BIRMINGHAM. Aston Villa overcomes Brighton & Hove Albion with a 2-0 win with a goal from T. Mings (89′) and a goal from O. Watkins (84′). Brighton & Hove Albion was surely better in terms of ball possession (63%).​

The match was played at the Villa Park stadium in Birmingham on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Anthony Taylor who was helped by Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn. The 4th official was Stuart Attwell. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.2 degrees Celsius or 53.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Brighton & Hove Albion had a superior ball possession 63% while Aston Villa was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Aston Villa was was putting more pressure with 48 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Aston Villa won the match​.

Aston Villa shot 9 times, 5 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, Brighton & Hove Albion shot 6 times, 2 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards (E. Konsa, M. Nakamba and M. Cash). Talking about the opposition, Brighton & Hove Albion received 3 yellow cards (A. Mac Allister, A. Webster and M. Cucurella).

Standings

After this match, Aston Villa will have 13 points like Brentford and Watford to hold in the 15th place. On the other side, Brighton & Hove Albion will stay with 17 points like Manchester United to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Aston Villa will play away against Crystal Palace on the 27th of November with a 5-5 head to head record.

Brighton & Hove Albion will host Leeds United on the 27th of November with a 11-6 head to head statistic in favor of Brighton & Hove Albion (5 draws).

Aston Villa – Formation

Aston Villa started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Steven Gerrard decided to play with the following team: Emiliano Martínez (6.8), Matty Cash (6.8), Ezri Konsa (6.8), Tyrone Mings (7.7), Matt Targett (8.4), John McGinn (7.2), Marvelous Nakamba (6.6), Jacob Ramsey (6.9), Emiliano Buendía (6.4), Danny Ings (6.6) and Ollie Watkins (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Carney Chukwuemeka, Anwar El Ghazi (6.7), Axel Tuanzebe, Keinan Davis, Kortney Hause, Leon Bailey (6.6), Jed Steer, Ashley Young (7.3) and Morgan Sanson.

Substitutions

Aston Villa made 3 changes: D. Ings for L. Bailey (66′), E. Buendia for A. Young (74′) and J. Ramsey for A. El-Ghazi (84′).

Best player: Matt Targett​

The most impressive player for Aston Villa was Matt Targett even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.4) with 34 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 6 crosses.

Brighton & Hove Albion – Formation

Brighton & Hove Albion started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Graham Potter played with: Jason Steele (6.7), Adam Webster (7.3), Shane Duffy (6.9), Lewis Dunk (6.9), Tariq Lamptey (6.4), Pascal Groß (7.0), Yves Bissouma (7.7), Jakub Moder (6.4), Marc Cucurella (6.2), Leandro Trossard (7.3) and Adam Lallana (6.6).

They had on the bench: Solly March (6.7), Kjell Scherpen, Joël Veltman, Jürgen Locadia, Jeremy Sarmiento, Dan Burn, Neal Maupay (6.6), Alexis Mac Allister and Taylor Richards.

Substitutions

Brighton & Hove Albion made 3 changes: M. Cucurella for S. March (64′), T. Lamptey for N. Maupay (79′) and P. Gross for A. Mac Allister (89′).

Best player: Yves Bissouma​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Brighton & Hove Albion was Yves Bissouma.

His rating is (7.7) with 52 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 15.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Aston Villa – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2-0
• Burnley – Crystal Palace – 3-3
• Leicester City – Chelsea – 0-3
• Liverpool – Arsenal – 4-0
• Newcastle United – Brentford – 3-3
• Norwich City – Southampton – 2-1
• Watford – Manchester United – 4-1
• Wolverhampton Wanderers – West Ham United – 1-0