Brighton & Hove Albion 3–4 Aston Villa
- van Hecke 9'
- Torres 29' (o.g.)
- van Hecke 83'
- Watkins 37'
- Watkins 45+7'
- Onana 60'
- Malen 78'
3 December 2025
The match in data
Aston Villa got the better of Brighton & Hove Albion, 4–3, on 3 December 2025, on matchday 14 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Aston Villa came from behind: they were trailing 2–0 at 29'.
Player of the match: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), rated 68, thanks above all to 3 shots on target and 2 goals. Watkins produced 2.2 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.
For Brighton & Hove Albion, the highest-rated player was Maxim De Cuyper, with 52.
Jan Paul van Hecke scored twice.
Ollie Watkins scored twice.
Ollie Watkins
Aston Villa · 86'
Produced 2.22× and cost 0.61× their position's average
- 3 shots on target 4.0×
- 2 goals 4.0×
- 0.76 xG 2.9×
- 1 shot off target, worth 0.19 1.2×
- 1 failed dribble 0.7×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxim De Cuyper | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Yankuba Minteh | Forward | 90 | 47 |
| Bart Verbruggen | Goalkeeper | 90 | 43 |
| Carlos Baleba | Midfielder | 78 | 42 |
| Mats Wieffer | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Jan Paul van Hecke | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Diego Gómez | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Jack Hinshelwood | Midfielder | 66 | 36 |
| Danny Welbeck | Forward | 23 | 34 |
| Lewis Dunk | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Ferdi Kadıoğlu | Defender | 67 | 29 |
| Stefanos Tzimas | Forward | 24 | 28 |
| Brajan Gruda | Midfielder | 77 | 22 |
| Charalampos Kostoulas | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Joël Veltman | Defender | 12 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youri Tielemans | Midfielder | 20 | 70 |
| Ollie Watkins ★ | Forward | 86 | 68 |
| Pau Torres | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Evann Guessand | Forward | 86 | 57 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Amadou Onana | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Marco Bizot | Goalkeeper | 90 | 46 |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Boubacar Kamara | Midfielder | 70 | 33 |
| Ian Maatsen | Defender | 70 | 31 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 77 | 20 |
| Lucas Digne | Defender | 20 | 11 |
| Donyell Malen | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 4 | no rating |
| Lamare Bogarde | Midfielder | 4 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Aston Villa player completed the most dribbles?
Ian Maatsen, with 5 completed dribbles. Next: Morgan Rogers 2, Matty Cash 1.
Ian Maatsen registered 5 successful dribbles, leading Morgan Rogers (2) and Matty Cash (1). That direct running provided dynamic progression in an open, high-scoring 3–4 contest.
Which Brighton & Hove Albion player won the most aerial duels?
Mats Wieffer, with 4 aerial duels won. Next: Lewis Dunk 1, Jan Paul van Hecke 1.
Mats Wieffer led the air with 4 aerial duels won in a high-scoring 3–4 contest. Wieffer outperformed central defenders Lewis Dunk and Jan Paul van Hecke, who registered just 1 each.
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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