Pitch Radar

Brighton — Aston Villa 4:0

EPL · 23 Aug 2026 · season 2026/27

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Score4:0
Home xG4.00Brighton
Away xG0.28Aston Villa
Expected points2.91 : 0.06

Who deserved it

The score matched the game: Brighton was the better side by chances too.

The numbers

TeamGoalsxGGoals − xGExpected points
Brighton44.00+0.02.91
Aston Villa00.28−0.30.06

How it fits the season

Brighton: +0.8 for the season (3 in the table). Aston Villa: +0.0 (16). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

Other matches of the round

All EPL matches with xG →