Catch up with all the team news from Aston Villa vs Brighton in the Premier League
Aston Villa welcome Brighton to Villa Park for their latest Premier League outing tonight.
The Villans are still sitting pretty in third place in the standings, despite falling away from leaders Arsenal.
But most fans will be happy with qualifying for the Champions League, which is the primary goal for Unai Emery’s side.
However, the visiting Seagulls will fancy their chances of causing an upset in the Midlands, as they chase their own European goals.
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Aston Villa team news
Lamare Bogarde replaces the injured Matty Cash at right-back for Villa as part of two changes.
The other is at left-back, with Ian Maatsen in for Lucas Digne.
Aston Villa starting XI: Martinez, Bogarde, Konsa, Mings, Maatsen; Onana, Luiz, Sancho, Buendia, Rogers, Watkins.
Aston Villa substitutes: Bizot, Wright, Lindelof, Digne, Torres, Barkley, Bailey, Abraham, Alysson.
Brighton team news
Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler makes five changes from the side beaten at home by Crystal Palace.
Jan Paul van Hecke and Joel Veltman replace Olivier Boscagli and Maxim De Cuyper at the back.
In the midfield, Jack Hinshelwood takes the place of Harry Howell, while the attack sees Diego Gomez and Danny Welbeck come in for Georginio Rutter and Charalampos Kostoulas.
Brighton starting XI: Verbruggen; Veltman, Dunk, Van Hecke, Kadioglu; Hinshelwood, Baleba, Gross; Gomez, Welbeck, Mitoma.
Brighton substitutes: Steele, Rutter, Minteh, Kostoulas, Milner, Boscagli, De Cuyper, O’Riley, Howell.
How to watch Aston Villa vs Brighton: TV channel, online stream
Aston Villa vs Brighton will kick-off at 7:30pm UK time, and is available to watch on TNT Sports 3 or streamed on the discovery+ app.
Stats for Aston Villa vs Brighton
- Brighton have lost 7 of the last 9 Premier League meetings with Aston Villa.
- Aston Villa have won just 2 of their last 7 midweek Premier League matches — both victories came against Brighton (including a 4–3 win in December).
- After holding an 8-point cushion in 3rd (and 11 clear of 5th) after 20 games, Villa are now only 2 points above 4th-placed Manchester United, with Chelsea a further point behind.
- Unai Emery’s side have taken only 5 points and scored 3 goals in their last 5 league games.
- Villa risk becoming the first English top-flight team to lose 3 consecutive home matches after winning the previous 8.
- Despite the slump, Villa are 9 points better off than at the same stage last season and only 2 points behind their total in the 2023-24 campaign, when they finished 4th.
- Morgan Rogers has already matched last season’s 8 league goals and now has 24 goals and 20 assists in 89 games since the start of last season.
- Rogers is one of only 5 players under 24 in Europe’s top five leagues to record 20+ goals and 20+ assists in that period.
- Brighton have only 1 win in their last 12 Premier League matches and have taken just 2 points from their last 5 away games.
- Brighton have won just 3 of 26 Premier League matches played on a Wednesday (11.5%) — the lowest win rate among current Premier League sides.
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