Aston Villa vs Brighton & Hove Albion LIVE: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from fixture
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Follow live coverage as Aston Villa face Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Aston Villa vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Villa are unchanged from their 1-1 draw away to Liverpool last week. Ramsey starts on his 22nd birthday.
Aston Villa vs Brighton & Hove Albion
SUBS: Billy Gilmour, Kaoru Mitoma, Danny Welbeck, Moises Caicedo, Pervis Estupinan, Thomas McGill, Jan-Paul van Hecke, Jack Hinshelwood, Lewis Dunk.
Aston Villa vs Brighton & Hove Albion
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION (4-2-3-1): Jason Steele; Pascal Groß (c), Adam Webster, Levi Samuels Colwill, Joel Veltman; Yasin Ayari, Alexis Mac Allister; Facundo Buonanotte, Deniz Undav, Julio Enciso; Evan Ferguson.
Aston Villa vs Brighton & Hove Albion
SUBS: Bertrand Traore, Robin Olsen, Leander Dendoncker, Diego Carlos, Emiliano Buendia, Ashley Young, Sebastian Revan, Calum Chambers, Travis Patterson.
Aston Villa vs Brighton & Hove Albion
ASTON VILLA (4-2-3-1): Emiliano Martinez; Matthew Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne; Boubcacar Kamara, Douglas Luiz; Leon Bailey, John McGinn (c), Jacob Ramsey; Ollie Watkins.
Aston Villa vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton are already guaranteed to finish sixth and qualify for the Europa League. Despite having little to play for, the Seagulls will be keen to keep their strong goalscoring record on the road intact, having scored in each of their last 13 Premier League away games.
Aston Villa vs Brighton & Hove Albion
A final-day victory for Villa would see them qualify for next season's Europa Conference League, their first appearance in European competition since 2010-11. After a phenomenal second half of the season under Unai Emery, the Villans will end their campaign with optimism no matter what happens here.
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