Game #5680
Aston Villa
5-0-2, 15 PTS
Saturday, 30 September 2023
Won
3rd (+3)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Premier League
Brighton & Hove Albion
Attendance: 40,636
Villa Park
5-0-2, 15 PTS
Aston Villa
6-1
Brighton & Hove Albion
Assist(s): Matty Cash | 14' | Moussa Diaby | 21' | John McGinn | 65' | Ollie Watkins | 85' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Ollie all day long, 50th goal, match winner.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 September 2023
🟨 | 7’ Booking, Douglas Luiz for a bad foul
⚽ | 14’ Goal, 1-0, Ollie Watkins, Assist by Matty Cash
⚽ | 21’ Goal, 2-0, Ollie Watkins, Assist by Moussa Diaby
⚽ | 26’ Goal, 3-0, Own Goal, Pervis Estupiñán
🟨 | 32’ Booking, Lucas Digne for a bad foul
🕒 | 45’+6 HT Aston Villa 3-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
🥅 | 50’ Goal, 3-1, (Brighton & Hove Albion), Ansu Fati
🎥 | 50’ VAR Check, Goal given
🔁 | 57’ Sub off, Nicolò Zaniolo, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
🟨 | 58’ Booking, Ezri Konsa for time-wasting
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 4-1, Ollie Watkins, Assist by John McGinn
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Moussa Diaby, Sub on, Jhon Durán
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 5-1, Jacob Ramsey, Assist by Ollie Watkins
🔁 | 90’ Sub off, Boubacar Kamara, Sub on, Youri Tielemans
💥 | 90’ Brighton re-start the game mid substitution without referee signal
🟨 | 90’+5 Booking, Jhon Durán
⚽ | 90’+7 Goal, 6-1, Douglas Luiz
🕒 | 90’+9 FT Aston Villa 6-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
ON THIS DAY
Ollie Watkins, scores Villa’s first Premier League hat-trick since his three goals against Liverpool in October 2020, in doing so Watkins scores his 50th goal for Villa in 127 games at a rate of 2.54 games per goal.
Ollie Watkins becomes the first Villa player to score more than one hat-trick in a season since Andy Gray in 1976-77.
Ollie Watkins becomes the second player, after Christian Benteke in 2012-13, to score two Premier League hat-tricks.
Villa’s Premier League points tally in the calendar year of 2023 is 58 - a number bettered only by 2022-23 Champions Manchester City.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Brighton & Hove Albion
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Brighton & Hove Albion
Previous 5 vs. Brighton: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2023-24 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Game | #7 |
Manager Game | #38 |
Saturday, 30 September 2023
Attendance | 40,636 |
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Andy Madley | 🏴 | Huddersfield, 2011-
Kick off: 12.30pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 38 | 🟩 | 22 🟨 | 4 🟥 12 | 1.84
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Andy Madley | 🏴 | Huddersfield, 2011-
Matches Officiated: 23
🟩 : 11
🟨 : 6
🟥 : 6
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 12 Aug 23, Villa 1-5 Saudi Arabia (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Ian Hussin, Nick Hopton.
Fourth official: Anthony Backhouse.
VAR: Stuart Attwell.
Assistant VAR: Derek Eaton.
TEAM NEWS
Thankfully, Unai Emery returns to his first team line up after the midweek failed experiment. Nothing more really needs to be said other than the last time a Villa manager threw a Cup competition away with such alacrity in pursuit of League position, Martin O’Neill’s side conceded an injury time equaliser to draw at home with Stoke.
