[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs Aston Villa *** Official Match Thread ***

[Dick Head]

Albion v Aston Villa

PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue: The American Express Community Stadium
Date: Sunday 13th November 2022
Kick-off: 14:00 GMT
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Assistants: Dan Cook, Daniel Robathan
Fourth Official: Graham Scott
VAR: Jarred Gillet
Additional VAR: James Mainwaring
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TEAM NEWS

Brighton and Hove Albion head coach Roberto De Zerbi confirmed there are no fresh injury concerns in his squad ahead of Sunday's game.

Midfielder Alex Mac Allister is one booking from incurring a ban which would rule him out on Boxing Day.

Jacob Ramsey is in a similar situation for Aston Villa.

Philippe Coutinho is unlikely to recover from a thigh injury until the new year, while Diego Carlos is a long-term absentee.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Brighton's only victory in the past 14 competitive meetings was by 2-1 away in the Premier League two years ago (D5, L8).
• The Seagulls are winless in seven league and cup home fixtures against Aston Villa since a 1-0 top-flight triumph at Goldstone Ground in December 1980.

Albion

• Brighton have earned back-to-back wins under Roberto De Zerbi following a run of two draws and three defeats in his first five games.
• They can equal the club Premier League record of three consecutive victories, set in October 2018 under Chris Hughton.
• Albion went into this weekend's fixtures in sixth place; their highest top-flight position on Christmas Day is eighth in 1981-82.
• Their solitary defeat in the past 10 home league games came against Spurs last month.
• Both Brighton and Aston Villa have scored a league-high six goals in the opening 15 minutes of matches this season.

Aston Villa

• Villa are winless in all seven Premier League away fixtures this season, managing only two points and three goals.
• Their only triumph in 12 away league matches was 3-1 at Burnley in May (D3, L8).
• Aston Villa have won two of their past three league games, as many as they had in their previous 15. They're vying to record consecutive top-flight victories for the first time since May.
• Unai Emery won only eight of his 25 Premier League away games as Arsenal manager.
• Both of Emery's previous Premier League meetings against Brighton ended in a 1-1 draw.

Robert De Zerbi's Aston Villa Press Conference

 

[Mortdecai]

 

[B-right-on]

We're  Loose. Win.

4 in a row please boys. Early Christmas present for the fans.

 

[Perfidious Albion]

C’mon, we can do this! It will not be easy, they had a good result under their new manager - but the way we have been playing... I believe we can win this one. That’s not a prediction, football’s a funny old game but anyway, win , lose or draw it’s “ Up the Albion!” With no more until the end of December

 

[Beach Hut]

So excited

 

[Icy Gull]

Delighted to see that one of the two best performing opposition players I’ve seen at the Amex won’t be playing

 

[TomandJerry]

"Villa are winless in all seven Premier League away fixtures this season"

Were loose.

 

[Stat Brother]

Bad juju for this one.

It's THAT game isn't it?
The 'just one more win' game, the game for which we never quite show up.

Not helped by Villa's away record.

 

[albionalbino]

Were boose

 

[Blue3]

RDZ Wes conferences are so open and honest a real breath of fresh air and week on week his English is improving

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Flight boarding, cant wait - come on Albion!

 

[swindonseagull]

Leaving by 10am

Hopefully being Sunday the Motorways are clear.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

He's been clear. Crank up the pressure from the stands right from the off.

 

[Dick Head]

So excited

were loose

 

[Guinness Boy]

He's been clear. Crank up the pressure from the stands right from the off.

This. As per the other thread, let's all get behind the team from minute one. You've got four weeks or more to rest your voice once this is done.

 

[oldboyroy]

Will be watching in pub here in Kings Norton amongst the Villa fans hoping to keep them

 

[A1X]

I look forward to Albion games now in a way I don’t think I’ve done since the last few months in the Championship, might not expect a result but know it’ll be fun to watch

 

[Milano]

This. As per the other thread, let's all get behind the team from minute one. You've got four weeks or more to rest your voice once this is done.

My voice still hasn’t fully recovered from Wednesday yet, I’ll sound like Barry White tomorrow!!
No problem for me today though, I dislike Villa quite a lot.

 

[jakarta]

Sidesman at St Mary's Storrington for the Remembrance Day service from 2.30 onwards, so will be suffering in silence for a couple of hours but remembering there are more important things than winning a football game...

 

[WATFORD zero]

4 mins late @Dick Head. I hope you have a note explaining why