Brighton vs Aston Villa: Premier League lineups, team news, confirmed starting teams

Brighton welcome Aston Villa to the South Coast this evening in a clash between two in-form Premier League sides.

The Seagulls sit fifth, two points behind their opponents in fourth.

Villa had a shaky start to the campaign, but are now flying, last dropping points a month ago against Liverpool.

Whoever wins this clash will climb into the top four places, so the stakes could not be higher for each team.

101GreatGoals.com has full team news and confirmed starting line-ups from Brighton vs Aston Villa in the Premier League.

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Brighton lineups vs Aston Villa

Brighton starting XI: Verbruggen, Dunk, Van Hecke, Gruda, Tzimas, Minteh, Baleba, Kadioglu, Gomez, Wieffer, Du Cuyper

Brighton substitutes: Steele, Hinshelwood, Welbeck, Kostoulas, Boscagli, Veltman, Coppola, Knight, Oriola

Aston Villa lineup vs Brighton

Aston Villa starting XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Maatsen, Onana, Kamara, McGinn, Guessand, Rogers, Watkins

Aston Villa substitutes: Bizot, Lindelof, Digne, Garcia, Bogarde, Tielemans, Buendia, Malen, Sancho

How to watch Brighton vs Aston Villa: TV channel, live online stream

Brighton vs Aston Villa kicks off at 19:30 GMT, and it is available to watch on Sky Sports Cricket, and on the Sky GO app.

Via Now TV, Sky Sports costs £14.99 for a day membership, £28 a month for a 12-month membership or £34.99 a month with no contract.

Sky Sports memberships include access to all 12 live Sky Sports channels and Sky Sports+, which offers live streams and a dedicated channel.

Streaming is available on a vast variety of devices via the Sky GO app.

Brighton vs Aston Villa stats

• Brighton are vying to register a club record fourth successive top-flight home win in a row
• They are unbeaten in 10 Premier League matches at Amex Stadium since a 3-0 defeat against Aston Villa eight months ago
• Aston Villa have moved from 18th place to fourth by winning seven of their past eight league matches
•  They have earned the most points in the division over that time, with only Manchester City scoring more and just Arsenal conceding fewer

Premier League fixtures this week

Matches start at 19:30 GMT (14:30 ET / 11:30 PT) unless otherwise stated.

Wednesday, December 3

Arsenal vs Brentford

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Aston Villa

Burnley vs Crystal Palace

Wolves vs Nottingham Forest

Leeds United vs Chelsea (20:15)

Liverpool vs Sunderland (20:15)

Thursday, December 4

Manchester United vs West Ham (20:00)

Saturday, December 6

Villa vs Arsenal (12:30)

Bournemouth vs Chelsea (15:00)

Everton vs Forest (15:00)

Man City vs Sunderland (15:00)

Newcastle vs Burnley (15:00)

Tottenham vs Brentford (15:00)

Leeds vs Liverpool (17:30)

Sunday, December 7

Brighton vs West Ham (14:00)

Fulham vs Palace (16:30)