TEAM STATS
Squad Average Age: | 27.03 |
Starting XI Average Age: | 26.93 |
Subs Average Age: | 22.86 |
Bench Average Age: | 27.18 |
Oldest Starter: GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 31.11 |
Youngest Starter: M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 23.87 |
Oldest Squad Player: GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | 33.19 |
Youngest Squad Player: CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 19.81 |
Oldest Substitute: M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | 26.42 |
Youngest Substitute: CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 19.81 |
MANAGER
Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 |
Aston Villa
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | 🔥 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 🟨 | ⚽ |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | 🔁 |
W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Roberto de Zerbi | 🇮🇹 |
Brighton & Hove Albion
GK Jason Steele | 🏴 |
RB Joël Veltman | 🇳🇱 |
CB Adam Webster | 🏴 |
CB Lewis Dunk | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Pervis Estupiñán | 🇪🇨 | 🔁 |
M Jack Hinshelwood | 🏴 |
M Billy Gilmour | 🏴 |
W Solly March | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Kaoru Mitoma | 🇯🇵 | 🟨 |
CF Danny Welbeck | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Evan Ferguson | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | ⚽ | for M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | 57’ |
🔁 | CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 🟨 | for W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | 79’ |
🔁 | M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | for M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 90’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Ansu Fati | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ | 🟨 |for CF Evan Ferguson | 🇮🇪 | 46’ |
🔁 | W João Pedro | 🇧🇷 | for CF Danny Welbeck | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 | RB Tariq Lamptey | 🏴 | for LB Pervis Estupiñán | 🇪🇨 | 46’ |
🔁 | W Simon Adingra | 🇨🇮 | for W Solly March | 🏴 | 62’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴 | Free |
CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 | Loan |
M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 |
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Bart Verbruggen | 🇳🇱 |
CB Jan Paul van Hecke | 🇳🇱 |
CB Igor Julio dos Santos de Paulo | 🇧🇷 |
M Carlos Baleba | 🇨🇲 |
M Mamoud Dahoud | 🇩🇪 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £193.58m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £14.28m
Team Cost: £207.86m
Matchday Squad Cost: £235.76m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/20
Homegrown: 1/20
Total Squad Cost: £380.20m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 16/35
Homegrown: 10/35
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | £15.66m |
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | £3.00m |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | £28.60m |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | £11.97m |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴 | Free |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | £27.00m |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | £14.18m |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | £12.88m |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | £2.79m |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | Free |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | Free |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | Youth |
M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | Loan |
W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | £47.66m |
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | £12.02m |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | £30.60m |
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | £14.28m |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £45.74m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Subs Cost: £39.39m
Team Cost: £85.03m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/15
Homegrown: 3/15
Matchday Squad Cost: £141.61m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/20
Homegrown: 3/20
Total Squad Cost: £199.67m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/38
Homegrown: 6/38
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Bart Verbruggen | 🇳🇱 | £17.00m |
GK Jason Steele | 🏴 | Free |
CB Adam Webster | 🏴 | £19.30m |
CB Igor Julio dos Santos de Paulo | 🇧🇷 | £14.60m |
CB Jan Paul van Hecke | 🇳🇱 | £1.75m |
CB Lewis Dunk | 🏴 | Youth |
LB Pervis Estupiñán | 🇪🇨 | £15.63m |
RB Tariq Lamptey | 🏴 | £2.97m |
RB Joël Veltman | 🇳🇱 | £0.90m |
M Carlos Baleba | 🇨🇲 | £23.23m |
M Billy Gilmour | 🏴 | £7.31m |
M Jack Hinshelwood | 🏴 | Youth |
M Mamoud Dahoud | 🇩🇪 | Free |
W João Pedro | 🇧🇷 | £29.37m |
W Simon Adingra | 🇨🇮 | £6.95m |
W Solly March | 🏴 | Youth |
W Kaoru Mitoma | 🇯🇵 | £2.60m |
W Ansu Fati | 🇪🇸 | Loan |
CF Danny Welbeck | 🏴 | Free |
CF Evan Ferguson | 🇮🇪 | Free |
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 5 |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | ACL
M Tim Iroegbunam | 🏴 | Unknown
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | ACL
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | Thigh
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | Thigh
Out On Loan | 7 |
RB Kaine Kesler-Hayden | 🏴 | Plymouth
CF Louie Barry | 🏴 | Stockport
GK Viljami Sinisalo | 🇫🇮 | Exeter
M Morgan Sanson | 🇫🇷 | Nice
M Finn Azaz | 🏴 | Plymouth
CB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | Bristol Rovers
M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | Al-Duhail
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 5 |
F Julio Enciso | 🇵🇾 |
M James Milner | 🏴 |
M Pascal Groß | 🇩🇪 |
M Adam Lallana | 🏴 |
M Jakub Moder | 🇵🇱 |
Out on Loan | 9 |
GK Kjell Scherpen | 🇳🇱 |
GK Carl Rushworth | 🏴 |
CB Ed Turns | 🏴 |
M Yasin Ayari | 🇸🇪 |
M Jeremy Sarmiento | 🇪🇨 |
M Marc Leonard | 🏴 |
M Steven Alzate | 🇨🇴 |
W Abdallah Sima | 🇸🇳 |
CF Deniz Undav | 🇩🇪 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 39%
Possession A | 61%
Shots F | 19
Shots A | 11
Shots on Target F | 9
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 1
Corners A | 3
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 19
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT