Brighton vs Aston Villa Prediction
Recent Form
Home Team
Brighton 3–0 Roma
Brighton 1–0 Bologna
Tromsø 0–0 Brighton
Brighton 0–3 Man United
Leeds 1–0 Brighton
Brighton seems to have found their scoring form towards the tail end of their preseason encounter.
In the EPL, they are not a team that you get a win over without a fight or a few goals scored.
Away Team
Aston Villa 1–2 Bayern
PSG 2–1 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 2–1 Man City
Freiburg 0–3 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 4–2 Liverpool
Aston Villa's form has been quite impressive over the last 5 games. They have three wins from 5 games.
Head-to-Head
Aston Villa 1–0 Brighton
Brighton 3–4 Aston Villa
Brighton 0–3 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 2–2 Brighton
Brighton 1–0 Aston Villa
The h2h between these teams is not one that imparts any form of confidence as to what fans can expect from them.
Last three games at home for Brighton, they have lost to Aston Villa twice, winning once by scoring a single goal.
Key Statistics
4 of the last h2hs between both teams have seen 3+ goals scored.
Team News
Brighton have several fitness concerns including Mitoma, Minteh, Baleba and Tzimas.
For Baleba, he has completed medicals for his move to Manchester United already so he is out of the squad.
Veteran striker Danny Welbeck has secured a move to Chelsea already so they will look to
Prediction Analysis
This is one of those very complicated matches in the Premier League given the conditions of the league at this stage.
Notwithstanding, Aston Villa often concedes to Brighton and they score.
So the over 1.5 goals outcome seems highly likely. Alternatively, which we do not bank on so much, the BTTS is a possibility as it has happened twice in their last 5 games.