Brighton 3-4 Aston Villa
Key numbers
- Possession 56% – 44%
- Shots 16 (7 on target) – 14 (10)
- Decisive moment: 60' Amadou Onana, FN xPts +1.1
Jan Paul van Hecke 9'
Pau Torres 29' (OG)
Jan Paul van Hecke 83'
Pau Torres 29' (OG)
Jan Paul van Hecke 83'
HT 2:2
Ollie Watkins 37'
Ollie Watkins 45'
Amadou Onana 60'
Donyell Malen 78'
Ollie Watkins 45'
Amadou Onana 60'
Donyell Malen 78'
Brighton 5th · 22 pts|Aston Villa 4th → 3rd · 27 pts
Aston Villa won on the scoreboard and on xG (2.21–2.41).
Player of the matchOllie WatkinsDecisive moment60' Amadou Onana+1.1
Player of the match
Ollie Watkins Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.7 (Dominant)
Game state
Brighton ahead 36 min · level 24 min · Aston Villa ahead 30 min
- Jack Hinshelwood — off the bench 66 min · 0G 1A
- Donyell Malen — off the bench 13 min · 1G 0A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
9'
Jan Paul van Hecke
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Mats Wieffer +0.2
+0.7
29'
Pau Torres
Own goal
−0.4
37'
Ollie Watkins
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Evann Guessand +0.1
+0.3
45'
Ollie Watkins
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Morgan Rogers +0.2
+0.8
60'
Amadou Onana
Goal · scorer +0.8 · assist Matty Cash +0.3
+1.1
78'
Donyell Malen
Goal
+0.4
83'
Jan Paul van Hecke
Goal · assist Jack Hinshelwood
+0.2
Brighton
Expected (last two seasons) 1.5Own moments +0.9Opponent moments −2.0Time effect −0.4→ League points won 0
Aston Villa
Expected (last two seasons) 1.2Own moments +2.2Opponent moments −0.9Time effect +0.5→ League points won 3
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
BrightonAston Villa
56%Possession44%
2.21Expected goals (xG)2.41
0.14xG per shot0.17
16Shots14
7Shots on target10
44%Shots on target %71%
12Shots in box12
473Passes362
85%Pass accuracy83%
5Corners6
6Saves4
10Fouls9
2Yellow cards2
4Offsides1
Compared with usual
Brighton
16 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 2.1 | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1.1 | |
| xG | 2.21 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 2.41 | 1.1 | high |
| Shots | 16 | 13.6 | |
| On target | 7 | 5.5 | |
| Shots faced | 14 | 11.7 | |
| xG per shot | 0.14 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 56% | 51.4% | |
| Passes | 473 | 453.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 85% | 83.8% | |
| Corners | 5 | 4.9 | |
| Fouls | 10 | 12.6 |
Aston Villa
19 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 4 | 1.3 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0.79 | |
| xG | 2.41 | 1.1 | |
| xG against | 2.21 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 14 | 12.1 | |
| On target | 10 | 4.4 | high |
| Shots faced | 16 | 11.7 | |
| xG per shot | 0.17 | 0.09 | high |
| Possession | 44% | 55.4% | |
| Passes | 362 | 460 | |
| Pass accuracy | 83% | 85.2% | |
| Corners | 6 | 5.3 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 10.2 |
Timeline
- 9' Goal Jan Paul van Hecke league goal #2 assist Mats Wieffer
- 24' Sub Stefanos Tzimas → Jack Hinshelwood
- 29' Goal Pau Torres (OG)
- 37' Goal Ollie Watkins league goal #2 assist Evann Guessand
- 45' Goal Ollie Watkins league goal #3 assist Morgan Rogers
- 45+8' Yellow Bart Verbruggen
- 60' Goal Amadou Onana league goal #2 assist Matty Cash
- 67' Sub Ferdi Kadıoğlu → Danny Welbeck
- 70' Sub Boubacar Kamara → Youri Tielemans
- 70' Sub Ian Maatsen → Lucas Digne
- 75' Yellow John McGinn
- 77' Sub Brajan Gruda → Charalampos Kostoulas
- 77' Sub John McGinn → Donyell Malen
- 78' Sub Carlos Baleba → Joël Veltman
- 78' Goal Donyell Malen league goal #4
- 83' Goal Jan Paul van Hecke league goal #3 assist Jack Hinshelwood
- 85' Yellow Diego Gómez
- 86' Sub Evann Guessand → Lamare Bogarde
- 86' Sub Ollie Watkins → Emiliano Buendía
- 90+5' Yellow Marco Bizot
Category leaders
- Key passesYankuba Minteh3
- Duels wonMats Wieffer12/20
- DribblesYankuba Minteh5/9
- Defensive actionsMats Wieffer8
- ShotsJan Paul van Hecke3 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonOllie Watkins3
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.