Aston Villa Seeks Redemption Against Brighton After Europa League Setback

Fourth-placed Aston Villa will look to bounce from their midweek European flop as they travel to Brighton on Sunday. The visitor’s hopes of lifting the Europa League trophy were severely dented on Thursday after they crashed to a surprise 2-4 defeat to Olympiacos in their semifinal first-leg fixture at home.

The disappointment of that result will likely have been alleviated for Villa fans by Spurs‘s 2-0 loss to Chelsea on the same night — a result which leaves Unai Emery‘s side very much in the driving seat for claiming Champions League qualification. Villa now comes up against a severely low-on-form Brighton side that has claimed just one win from their last nine Premier League games following last weekend’s dismal 3-0 defeat to Bournemouth.

Brighton host Aston Villa at the Amex Stadium on Sunday, May 5. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. BST local time, which is 9 a.m. ET or 5 a.m. PT in the US and Canada, and 1 a.m. AEST on Monday, May 6, in Australia.

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