Jack Hinshelwood scored his two Brighton goals against Aston Villa 79 seconds apart in the 2026–27 Premier League opener. His rapid double helped Brighton build a 4–0 lead during the first half.
Hinshelwood entered the match after scoring three goals in Brighton’s final five matches of the previous season. His early double showed that his late-season form had carried into the new campaign.
Brighton’s other first-half goals came from Maxim De Cuyper and an own goal by Victor Lindelof. The four-goal burst arrived within the opening 31 minutes, making Brighton only the fourth team to score four first-half goals in a Matchweek 1 fixture.
The earlier teams to achieve that were Bolton Wanderers in 2001, Manchester United in 2007 and Liverpool in 2020. Brighton’s 4–0 victory was emphatic, but Chelsea’s 6–0 win over West Bromwich Albion in 2010 remained the biggest opening-weekend win.