Brighton vs Aston Villa

Aston Villa have won back-to-back Premier League away games for the first time since August. Indeed, they’d won just one of their previous nine on the road before this run (D1 L7).

Marco Asensio has scored eight goals in his last seven appearances for Aston Villa in all competitions. Indeed, since his debut for the Villans he’s scored more goals than any other Premier League player (8 in all competitions).

This was Aston Villa’s biggest away win in the Premier League since beating Sheffield United 5-0 almost exactly a year ago today (3rd February 2024).

Brighton have won just one of their five Premier League home games against Aston Villa (D2 L2), though it did come in this exact fixture last season (1-0 in May).

After winning five consecutive Premier League games against Brighton between November 2021 and September 2023, Aston Villa are now winless in their last two against them (D1 L1).

Brighton have won each of their last three Premier League games at the Amex Stadium, and are looking to win four home matches in a row for the very first time in the top-flight.

Aston Villa have won two of their last three league games (L1), as many as their previous nine beforehand (W2 D5 L2), while the Villans are looking to win back-to-back away games in the Premier League for the first time since winning their first two such outings of this season.

Brighton have scored at least two goals in each of their last five Premier League games; never before in their top-flight history have they done so in six successive matches, last scoring twice in more league games in a row in any division in April 2016 in the Championship (7).