hemmings | 5.3 |
| Emiliano Buendía | 5.0 |
Match Statistics
| Statistic | Aston Villa | Brighton |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 0 | 4 |
| Photographs | 17 | 6 |
| Photographs on Goal | 6 | 0 |
| Possession | 72% | 28% |
| Passes | 593 | 242 |
| Go Accuracy | 94% | 77% |
| Fouls | 12 | 10 |
| Yellow Playing cards | 2 | 3 |
| Crimson Playing cards | 1 | 0 |
| Offsides | 6 | 2 |
| Corners | 5 | 2 |
