Brighton & Hove Albion 0–3 Aston Villa
- Rashford 51'
- Asensio 78'
- Malen 90+10'
2 April 2025
The match in data
A 3–0 win for Aston Villa against Brighton & Hove Albion on 2 April 2025, on matchday 30 of the 2024-25 Premier League.
Player of the match: Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton & Hove Albion), rated 64, thanks above all to 12 final-third passes and 4 aerials won. van Hecke produced 1.1 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It is their 5th time as player of the match this season.
For Aston Villa, the highest-rated player was Marcus Rashford, with 62.
Jan Paul van Hecke
Brighton & Hove Albion · 90'
Produced 1.15× and cost 0.39× their position's average
- 12 final-third passes 2.1×
- 4 aerials won 2.5×
- 74 passes 1.5×
- 8 misplaced passes 1.2×
- 1 duel lost 0.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Paul van Hecke ★ | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Lewis Dunk | Defender | 72 | 52 |
| Kaoru Mitoma | Forward | 90 | 46 |
| Jack Hinshelwood | Midfielder | 72 | 41 |
| Pervis Estupiñán | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Simon Adingra | Forward | 90 | 37 |
| Diego Gómez | Midfielder | 72 | 37 |
| João Pedro | Forward | 72 | 35 |
| Yasin Ayari | Midfielder | 90 | 34 |
| Bart Verbruggen | Goalkeeper | 90 | 25 |
| Brajan Gruda | Midfielder | 84 | 17 |
| Carlos Baleba | Midfielder | 18 | no rating |
| Danny Welbeck | Forward | 18 | no rating |
| Eiran Cashin | Defender | 18 | no rating |
| Mats Wieffer | Defender | 18 | no rating |
| Matt O'Riley | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Rashford | Forward | 65 | 62 |
| Amadou Onana | Midfielder | 25 | 58 |
| Lucas Digne | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Emiliano Martínez | Goalkeeper | 90 | 50 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 88 | 49 |
| Pau Torres | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Jacob Ramsey | Midfielder | 65 | 47 |
| Boubacar Kamara | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Marco Asensio | Midfielder | 25 | 41 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 90 | 37 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 81 | 37 |
| Youri Tielemans | Midfielder | 65 | 37 |
| Ollie Watkins | Forward | 25 | 37 |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Axel Disasi | Defender | 9 | no rating |
| Donyell Malen | Forward | 2 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Aston Villa player played the most passes into the final third?
Boubacar Kamara, with 12 final-third passes. Next: Pau Torres 6, John McGinn 4.
Boubacar Kamara doubled Pau Torres with 12 passes into the final third. The midfielder served as Aston Villa's primary engine for ball progression.
Which Brighton & Hove Albion player recovered the most balls?
Kaoru Mitoma, with 6 recoveries. Next: Lewis Dunk 3, Jan Paul van Hecke 3.
Kaoru Mitoma recorded 6 ball recoveries in Brighton & Hove Albion's defeat. The attacker doubled the totals of defenders Lewis Dunk and Jan Paul van Hecke.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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