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Full time · Premier League · Sun 23 Aug 2026, 14:00 UTC

Brighton 40 Aston Villa

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What the chances were worth

Brighton
3.62
expected goals (xG)
Aston Villa
0.31
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 4–0; by chance quality the match ran 3.62–0.31.

What the model expected

Its probabilities for this match, logged before kick-off and never changed. The result is highlighted.

Brighton
46%
Draw
27%
Aston Villa
27%

The model made Brighton to win its most likely call before kick-off, and that is what happened. It had the result at 46% beforehand.

One match tells you nothing on its own — whether these percentages are any good is the whole point of the calibration page, where every one of them is scored.

The brain read

Brighton created the better chances — the xG read 3.6–0.3 and the shot count agreed (21–6, 6–0 on target). Brighton got into the box far more often (15 shots inside it to 2) and Brighton held 73% of the ball. On the balance of chances, the 4–0 reads fair.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Brighton
Aston Villa
73%
Ball Possession
27%
21
Total Shots
6
6
Shots on Goal
0
12
Shots off Goal
6
3
Blocked Shots
0
15
Shots inside box
2
6
Shots outside box
4
3.62
Expected goals (xG)
0.31
5
Corner Kicks
2
6
Offsides
2
628
Total passes
239
585
Passes accurate
183
93%
Passes %
77%
12
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
0
Goalkeeper Saves
3
-1.17
Goals prevented
-1.17

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

The market’s read

Brighton
43%
market implied · price 2.19 · opened 43%
Draw
28%
market implied · price 3.43 · opened 26%
Aston Villa
29%
market implied · price 3.32 · opened 31%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Brighton or draw1.3371.1%+1.9 pts
Double chance Aston Villa or draw1.6856.3%-0.6 pts
Double chance either team1.3072.6%-1.3 pts
Draw no bet — Brighton1.5560.1%+2.2 pts
Draw no bet — Aston Villa2.3439.9%-2.2 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.2873.9%-4.3 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.8950.5%-6.9 pts
Over 3.5 goals3.1230.2%-6.4 pts
Both teams to score1.6955.2%-5.9 pts
Brighton over 1.5 team goals2.0745.4%-4.0 pts
Aston Villa over 1.5 team goals2.7634.0%-6.3 pts
Brighton clean sheet3.2529.0%+2.5 pts
Aston Villa clean sheet4.0023.4%+2.7 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-1 6.28 · 1-0 8.11 · 2-1 8.52 · 0-1 10.32 · 0-0 10.32

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-08-23 15:10 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.

Head to head

DateHomeScoreAway
11 Feb 26Aston Villa1-0Brighton
03 Dec 25Brighton3-4Aston Villa