Brighton & Hove Albion 0-3 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 2 April 2025

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Brighton & Hove Albion 0-3 Aston Villa

Premier League · Wednesday 2 April 2025, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Brighton & Hove Albion 0-3 Aston Villa: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion were beaten by Aston Villa 0-3 in the Premier League on Wednesday 2 April 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Marcus Rashford opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Brighton & Hove Albion did not score. Aston Villa scored through Marcus Rashford (51'), Marco Asensio (78') and Donyell Malen (90+10').

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 7th on 47 points from 29 and Aston Villa 9th on 45 points from 29. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 8th with 61 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 66.

Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Morgan Rogers of Aston Villa (8.6), ahead of Marco Asensio (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 3 draws and 5 for Aston Villa.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Jack HinshelwoodBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 51'Goal · Marcus RashfordAston Villa · 0-1
  • 78'Goal · Marco AsensioAston Villa · 0-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Emiliano MartínezAston Villa
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Axel DisasiAston Villa
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa
  • 90+10'Goal · Donyell MalenAston Villa · 0-3
  • 90+11'Yellow card · Danny WelbeckBrighton & Hove Albion

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 2, draws 3, Aston Villa 5.

Team news

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Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bart Verbruggen, Jack Hinshelwood, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Pervis Estupiñán, Diego Gómez, Yasin Ayari, Simon Adingra, Brajan Gruda, Kaoru Mitoma, João Pedro

Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Boubacar Kamara, Youri Tielemans, Morgan Rogers, John McGinn, Jacob Ramsey, Marcus Rashford