Brighton & Hove Albion 3-4 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 3 December 2025
Result
Brighton & Hove Albion 3-4 Aston Villa
Premier League · Wednesday 3 December 2025, 19:30 UTC · half-time 2-2
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Brighton & Hove Albion 3-4 Aston Villa: match report
Brighton & Hove Albion were beaten by Aston Villa 3-4 in the Premier League on Wednesday 3 December 2025. It was 2-2 at half-time.
Jan Paul van Hecke opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from Jan Paul van Hecke (9'), an own goal by Pau Torres (29') and Jan Paul van Hecke (83'). Aston Villa scored through Ollie Watkins (37'), Ollie Watkins (45+7'), Amadou Onana (60') and Donyell Malen (78').
Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 5th on 22 points from 13 and Aston Villa 4th on 24 points from 13. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Aston Villa 4th with 65.
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 Ollie Watkins of Aston Villa (8.8), ahead of Jan Paul van Hecke (7.7).
Key events
- 9'Goal · Jan Paul van Hecke
- 29'Own goal · Pau Torres
- 37'Goal · Ollie Watkins
- 45+7'Goal · Ollie Watkins
- 45+8'Yellow card · Bart Verbruggen
- 60'Goal · Amadou Onana
- 75'Yellow card · John McGinn
- 78'Goal · Donyell Malen
- 83'Goal · Jan Paul van Hecke
- 85'Yellow card · Diego Gómez
- 90+5'Yellow card · Marco Bizot
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Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)
Bart Verbruggen, Mats Wieffer, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Carlos Baleba, Diego Gómez, Yankuba Minteh, Brajan Gruda, Maxim De Cuyper, Stefanos Tzimas
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marco Bizot, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Ian Maatsen, Boubacar Kamara, Amadou Onana, Evann Guessand, John McGinn, Morgan Rogers, Ollie Watkins