Both Brighton and Aston Villa have hopes of qualifying for the Champions League and this should be a beauty of a game at the Amex on Wednesday.
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How to watch Brighton vs Aston Villa live, stream link and start time
Kick off time: 2:45pm ET Wednesday (April 2)
Venue: Amex Stadium — Falmer
TV Channel: Peacock
Streaming: Premier League on Peacock
Brighton vs Aston Villa score: Kick off, 2:45pm ET
Brighton lineup
Verbruggen; Hinshelwood, Van Hecke, Dunk, Estupinan; Gomez, Ayari; Adingra, Gruda, Mitoma; Joao Pedro
Aston Villa lineup
Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; McGinn, Kamara, Tielemans; Rogers, Rashford, Ramsey
Brighton team news, focus
There are plenty of key players missing for Brighton which makes their recent resurgence even more impressive. The Seagulls will start Joao Pedro up top with Kaoru Mitoma and Yankuba Minteh likely to start out wide. An injury to Georginio Rutter could mean Danny Welbeck keeps his spot with Joao Pedro playing just behind him. Brighton basically have an entire team out injured. Just look at the list below...
OUT: Solly March (undisclosed), Joel Veltman (ankle), Adam Webster (thigh), Georginio Rutter (ankle), Mats Wieffer (muscular), Tariq Lamptey (ankle), Igor Julio (hamstring), Jason Steele (shoulder), James Milner (thigh), Ferdi Kadioglu (toe)
Aston Villa team news, focus
Villa continue to rotate their team impressively with Marcus Rashford playing up top as a No. 9 at the weekend and he scored twice against Preston. Morgan Rogers, Jacob Ramsey, Leon Bailey, Marco Asensio, Donyell Malen, and Ollie Watkins are all pushing for starts, with Watkins likely to start up top at Brighton with Rashford playing on the left. The likes of John McGinn and Amadou Onana could come in to midfield too.
OUT: Ross Barkley (calf) | QUESTIONABLE: Leon Bailey (knock)
Brighton vs Aston Villa prediction
This should be a fun game with chances galore as Brighton love to press high and commit players forward but Villa are clinical on the counter. Expect goals and Villa's extra attacking options to make the difference. Brighton 2-3 Aston Villa.
Brighton vs Aston Villa preview
Fabian Hurzeler's Brighton are smarting after losing their FA Cup quarterfinal at home to Nottingham Forest on penalty kicks, as the Seagulls were defeated on Saturday after a bruising 120 minutes. Still, Brighton have recovered really well after a mid-season wobble and are within a few points of the Champions League spots heading into the final stretch. They would have taken that at the start of the season and are on a run of four wins from their last five in the Premier League.
Villa are flying in three competitions under Unai Emery as they're in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals (against his former club PSG), have reached the FA Cup semifinals after winning at Preston on Sunday and are back in the hunt to finish in ...
