Aston Villa and Brighton & Hove Albion fans can't wait for Premier League meeting at Villa Park

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Villa Park (42682 seats)

Aston Villa will hope to operate their home advantage to get one over today’s opposition. The hosting team are currently 4 points behind Brighton & Hove Albion.

Insights:
  • Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The visiting Brighton & Hove Albion played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match.

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Aston Villa form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Aston Villa at their home stadium (Villa Park) is 11 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. Aston Villa has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Villa Park. We remember; it was Arsenal.

The Aston Villa coach Etxegoien and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Liverpool (placed 5th). A painful moment in the game against Liverpool was the missed penalty kick from Watkins in the 22nd minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome. Midfielder Luiz was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.32 (out of ten) in that game. Luiz served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Tottenham Hotspur in a game that was won 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Aston Villa handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

A decent goal production from Villa in their home games so far, with 31 goals from 18 league matches. 20 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats

8-4-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Brighton & Hove Albion in their Premier League matches away.

Brighton & Hove Albion's last game was the home draw against Manchester City (1-1). The attacker Welbeck got a match rating of 7.45 in that game. Welbeck hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Southampton.

Brighton & Hove Albion are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 8 of this club's 10 latest league rounds have ended with three goals or more.

Brighton are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 34 times in 18 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Brighton & Hove Albion have conceded 30 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Aston Villa have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when playing Brighton & Hove Albion.

Brighton & Hove Albion - Villa 1-2 was the result in these squads' last H2H match, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Aston VillaO. Watkins
O. Watkins
14 goals
Brighton & Hove AlbionA. Mac Allister
A. Mac Allister
10 goals
Brighton & Hove AlbionP. Groß
P. Groß
9 goals

Aston Villa missing players

Brighton & Hove Albion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Aston Villa Brighton & Hove Albion
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 18 37
17 11 2 Won W 2 8 18
7 2 1 Drew D 1 4 8
13 5 2 Lost L 3 6 11
49 31 10 Scored S 8 34 71
45 20 9 Conceded C 10 30 51
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
78% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 78%
46% 56% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 78% 65%
22% 28% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 50% 46%
5% 11% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 22% 27%
49% 50% 80% BTTS BTTS 83% 78% 59%
32% 39% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 32%
22% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 6% 14%
 
4.3 4.8 2.6 Corners for (avg) C F 7.3 4.8 6.2
5.6 5.1 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 4.3 3.5
2.1 1.8 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.3 12.1 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 18 14.2 16.4
3.9 4.6 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.7 5.2 6
34% 37% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 37% 32%
 
11.5 9.8 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.3 11.8 10.2
4.4 3.3 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3.9 3.5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Brighton & Hove Albion's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 37 28 5 4 94 32 19 17 1 1 60 17 18 11 4 3 34 15 62 89
2 Arsenal 37 25 6 6 83 43 18 13 3 2 48 25 19 12 3 4 35 18 40 81
3 Newcastle United 37 19 13 5 67 32 19 11 6 2 36 14 18 8 7 3 31 18 35 70
4 Manchester United 36 21 6 9 52 41 17 13 3 1 30 8 19 8 3 8 22 33 11 69
5 Liverpool 37 19 9 9 71 43 19 13 5 1 46 17 18 6 4 8 25 26 28 66
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 18 8 11 71 51 19 10 4 5 37 21 18 8 4 6 34 30 20 62
7 Aston Villa 37 17 7 13 49 45 18 11 2 5 31 20 19 6 5 8 18 25 4 58
8 Tottenham Hotspur 37 17 6 14 66 62 19 12 1 6 37 25 18 5 5 8 29 37 4 57
9 Brentford 37 14 14 9 57 46 18 9 7 2 34 18 19 5 7 7 23 28 11 56
10 Fulham 37 15 7 15 54 51 19 8 5 6 31 29 18 7 2 9 23 22 3 52
11 Crystal Palace 37 11 11 15 39 48 18 7 6 5 20 22 19 4 5 10 19 26 -9 44
12 Chelsea 36 11 10 15 36 42 18 6 6 6 19 18 18 5 4 9 17 24 -6 43
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 11 8 18 31 53 19 9 3 7 19 20 18 2 5 11 12 33 -22 41
14 West Ham United 37 11 7 19 41 53 19 8 4 7 26 24 18 3 3 12 15 29 -12 40
15 AFC Bournemouth 37 11 6 20 37 70 19 6 4 9 20 28 18 5 2 11 17 42 -33 39
16 Nottingham Forest 37 9 10 18 37 67 19 8 6 5 27 24 18 1 4 13 10 43 -30 37
17 Everton 37 7 12 18 33 57 18 5 3 10 15 27 19 2 9 8 18 30 -24 33
18 Leicester City 37 8 7 22 49 67 18 4 4 10 21 26 19 4 3 12 28 41 -18 31
19 Leeds United 37 7 10 20 47 74 18 5 7 6 25 33 19 2 3 14 22 41 -27 31
20 Southampton 37 6 6 25 32 69 18 2 4 12 15 33 19 4 2 13 17 36 -37 24

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 37 28 5 4 94 32 19 17 1 1 60 17 18 11 4 3 34 15 62 89
2 Arsenal 37 25 6 6 83 43 18 13 3 2 48 25 19 12 3 4 35 18 40 81
3 Newcastle United 37 19 13 5 67 32 19 11 6 2 36 14 18 8 7 3 31 18 35 70
4 Manchester United 36 21 6 9 52 41 17 13 3 1 30 8 19 8 3 8 22 33 11 69
5 Liverpool 37 19 9 9 71 43 19 13 5 1 46 17 18 6 4 8 25 26 28 66
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 18 8 11 71 51 19 10 4 5 37 21 18 8 4 6 34 30 20 62
7 Aston Villa 37 17 7 13 49 45 18 11 2 5 31 20 19 6 5 8 18 25 4 58
8 Tottenham Hotspur 37 17 6 14 66 62 19 12 1 6 37 25 18 5 5 8 29 37 4 57
9 Brentford 37 14 14 9 57 46 18 9 7 2 34 18 19 5 7 7 23 28 11 56
10 Fulham 37 15 7 15 54 51 19 8 5 6 31 29 18 7 2 9 23 22 3 52
11 Crystal Palace 37 11 11 15 39 48 18 7 6 5 20 22 19 4 5 10 19 26 -9 44
12 Chelsea 36 11 10 15 36 42 18 6 6 6 19 18 18 5 4 9 17 24 -6 43
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 11 8 18 31 53 19 9 3 7 19 20 18 2 5 11 12 33 -22 41
14 West Ham United 37 11 7 19 41 53 19 8 4 7 26 24 18 3 3 12 15 29 -12 40
15 AFC Bournemouth 37 11 6 20 37 70 19 6 4 9 20 28 18 5 2 11 17 42 -33 39
16 Nottingham Forest 37 9 10 18 37 67 19 8 6 5 27 24 18 1 4 13 10 43 -30 37
17 Everton 37 7 12 18 33 57 18 5 3 10 15 27 19 2 9 8 18 30 -24 33
18 Leicester City 37 8 7 22 49 67 18 4 4 10 21 26 19 4 3 12 28 41 -18 31
19 Leeds United 37 7 10 20 47 74 18 5 7 6 25 33 19 2 3 14 22 41 -27 31
20 Southampton 37 6 6 25 32 69 18 2 4 12 15 33 19 4 2 13 17 36 -37 24

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