Aston Villa vs Brighton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 30th December 2024

With both Aston Villa and Brighton sitting comfortably mid-table, both teams will be out to strengthen their position when facing off on Monday at Villa Park. Three more points could prove valuable in achieving their targets for this Premier League campaign.

Placed nineth in the table Aston Villa have amassed 28 points after 18 matches. On 26 points, Brighton rank tenth with 18 matches played this season.

Aston Villa are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Brighton and odds favour them to pull it off.

The Villans go into their next Premier League match, scoring a humble average of 1.1 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 11 times, while conceding 19. That amounts to an average of 1.9 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring one times.

Brighton managed a bearable 13 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.3 goals per game. They conceded 16 goals in total, and while claiming one clean sheets, they conceded 1.6 goals an average per game.

Aston Villa took a hit when Brighton handed them a 1-0 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 6-1 win.

Aston Villa vs Brighton Prediction

Aston Villa Form

Showing inconsistent form, Aston Villa lost two of their past three matches, going down 2-1 against Nottingham Forest, before beating Manchester City 2-1. The joy was short-lived, as Newcastle proved too strong in a 3-0 defeat. Aston Villa claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Premier League. They also drew three but remained undefeated, as they scored nine and conceded five goals.

Brighton Form

Brighton only managed two draws in their last three matches. They started by losing 1-3 at the hands of Crystal Palace, before drawing 1-1 with West Ham. They secured another draw in their latest encounter against Brentford resulting 0-0. Brighton claimed two wins against two draws and two defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches reads nine goals conceded and eight scored.

Aston Villa and Brighton are firing on all cylinders, when it comes to goals currently, and we could be in for a very entertaining match this coming Monday.

Brighton won three of their last eight matches against teams from the top half of the Premier League table, scoring 12 and conceding 14 goals. They collected 11 points from these. Aston Villa claimed eight wins, four draws as well as six defeats in the Premier League this season. Brighton have a record of six wins, eight draws and four defeats in the Premier League.

Aston Villa vs Brighton Squads

Aston Villa Squad

The 53-year-old coach of the home team, Unai Emery, will select the lineup against Brighton from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Emiliano Martinez (0/18), Joe Gauci (0/0), Robin Olsen (0/1), Diego Carlos (0/9), Ezri Konsa (1/16), Ian Maatsen (0/13), Kortney Hause (0/0), Kosta Nedeljkovic (0/4), Lamare Bogarde (0/3), Lucas Digne (0/18), Matty Cash (1/12), Pau Torres (0/17), Sil Swinkels (0/0), Tyrone Mings (0/1), Amadou Onana (2/13), Boubacar Kamara (0/9), Emiliano Buendia (0/9), Jacob Ramsey (0/10), Jaden Philogene-Bidace (0/11), John McGinn (0/16), Leon Bailey (0/15), Ross Barkley (2/14), Youri Tielemans (0/18), Jhon Duran (7/18), Morgan Rogers (5/18), Ollie Watkins (7/18).

Brighton Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Brighton players that the manager Fabian Hurzeler will choose from for the upcoming game:

Bart Verbruggen (0/16), Jason Steele (0/2), Adam Webster (0/0), Igor (0/10), Imari Samuels (0/0), Jan Paul van Hecke (0/16), Joel Veltman (0/13), Lewis Dunk (0/14), Pervis Estupinan (0/15), Tariq Lamptey (1/6), Cameron Peupion (0/0), Carlos Baleba (2/15), Ferdi Kadioglu (1/6), Jack Hinshelwood (1/10), Jakub Moder (0/0), James Milner (0/3), Kaoru Mitoma (3/18), Mats Wieffer (1/13), Matthew O'Riley (1/6), Solly March (0/0), Yasin Ayari (0/15), Adrian Mazilu (0/0), Brajan Gruda (0/8), Danny Welbeck (6/14), Evan Ferguson (1/12), Georginio Rutter (2/17), Joao Pedro (4/12), Julio Enciso (0/10), Simon Adingra (1/12), Yankuba Minteh (2/13).

Aston Villa vs Brighton Team News

Aston Villa might be looking at four missing players for their upcoming assignment against Brighton. Aston Villa have to alter their line-up, as both Matty Cash and Jhon Duran get a day in the shade.

Boubacar Kamara and Tyrone Mings nurses various injuries and won't take part for Aston Villa against Brighton at Villa Park.

Brighton have just one player unavailable for selection, when visiting Aston Villa at Villa Park.

Solly March is too injured to face Brighton.

Aston Villa vs Brighton Lineups

Aston Villa vs Brighton H2H

Aston Villa were defeated by 1-0 in their last encounter with Brighton, but did win the reverse match 6-1, though. Aston Villa have been slightly more successful than Brighton in recent meetings. With a 6-2-2 advantage going into this match, betting on The Villans has often proved the profitable way to go. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 9/10.

Aston Villa vs Brighton Results

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten matches between Aston Villa and Brighton. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 11/8 with bookies.

Aston Villa vs Brighton Betting Tips

Jhon Duran is showing good form for Aston Villa, scoring three goals in their last six matches. Kaoru Mitoma scored once in his previous half dozen outings.

Aston Villa claimed five wins, drew four and lost one of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Brighton won four, drew three and lost three of their last 10 games away. It is a tough one to call who gets to draw first blood on Monday. Aston Villa managed to open the scoring in no less than seven of their previous 10 league games at home. Brighton have been equally quick to get off the mark, scoring the opener in eight of their last 10 away games.

Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet five times in the past ten encounters between Aston Villa and Brighton, with the latter scoring 0.8 goals on average in these. Aston Villa managed an average of 1.8 goals as both teams scored six times in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Aston Villa, who scored an average of 1.2 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Brighton, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.3 times goals per game themselves.