van Hecke 9' football
Torres 29' (OG) football
van Hecke 83' football
Brighton & Hove Albion
BHA

Premier League

03 Dec 2025
3 – 4
Full-time
American Express Stadium
Aston Villa
AVL
Watkins 37' football
Watkins 45'+7' football
Onana 60' football
Malen 78' football

Timeline

90'+5
M. Bizot
YELLOW CARD
M. Bizot
86'
L. Bogarde
on
off
E. Guessand
Round Arrow
L. Bogarde
E. Guessand
86'
E. Buendía
on
off
O. Watkins
Round Arrow
E. Buendía
O. Watkins
85'
D. Gómez
YELLOW CARD
D. Gómez
83'
J. Hecke
3-4
Goal
J. Hecke
78'
D. Malen
2-4
Goal
D. Malen
78'
J. Veltman
on
off
C. Baleba
Round Arrow
J. Veltman
C. Baleba
77'
C. Kostoulas
on
off
B. Gruda
Round Arrow
C. Kostoulas
B. Gruda
77'
D. Malen
on
off
J. McGinn
Round Arrow
D. Malen
J. McGinn
75'
J. McGinn
YELLOW CARD
J. McGinn
70'
Y. Tielemans
on
off
B. Kamara
Round Arrow
Y. Tielemans
B. Kamara
70'
L. Digne
on
off
I. Maatsen
Round Arrow
L. Digne
I. Maatsen
67'
D. Welbeck
on
off
F. Kadioglu
Round Arrow
D. Welbeck
F. Kadioglu
60'
A. Onana
2-3
Goal
A. Onana
45'+8'
B. Verbruggen
YELLOW CARD
B. Verbruggen
45'+7'
O. Watkins
2-2
Goal
O. Watkins
37'
O. Watkins
2-1
Goal
O. Watkins
29'
P. Torres
2-0
Own Goal
P. Torres
24'
J. Hinshelwood
on
off
S. Tzimas
Round Arrow
J. Hinshelwood
S. Tzimas
9'
J. Hecke
1-0
Goal
J. Hecke

Blog

90'+7'
RoundArrow

Full Time

All over at the Amex. Villa take home all three points.
90'+4'

BIG CHANCE FOR WELBECK

Kostoulas shoots from the edge of the box but it's more of a cross that Welbeck directs towards goal, but Bizot gets a strong palm on it to put it behind for a corner!
90'

SIX MINUTES ADDED TIME

85'

HINSHELWOOD'S STRIKE DEFLECTS WIDE, NO CORNER?!

That is a glaring error from the referee as Jack Hinshelwood's strike hits the turned back of a Villa defender and goes out for what should be a corner, but Andrew Madley gives a goal-kick. It's not even a 50/50 decision, it's one million per cent a corner.
83'
BHA
0-0
AVL
Player
Football

Goal!

van Hecke
IT'S NOT OVER!!! Jan Paul van Hecke gets his second goal of the night as he curls into the bottom left corner from the edge of the box!
78'
RoundArrow

Goal

Substitute Malen taps in after Vebruggen saves from Guessand.
77'
RoundArrow

Substitution

Double Albion change. Brajan Gruda and Carlos Baleba are replaced by Joel Veltman and Babis Kostoulas.
75'
RoundArrow

Yellow Card

John McGinn goes into the book for timewasting.
70'

VERBRUGGEN SAVES FROM DUNKY'S BLOCK

That would have not been the way to mark his 500th appearance. Guessand gets down the right of the box and crosses low. Dunk intercepts but it's heading towards the bottom right corner. Fortunately Verbruggen is there to tip it away. It's a very good save and keeps us in the game.
67'
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Substitution

Ferdi Kadioglu is replaced by Danny Welbeck.
64'

DE CUYPER'S FREE-KICK DEFLECTED WIDE

If there's something we've learned from this Albion team is how good they are at fighting back from a goal down. De Cuyper curls a free-kick from the right into a crowd of bodies in the box and it's deflected behind for a corner. Carlos Baleba has sparked into life and is taking the midfield by the scruff of the neck.
60'
RoundArrow

