Brighton 4–0 Aston Villa
2026-08-23 · Matchweek 1
· Referee: Peter Bankes · VAR: Matt Donohue
Aston Villa had a player sent off in the 40th minute for a second booking. 4 bookings, evenly split.
How Peter Bankes refereed it
Bankes showed 4 yellow cards against a career average of 3.9, and awarded 23 fouls against an average of 21.6.
Match statistics
| Brighton | Aston Villa | |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow cards | 2 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 1 |
| Fouls | 12 | 11 |
| Penalties | 0 | 0 |
The card
The same card posted after the match. A style read, not a verdict.
Key moments
| Min | Event | Team | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8' | Own Goal | Brighton | V. Lindelof | 1-0 |
| 10' | Yellow Card | Brighton | Pascal Groß | 1-0 |
| 11' | Yellow Card | Brighton | Yasin Ayari | 1-0 |
| 18' | Normal Goal | Brighton | M. De Cuyper | 2-0 |
| 30' | Normal Goal | Brighton | J. Hinshelwood | 3-0 |
| 31' | Normal Goal | Brighton | J. Hinshelwood | 4-0 |
| 33' | Yellow Card | Aston Villa | John McGinn | 4-0 |
| 39' | Card upgrade | Aston Villa | João Gomes | 4-0 |
| 40' | Second yellow | Aston Villa | João Gomes | 4-0 |
| 90+5' | Yellow Card | Aston Villa | Matty Cash | 4-0 |