Brighton 4-0 Aston Villa: four goals inside 31 minutes
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- xG 3.77 v 0.29: the chances matched the scoreline
- 30' and 31': Hinshelwood's quickfire brace
- Villa: 0 shots on target, 0.05 xG per shot
Brighton were out of sight by the 31st minute
Victor Lindelöf's early own goal opened the scoring, and Brighton kept pushing. Maxim De Cuyper added a second, then Jack Hinshelwood struck twice in successive minutes to make it four. Four goals by the 31st minute meant the match was settled before the break, and Aston Villa spent about 82 minutes behind on the scoreboard.
Villa never found the target
Brighton's expected goals (xG) came to 3.77, so the scoreline was backed up by the chances created. Villa's shots were worth 0.05 xG each on average, and none hit the target. Bart Verbruggen had no save to make, while Marco Bizot made three at the other end without being able to alter the outcome.
Wieffer dominated the duels
Mats Wieffer, listed as a defender, won 11 duels, the most on the pitch, and also led the match in defensive actions. Pascal Groß supplied four key passes, a figure De Cuyper matched. With 73% of the ball, Brighton looked comfortable, and Wieffer's duel work suggests they were just as strong when they lost possession.
An early own goal broke Villa first
Lindelöf's own goal cost Villa −0.6 FN xPts, the largest single movement of the match, and De Cuyper's goal that followed was worth +0.4 to Brighton. Hinshelwood's two goals arrived when the contest was already out of reach, so they moved FN xPts very little. João Gomes's 40th-minute red card left Villa ten men, but the scoreline did not change again.
Player of the match
Jack Hinshelwood 8.7Dominant
He earned the highest FN Score in the match, 8.7, with two goals in 64 minutes.
Hinshelwood's value came in attack: both of his shots were on target and both went in, a minute apart in the 30th and 31st minutes, turning 2-0 into 4-0 before the break. He also won all six of his duels and made two tackles in his 64 minutes, before being replaced in the 64th minute.
Game state
1-02-03-04-0
Brighton ahead 82 min · level 8 min · Aston Villa ahead 0 min
- Aston Villa: Red card 40' → ~50 min a player down
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.
8'
Victor Lindelöf
Own goal
−0.6
18'
Maxim De Cuyper
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Georginio Rutter +0.1
+0.4
30'
Jack Hinshelwood
Goal · assist Diego Gómez
+0.1
31'
Jack Hinshelwood
Goal
0.0
40'
João Gomes
Red card
0.0
Brighton
Expected (last two seasons) 1.7Own moments +0.5Opponent moments +0.7Time effect +0.1→ League points won 3
Aston Villa
Expected (last two seasons) 1.1Own moments −0.6Opponent moments −0.4Time effect −0.1→ League points won 0
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
3.77Expected goals (xG)0.29
Timeline
- 8'
Goal
Victor Lindelöf (OG)
- 9'
Yellow
João Gomes
- 10'
Yellow
Pascal Groß
- 11'
Yellow
Yasin Ayari
- 18'
Goal
Maxim De Cuyper league goal #1 assist Georginio Rutter
- 30'
Goal
Jack Hinshelwood league goal #1 assist Diego Gómez
- 31'
Goal
Jack Hinshelwood league goal #2
- 33'
Yellow
John McGinn
- 39'
VAR
João Gomes
- 40'
Red
João Gomes
- 64'
Sub
Yasin Ayari → Costinha
- 64'
Sub
Jack Hinshelwood → Charalampos Kostoulas
- 74'
Sub
Pau Torres → Tyrone Mings
- 74'
Sub
Ross Barkley → Lamare Bogarde
- 78'
Sub
Maxim De Cuyper → Ibrahim Osman
- 78'
Sub
Mats Wieffer → Zadok Yohanna
- 82'
Sub
Ian Maatsen → Matteo Ruggeri
- 82'
Sub
John McGinn → Alysson
- 86'
Sub
Diego Gómez → Malick Yalcouyé
- 86'
Sub
Emiliano Buendía → Alejandro Garnacho
- 90+5'
Yellow
Matty Cash
Category leaders
- Key passesPascal Groß4
- Duels wonMats Wieffer11/19
- DribblesJohn McGinn2/5
- Defensive actionsMats Wieffer8
- ShotsDiego Gómez3 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonJohn McGinn4
#Brighton#Aston Villa#Premier League#Jack Hinshelwood#Maxim De Cuyper#Matchweek 1
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.