Goal

Onana nods Villa in front at the back post.
58'

MAATSEN FIRES STRAIGHT AT VERBRUGGEN

Villa have a sustained spell of possession inside the Albion box and it ends with Maatsen rifling a shot from the left of the box straight into the arms of Verbruggen.
55'

TEN MINUTES INTO THE SECOND HALF

After the excitement of the first half this game has lacked a bit of control from either team. Both are becoming a bit frustrated. No idea which was this will go.
46'
RoundArrow

Second Half begins

Back underway at the Amex.
45'+6'
RoundArrow

Half-Time

Goal: Long ball from Rogers gets Watkins away down the middle and his right-foot shot beats Verbruggen. Great finish but a poor goal from Albion's point of view.
45'+4'
RoundArrow

Offside

Watkins is played in on goal. The striker looks absolutely certain to score, but his curler is tipped over incredibly by Bart Verbruggen. The flag then goes up for offside. That was genuinely world class.
45'

SIX MINUTES ADDED TIME

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Jack Hinshelwood celebrates putting us 2-0 up.
41'

ANOTHER INJURY CONCERN FOR ALBION

Ferdi Kadioglu goes down and doesn't look too comfortable. He needs treatment. Let's see if he's able to continue.
37'
RoundArrow

Goal

Ollie Watkins pokes in from Maatsen's cross from the left.
30'

VAR

Ian Maatsen makes a meal of contact as Carlos Baleba dangles a foot in to try and stop the Villa full back, taking quite a large tumble in the box. The referee points for a corner, but VAR review it to see if it's a penalty. They opt to go with the on-field decision. It's subjective. If the referee gives a penalty, VAR wouldn't overturn it. Possibly a let off for us and Carlos there.
29'
BHA
0-0
AVL
Player
Football

OWN GOAL!

Torres
That's a fabulous move and Albion have their second, although in slightly fortuitous circumstances! Hinshelwood and Gruda combine with the former running down the left and away from the Villa defence. Minteh makes a run down the right to support, with Jack crossing to find his teammate, but it deflects in off Pau Torres!
26'

FABULOUS FREE-KICK FROM DE CUYPER - TIPPED OVER BY BIZOT

De Cuyper bends the free-kick over the wall and Bizot gets fingertips on it to tip it over for a corner.
25'

ROGERS ESCAPES A BOOKING

No idea how Morgan Rogers isn't booked there. The midfielder ploughs into the back of Brajan Gruda about 22 yards from the Villa goal. This is a great free-kick position though.
24'
RoundArrow

Substitution

Jack Hinshelwood replaces Stefanos Tzimas.
22'

TZIMAS IN PAIN

This might see the early withdrawal of Stefanos Tzimas. The striker goes down holding his knee, but is back on his feet. He's now gone down the tunnel. Jack Hinshelwood gets ready to come on.
Image
An early goal courtesy of Jan Paul.
13'

WATKINS' STRIKE DEFLECTED WIDE

Minteh gives the ball away cheaply on the edge of his own box and Watkins has the chance to have a go at goal, but his strike hits the leg of Jan Paul van Hecke and hoes behind for a corner.
9'
BHA
0-0
AVL
Player
Football

Goal!

van Hecke
ALBION TAKE THE LEAD!!! Ferdi Kadioglu's corner is headed straight onto Jan Paul van Hecke by Morgan Rogers and it bounces into the back of the net!
2'

LATE CHANGE FOR VILLA

Emi Martinez was replaced in the Aston Villa goal by Marco Bizot shortly before kick-off.
1'
RoundArrow

Kick-off

Villa get the game started. An opportunity to go 11 unbeaten at the Amex in the Premier League for Fabian Hurzeler's team. Let's go.
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Lewis Dunk will make his 500th Albion appearance this evening.
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Maxim De Cuyper is in the building.
The Villa team.
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The Albion team to face Villa.

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