Predict the score and pick your Aston Villa and Brighton XIs...
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Head-to-head record
Aston Villa have won seven of their last nine Premier League games against Brighton (D1 L1) and are looking to complete the double over them for the third time after 2022-23 and 2023-24.
Brighton have won just one of their six Premier League away games against Aston Villa (D1 L4), conceding at least twice in each of the five games they failed to win.
Hello from Villa Park!
Big game this one between Aston Villa and Brighton because both need a result badly.
Villa have lost their last two Premier League games here which is out of character given their previously spectacular home record. A third defeat would really set alarm bells ringing, although Manchester United and Chelsea failing to win last night has altered the momentum in the race for the top four.
Brighton's situation is more perilous with Fabian Hurzeler under fire from his own supporters given their miserable form. A bad one here after that home defeat to Crystal Palace would only sour the mood further.
We will have team news, video, stats and more before kick-off.
Hurzeler: Brighton suffering a lack of confidence
Under-fire Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler admits his side are suffering from a lack confidence as he battles to regain the faith of the club’s disgruntled fanbase.
Albion were booed off following Sunday’s deflating 1-0 defeat to fierce rivals Crystal Palace at the Amex Stadium, with some supporters calling for Hurzeler to be sacked.
The Seagulls have won only one of their last 12 top-flight fixtures – a run which began with a 4-3 home loss to midweek opponents Aston Villa in early December – to slip to 14th in the Premier League table.
“I will keep trying to find solutions together with my players because that’s why I’m here,” said Hurzeler.
“I try to help the players. I try to get into their minds. We have a loss of self-confidence and how you get the self-confidence back is by getting the right results. How do you get the right results? By working hard.
“This is the only option we have. We have to work harder. We have to stick closer together in these times and that’s what we try to do. We have the opportunity on Wednesday (at Villa) to do this.”
Brighton sit eight points above the drop zone with 13 games remaining.
Asked if his team could be dragged into relegation danger, Hurzeler said: “It’s not the moment to look like this. It’s (time) now to bring the self-confidence back, to get the results back. We have to focus on us.”
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Nev on Villa's top-five hopes: I hope they don't miss out!
Sky Sports' Gary Neville speaking about Aston Villa's Champions League qualification prospects:
"I did say last week on the podcast that Aston Villa could miss out, but I said I hope they wouldn't.
"The manager knows what to do, but they've got their midfield players missing. McGinn, Tielemans and Kamara, they're out for quite a while.
"It's a big ask for Villa to miss their engine room, the heart of the team. That's the big question on them, but again Unai Emery is someone who you wouldn't put it past him to find a way.
"He has an ability to find a way."