Brighton & Hove Albion Daily Digest: Sunday 23 August 2026

Brighton & Hove Albion Daily Digest · Aug 23, 2026 · 2m

Albion open the Premier League season with a four nil win over Aston Villa at the Amex, and go top of the table. Maxim De Cuyper and Jack Hinshelwood scored two apiece inside the opening thirty two minutes, and Villa had Joao Gomes sent off before the break. Fabian Hurzeler had spent the build up calling Unai Emery one of the best managers in the world and saying Villa could be a role model for Albion in handling a league campaign and a European one at once. Tromso at the Amex on Thursday, in the Conference League play off second leg, with the tie still goalless.