Brighton vs Aston Villa Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd August 2026

Aston Villa face a daunting first assignment in the Premier League when they visit the title favourites Brighton on the opening day of the new campaign.

We expect to see some solid dedication from both Brighton and Aston Villa as starting a season with a defeat is an undesirable outcome for anyone's morale.

Brighton only average a modest 1.4 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 14 goals. They also conceded 11 for an average of 1.1 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring four times.

Aston Villa scored 18 goals, conceded 19 and managed one clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Aston Villa beat Brighton twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 1-0 and 4-3, respectively.

Brighton vs Aston Villa Prediction

Brighton Form

In their last three matches, Brighton lost 1-0 against Leeds, 0-3 against Manchester United and drew 0-0 with Tromso. Brighton managed a strong return of four wins from their previous six matches on home soil in the Premier League. They drew none though, while losing twice in this series. They scored ten goals and conceded six times.

Aston Villa Form

Despite losing their latest outing, results have generally been decent in the last three matches for Aston Villa. They first took out Freiburg by 0-3 before downing Manchester City by 1-2. The winning streak came to an end against Paris Saint-Germain, who ran out 2-1 winners. Aston Villa only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Premier League. In these six matches they drew two and lost three as well as being outscored by ten goals to six.

Having considered the match from different angles, be it form, strength in squad and match history, Brighton get our vote here. They should have enough to see them through a most likely tricky opponent in Aston Villa.

Brighton vs Aston Villa Squads

Brighton Squad

Hurzeler will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Aston Villa from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Bart Verbruggen (0/0), Jason Steele (0/0), Thomas McGill (0/0), Costinha (0/0), Eiran Cashin (0/0), Igor Julio (0/0), Lewis Dunk (0/0), Luka Vuskovic (0/0), Michael Svoboda (0/0), Olivier Boscagli (0/0), Pascal Struijk (0/0), Amario Cozier-Duberry (0/0), Carlos Baleba (0/0), Diego Gomez (0/0), Ferdi Kadioglu (0/0), Jack Hinshelwood (0/0), Kaoru Mitoma (0/0), Malick Junior Yalcouye (0/0), Mats Wieffer (0/0), Matthew O'Riley (0/0), Maxim De Cuyper (0/0), Pascal Gross (0/0), Yasin Ayari (0/0), Zadok Yohanna (0/0), Charalampos Kostoulas (0/0), Evan Ferguson (0/0), Georginio Rutter (0/0), Ibrahim Osman (0/0), Promise David (0/0), Stefanos Tzimas (0/0), Yankuba Minteh (0/0).

Aston Villa Squad

Below is the full team squad of Aston Villa. The manager Emery will pick his starting XI against Brighton from these players:

Emiliano Martinez (0/0), Marco Bizot (0/0), Zion Suzuki (0/0), Ezri Konsa (0/0), Ian Maatsen (0/0), Lamare Bogarde (0/0), Matty Cash (0/0), Pau Torres (0/0), Tyrone Mings (0/0), Victor Lindelof (0/0), Amadou Onana (0/0), Boubacar Kamara (0/0), Emiliano Buendia (0/0), George Hemmings (0/0), Joao Gomes (0/0), Johan Manzambi (0/0), John McGinn (0/0), Leon Bailey (0/0), Matteo Ruggeri (0/0), Modou Keba Cisse (0/0), Ross Barkley (0/0), Alejandro Garnacho (0/0), Alysson Edward (0/0), Brian Madjo (0/0), Ollie Watkins (0/0), Tammy Abraham (0/0).

Brighton vs Aston Villa Team News

Brighton vs Aston Villa Lineups

Brighton vs Aston Villa H2H

Aston Villa got the better of The Seagulls in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 1-0 and 4-3, respectively. In total, they have played six matches in past seasons with Aston Villa running away with most of the points. They won four encounters, with The Seagulls stealing all 3 points in one match. Naturally, the last one game ended all square. The bookies have Aston Villa to win this match at best price odds of 19/10.

Brighton vs Aston Villa Results

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the last ten matches between Brighton and Aston Villa. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 6/5 with bookies.

Brighton vs Aston Villa Betting Tips

Jack Hinshelwood has three strikes in six Premier League matches for Brighton, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Aston Villa. The visitors are looking to Ollie Watkins, who has provided his team with seven Premier League goals.

Brighton won eight of their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while losing two times. Aston Villa won four of their last 10 games away from home, with one draws and five defeats as well. Both teams scored in four of the last 10 home league matches for Brighton. Both teams also found the back of the net six times in the previous 10 league games away for Aston Villa.

Both teams scored five times in the last ten encounters between Brighton and Aston Villa, while over 2.5 goals came out six times. Brighton scored 0.9 goals on average, while Aston Villa pulled 2.4 goals on average. Brighton saw over 2.5 goals in seven of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals were scored in ten of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for Aston Villa. They performed an average of 2.3 goals in these.