Aston Villa
Aston VillaAston Villa are hoping to win again after their last result, the 0-1 Premier League victory versus Chelsea.
In that match, Aston Villa had 47% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 7 on target. The scorer for Aston Villa was Ollie Watkins (73′). On the other side, Chelsea got 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.
At least three goals per game have been seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Aston Villa have participated. Opposing sides scored 8 times in these games whereas Aston Villa managed to get a total of 12. Nevertheless, time will tell if that trend might be maintained in this upcoming match or not.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton will go into this encounter following a 3-1 Premier League win over Bournemouth in their most recent fixture.
In that game, Brighton & Hove Albion had 62% possession and 13 shots at goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Brighton & Hove Albion was Kaoru Mitoma (46′, 77′). Bournemouth got 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Dominic Solanke (25′) and Milos Kerkez (45′ Own goal) scored for Bournemouth.
In as many as 6 out of the previous 6 games featuring Brighton & Hove Albion, at least three goals have gone in. The overall average goals scored per game during that spell is 4.33, with the average number of goals for Brighton & Hove Albion equalling 2.67.
🤜🤛 Head to head
An examination of their past head-to-head clashes going back to 21/11/2020 shows us that Aston Villa have won 4 of them & Brighton 1, with the number of draws being 1.
A combined sum of 13 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 of them for The Villans and 4 for The Seagulls. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.
The last league fixture featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 38 on 28/05/2023 which ended up with the score at Aston Villa 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion.
In that match, Aston Villa had 41% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. The goalscorers were Douglas Luiz (8′) and Ollie Watkins (26′).
At the other end, Brighton & Hove Albion had 8 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Deniz Undav (38′) scored.
The match was refereed by David Coote.
🗞️ Team News: Aston Villa
It’s our opinion that The Villans will probably use a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game, handing starts to Emiliano Martinez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Francisco Torres, Lucas Digne, Boubacar Kamara, Douglas Luiz, Nicolò Zaniolo, Moussa Diaby, John McGinn and Ollie Watkins.
Álex Moreno (Hamstring Injury), Emiliano Buendía (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Tyrone Mings (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) are unavailable for Aston Villa boss Unai Emery.
ℹ️ Team News: Brighton
Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi has to currently contend with reduced team options. Julio Enciso (Torn Meniscus) and Jakub Moder (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.
We’re of the thinking that The Seagulls could decide to make use of a 4-2-3-1 system with a starting lineup of Bart Verbruggen, Joel Veltman, Lewis Dunk, Adam Webster, Pervis Estupiñán, Billy Gilmour, Mahmoud Dahoud, Simon Adingra, Facundo Buonanotte, Danny Welbeck and Evan Ferguson.
💡 Prediction
Our feeling is that Brighton & Hove Albion and Aston Villa may well both score at least one goal each although picking a clear a winner isn’t easy.
We’ll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square with both teams likely to score. That’s why we have predicted a very even contest with a draw when the full-time whistle blows.
📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Regarding the latest bookmaker odds on the full-time result market, a victory for Aston Villa is best priced at 2.42, going for the game finishing all-square is 3.96 and selecting the winner to be Brighton & Hove Albion gets you 2.58. These are the best of the returns that can be secured at present.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
