Brighton vs Aston Villa Player Ratings as The Seagulls stand in the way of the visitors’ Champions League dream
Brighton vs Aston Villa Summary
Brighton ended their winless streak for the five previous meetings against Aston Villa to move up to the 11th position on the table. Joao Pedro broke the deadlock three minutes to stoppage time at Amex Stadium. Tough matches await The Seagulls in the three final games as they have to face Newcastle United away, plus two home games against Chelsea and Manchester United.
On the other hand, Aston Villa’s Champions League dream is on the line as Tottenham Hotspur are just seven points behind with two games in hand. After finishing their Conference League business this Thursday with playing Olympiacos away, the Villans would return to Villa Park to host Liverpool.
Brighton Player Ratings
Goalkeeper and Defence
Bart Verbruggen (7/10)
Brighton’s composure in the backline was a reason why Verbruggen did not have to work really hard with only making one save but keeping the clean sheet in the game.
Joël Veltman (6.9/10)
Actively looked for the ball and have a good link up with the likes of Groß and Gilmour in the midfield.
Adam Webster (7.1/10)
Distributing through passes frequently to open the scoring opportunity, winning duels and multiple clearances to keep the ball away from Brighton’s box
Lewis Dunk (7/10)
Helped the attacking side to threaten Aston Villa’s defensive line, he used the 90 minutes to make four clearances and made Danny Welbeck’s job even tougher during the game
Igor Julio (7/10)
Delivered one accurate cross to take Aston Villa the lead before being ruled out for offside by the VAR.
Midfield
Pascal Groß (6.6/10)
Provided threats for Aston Villa with his passes in the midfield area, actively cruising the pitch to chase the ball.
Billy Gilmour (6.7/10)
The former Chelsea graduate guarded the midfield well with duels and tackles he won. Delivered 88 percent of succesful passing rate in the game
Facundo Buonanotte (6.6/10)
The Argentinian caused a little problem to Aston Villa’s defending squad with distributing a perfect 100 percent of passing rate.
Attack
João Pedro (7.1/10)
Surely a hero for Amex crowd in the afternoon. Apart from his goal which ended the winless streak against Villa, Pedro delivered three key passes for his teammates and three shots on goal.
Simon Adingra (8.5/10)
The unsung hero for Brighton in the afternoon with his hard both attack and defensively. He won five ground duels with two successful dribble attempts which caused a trouble for Aston Villa.
Danny Welbeck (6.8/10)
His presence on the pitch is nothing more like a distraction for Aston Villa players. When the host were overfocus on him, it was the moment for Adingra and Pedro to cause the real threat.
Substitutions
Julio Enciso (7.3)
Coming in to replace Buonanotte, delivering shots and winning duels to keep Aston Villa busy for the rest of the match.
Jakub Moder (6.7)
Appearing only 12 minutes but had one successful dribble attempt and won four duels.
Carlos Baleba (6.5)
Touched the ball three times during 12 minutes of his presence on the pitch
Valentin Barco (N.A)
Appearing for one minute but still have one duel won to keep the lead for the rest of the game.
Aston Villa Player Ratings
Goalkeeper and Defence
Robin Olsen (8.7/10)
The Swedish did a very good job during the absence of Emi Martinez who is injured. Olsen was Aston Villa’s most outstanding player in this game with his seven saves. The visitors could have conceded more if it was not Olsen.
Lucas Digne (6.7/10)
Made a good partnership with Moussa Diaby especially in the beginning, the former Everton full-back won four duels and delivered one accurate long pass.
Pau Torres (6.7/10)
Giving Joao Pedro a hard time in the second half, made three clearances and two tackles in total.
Diego Carlos (7/10)
Worked hard during 90 minutes with five clearances and two tackels.
Ezri Konsa (6.5/10)
Struggled to keep up with Adingra couple of times in the game. He was subbed off in the 90th minutes.
Midfield
Douglas Luiz (6.8/10)
Went head to head with the likes of Groß and Veltman during the game, winning three duels in his 90 minutes appearance on the pitch.
John McGinn (6.4/10)
Being outplayed by Brighton’s midfielders despite his hard work of winning four ground duels since no key passes delivered throughout the game.
Attack
Leon Bailey (6.4/10)
Adingra’s worthy opponent on the pitch as the two squared off directly frequently. He failed to deliver a single shot despite having five long pass attempts during the game.
Morgan Rogers (6.7/10)
Had to leave the pitch earlier due to injury.
Moussa Diaby (6.7/10)
Had a promising partnership with Digne and Cash throughout the game despite failing to found the back of the net.
Ollie Watkins (6.7/10)
Had a rough day to add up his goal tally in the top scoring race, not even a single shot was delivered from Watkins during his 90-minute appearance on the pitch.
Substitutions
Matty Cash (6.7/10)
Doing his job well when replacing Morgan Rogers in the first half, made a coordinated partnership alongside Moussa Diaby throughout the game.
Jhon Duran (6.4/10)
Had not much time to give a special impact for the game as he only played 17 minutes before the final whistle.
Calum Chambers (6.5/10)
He got dribbled past during 10 minutes of his appearance on the pitch but having won one aerial duel.
Alex Moreno (6.5/10)
He made a perfect rate for passing distribution despite just came in the 90th minute right before the stoppage time.
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