Aston Villa 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 November 2021

Result

Aston Villa 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Saturday 20 November 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Aston Villa · Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League predictions

Aston Villa 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Aston Villa defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 November 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Ollie Watkins opened the scoring in the 84th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Ollie Watkins (84') and Tyrone Mings (89'). Brighton & Hove Albion did not score.

Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 16th on 10 points from 11 and Brighton & Hove Albion 7th on 17 points from 11. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 9th with 51.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Targett of Aston Villa (8.1), ahead of Tyrone Mings (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 2 draws and 1 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 49'Yellow card · Marc CucurellaBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 59'Yellow card · Marvelous NakambaAston Villa
  • 67'Yellow card · Adam WebsterBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 84'Goal · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa · 1-0
  • 89'Goal · Tyrone MingsAston Villa · 2-0
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Alexis Mac AllisterBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Ezri KonsaAston Villa
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Matty CashAston Villa

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Aston Villa 1, draws 2, Brighton & Hove Albion 1.

Team news

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Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Matt Targett, John McGinn, Marvelous Nakamba, Jacob Ramsey, Emiliano Buendía, Danny Ings, Ollie Watkins

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (3-5-2)

Jason Steele, Adam Webster, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Tariq Lamptey, Pascal Groß, Yves Bissouma, Jakub Moder, Marc Cucurella, Leandro Trossard, Adam Lallana