Aston Villa vs Brighton & Hove Albion Prediction

This Monday’s Premier League clash sees Brighton & Hove Albion make the trip to face Aston Villa at Villa Park. It is a crucial match for both sides with each of them next to one another in the table, they will want to climb up the standings and not be neck and neck.

Key Stats

• Aston Villa have scored 7 goals in their last 5 matches whereas Brighton & Hove Albion have scored 5 goals in their last 5 matches
• Brighton & Hove Albion haven’t won a match in their last 6 attempts
• These sides have not drawn in their last 7 competitive matches

Team Previews, Form and Standout Players

Aston Villa come into this game in good form, despite convincingly losing to Newcastle in their last fixture. The Birmingham based club have won three out of their last five with the other two matches ending in defeats come the full time whistle. Those losses could be chalked down to difficult opponents as they came against two teams inside the top five places in the Premier League table. Brighton have just come off a goalless stalemate with Brentford, leaving them just inside the top half of the standings, exactly in the middle of the table. Injuries and suspensions will force both managers into making changes to their sides but it is a question on which changes will work out best come Monday night.

Aston Villa Preview

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Predicted Line-Up: Emi Martínez; Lucas Digne, Pau Torres, Ezri Konza, Kosta Nedeljkovic; Amadou Onana, Boubacar Kamara; Morgan Rogers, Youri Tielemans, John McGinn (c); Ollie Watkins

Aston Villa have had an average start to the season, finding themselves in the just inside the top half of the table. After 18 games they sit in ninth place with eight wins, six losses and four draws. Those matches have left them with 28 points, sharing that tally with two clubs in Fulham and Manchester City but it is goal difference that leaves them lower down the standings. Stepping up in this game after the red card received by Jhon Durán against Newcastle in Villa’s last match, fellow striker Ollie Watkins will get his starting spot again, slowly coming back to full fitness. He has found the back of the net seven times for the Villains this season, equalling Durán’s performances. Not far behind in the Villa top scorer list is Morgan Rogers who has five goals to his name. The pair of them, along with the rest of the players that Unai Emery fields, will need to step up in this difficult challenge Monday, trying to get back to winning ways against a tough Brighton side after suffering defeat on Boxing Day.

Brighton & Hove Albion Preview

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Predicted Line-Up: Bert Verbruggen; Pervis Estupiñán, Lewis Dunk (c), Jan Paul van Hecke, Joël Veltman; Carlos Baleba, Matt O’Riley; Karou Mitoma, Julio Enciso, Yankuba Minteh; João Pedro

Brighton & Hove Albion had a decent start to the season, finding themselves in the top half of the league, but they have gradually fallen out of the European places as of late. After 18 games they sit in 10th place with six wins, four losses and eight draws. Those matches have left them with 26 points, one place behind their opponents Aston Villa but a win with results going their way and Brighton could climb to as high as the only UEFA Europa League place taking fifth. In the goals for The Seagulls has been striker Danny Welbeck. The Englishman has put his name upon the scoresheet six times this season as well as providing two assists in the 14 matches he's featured in. Fabian Hürzeler looks likely to opt for the Brazilian João Pedro however as Welbeck is one of the many Brighton players that are out injured at the moment, an ankle problem the cause of his unavailability. João Pedro is not far behind his teammates tally, bagging four goals and three assists so he could more than well be key in Brighton’s efforts of grabbing all three points against Aston Villa on Monday.

Head To Head Stats: Aston Villa vs Brighton & Hove Albion

The last five faceoffs have been split in the favour of Aston Villa, winning four and only losing once. This Monday has a could go either way as there are suspensions that Villa must deal with and for Brighton, there are unavailability’s via injuries they have to deal with.

5th May 2024 – Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Aston Villa – Premier League

30th September 2023 – Aston Villa 6-1 Brighton & Hove Albion – Premier League

28th May 2023 – Aston Villa 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion – Premier League

13th November 2022 – Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 Aston Villa – Premier League

26th February 2022 – Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Aston Villa – Premier League

Betting Tips For Aston Villa vs Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton performed well on the road, but Aston Villa have done extremely well at home. They could just about beat this Brighton side and get their form back on track. This looks to be a back and forth match with plenty of opportunities for both sides. Chances will lead to corners and with that many chances, it looks like there will be plenty of corners.

For that reason, our betting experts have gone with Aston Villa To Win + Over 10.5 Corners as our best value tip for this game.

Odds of 13/5 mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £36 in this match.

(odds subject to change)

Final Prediction: Aston Villa vs Brighton & Hove Albion

Aston Villa 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion