Brighton V Aston Villa Match Preview
After contrasting experiences in the quarter -finals of the FA Cup, Brighton & Hove Albion and Aston Villa meet on Wednesday at the Amex Stadium in a potentially crucial competition for the ambitions of both parties to be eligible for European competition next season.
Villa came to a last four match against Crystal Palace by winning 3-0 on Sunday in Preston North End, one day after Albion was eliminated at home against Nottingham Forest in their first defeat in eight games in all games.
“They are a very mature and experienced team,” said Seagulls manager Fabian Hurzeler and noticed that Villa is on their debut in the modern iteration of the competition in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
“We know they want to go to Europe. They are still in three games and go for a title, so they had a great season.”
“We have to stay together and show a reaction. We have already proven that this season.” 💬 pic.twitter.com/wgshezlzlc
– Brighton & Hove Albion (@officialbhafc) March 29, 2025
Seventh placed Brighton would take up a historic fourth consecutive home win and get up as high as fourth with a victory, while Villa has two points behind him and could move a level with the fifth placed Manchester City.
“They perform very, very well,” said Villans manager Unai Emery about Brighton and described Hurzeler as “fantastic” during his time in Germany with former Club St. Pauli.
“Our test is a huge one [one] – To show how we can face them and impose or dominate a team in very good form.
“There are many teams fighting for this [European qualification] positions. It is amazing how we are confronted in the last part of the season. “
Brighton Villa Team News
Vooruit Georginio Rutter (ankle) and Center-Back Adam Webster (muscular) can miss the rest of the season of Brighton after stopping injuries against Bos.
Winger Yankuba MINTEH suffered a serious cramp during extra time of that match, while full-back Ferdi Kadioglu is not forthcoming, but midfielders Solly March and Mats Wieffer could return to the fight.
Forward Leon Bailey is looking for Villa with a knock, but playmaker Ross Barkley has returned to training and on-Loan Chelsea defender Axel Disasi is again in violation after he is not eligible for the trip to Preston.
Ollie Watkins-De Best Scoring English striker in the Premier League, with 13 goals and six assists this season is one of the players who can return to the starting line-up next to Captain John McGinn.
Brighton V Aston Villa Expected line-ups
Brighton Start XI: Verbruggen; Hinshelwood, Van Hecke, Dunk, Estupinan; They looked, Ayari; Gruda, Gomez, Mitoma; Pedro
Aston Villa Start XI: Martinez; Disasize, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Kamara, Tielemans, Rogers, Rashford; Asensio, Watkins
How to watch Brighton Villa: Live Stream, TV channel
The game starts on Wednesday at 7:45 PM BST and is not shown on live TV in the UK.
