Brighton & Hove Albion are welcoming Aston Villa for another important game after their 0-1 result against 11th-placed Everton.
Brighton & Hove Albion and Aston Villa should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
4 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Brighton & Hove Albion have to build on here at American Express Community Stadium in the Premier League.
Brighton & Hove Albion lost their last game at Everton (placed 11th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Preceding that match was a FA Cup defeat to Sheffield Wednesday (0-1).
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Brighton & Hove Albion matches with similar probabilities have ended with 1 win, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from three games).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Brighton & Hove Albion as they are travelling to their away game against AFC Bournemouth in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.
The Brighton & Hove Albion fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. On the other hand, Brighton & Hove Albion have conceded 12 goals.
Aston Villa form and stats
Aston Villa, who have the most conceded goals (23) away in Premier League, have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-1-8 (11 played).
The manager D. Smith was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League match played at their home ground Villa Park. Aston Villa suffered a 1-6 loss to Manchester City (placed 2nd). A 1-1 draw at Leicester City's stadium before that.
Aston Villa lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-6 beating and focus on this one.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Aston Villa when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
After this away game Aston Villa return home for a Premier League game against Watford. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Aston Villa find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Aston Villa have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Aston Villa - Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 0 - 2 - 3 (Brighton & Hove Albion wins - draws - Aston Villa wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Maupay 7 goals |   J. Grealish 6 goals |  W. Moraes 5 goals |
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
Aston Villa missing players
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Aston Villa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 25 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| 30 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 23 | 43 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 86% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 86% |
| 45% | 27% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 82% | 73% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 36% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 18% |
| 50% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | 64% |
| 23% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 32% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 23% |
| 4.5 | 5.3 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8 | 9.1 | 7.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 279 | 153 | 72 | Total Shots | T S | 42 | 123 | 276 |
| 92 | 45 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 51 | 94 |
| 27% | 33% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 27% | 30% |
- Aston Villa has the most conceded goals (23) away
- Aston Villa has the most conceded goals in the second half (28)
- Aston Villa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Aston Villa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Brighton & Hove Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 21 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 36 | 61 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 37 | 47 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 26 | 45 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 39 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 34 |
| 6 | Sheffield United | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 32 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 30 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 29 |
| 10 | Arsenal | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 28 |
| 11 | Everton | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -7 | 28 |
| 12 | Southampton | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | -12 | 28 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 26 |
| 14 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Burnley | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 24 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 22 |
| 17 | Watford | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 22 |
| 18 | Aston Villa | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -15 | 21 |
| 19 | AFC Bournemouth | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -15 | 20 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -23 | 14 |
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