Brighton welcome Aston Villa with both sides sitting in the Champions League spots following strong starts to the campaign.

Villa have won their last five matches across all competitions, while Brighton have avoided defeat across their six games at home this term.

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📂 Brighton v Aston Villa Cheat Sheet

📈 Brighton v Aston Villa Form & Stats

Brighton are a really impressive club and they just keep growing in the Premier League, despite continuously losing their better players. Fabian Hurzeler recently eclipsed the points total collected by Roberto De Zerbi in the Premier League, with the German boss boasting an impressive win rate of 47% across his 61 matches.

Brighton have only lost 15 of their 61 matches under Hurzeler, confirming him as one of the most exciting young managers in Europe. Hurzeler is very meticulous and sometimes stretches a bit too far into the theory of his tactics, with Brighton not quite having the calibre of player to play how he wants.

A good example of this is Brighton’s high defensive line - it’s comparable to some of the top sides in Europe and is a very bold and exciting approach, but does leave them vulnerable at times, as Villa showed in this fixture last season - exposing this defensive line on three occasions to run out 3-0 winners.

Unai Emery deserves serious credit for the turnaround in Villa’s season. Villa failed to win their first five games of the season, suffering two of their three losses in this period. Their only defeat in the Premier League since those losses was against Liverpool at Anfield - a ground where they have a terrible record. They come into this game having won their last five matches, winning three of these games to nil.

A slight issue for Villa which has been a consistent problem since Unai Emery arrived at the club is their away form. They’ve only won two of their six away matches, with just 33% of their total points coming on the road. This was the same for Villa last season, and is a weakness that Emery will want to address.

📔 Brighton v Aston Villa Formation & Team News

Fabian Hurzeler’s side are one of the most interesting to follow in the Premier League from a tactical point of view. I’ve touched on their high line, but their offensive play is also of note, with Brighton often concentrating their attacks down the wide areas.

Mitoma is still absent at the moment, so Hurzeler has pushed Maxim De Cuyper into a forward role - he’s usually a left back, but his attacking numbers suggest that he can fill in out wide with ease - he netted against Nottingham Forest last time out.

Yankuba Minteh is the star of this Brighton side for me, he’s so effective in 1v1 duels and can operate on both flanks. He’s registered five goal contributions in the Premier League this term, and leads the Brighton squad for assists (4).

Aston Villa also play with quite a high defensive line, and like to play through the thirds with Emery wanting his wide players to be more narrow - a real contrast to the width that Brighton like to maintain in forward areas. This allows for Matty Cash and Lucas Digne to get forward and support the Villa attack, creating overloads in central areas.

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