Which opening-weekend Premier League match ended in a 4–0 home win?

Brighton & Hove Albion v Aston Villa ended in a 4–0 home win during the 2026–27 Premier League opening weekend.

Brighton defeated Aston Villa 4–0 at home on Sunday 23 August 2026. The match was scheduled for 14:00 and formed part of a Sunday programme that also included Manchester City versus Bournemouth and Newcastle United versus Liverpool.

The scoreline was the largest home victory of the opening round. It was also a clean-sheet win, meaning Aston Villa did not score. Brighton’s strong start later appeared in the season statistics as the biggest home win recorded at that stage of the campaign.

Scheduling was affected by Brighton’s involvement in UEFA Conference League qualifying play-offs on the preceding Thursday. That European commitment helped place the fixture on Sunday afternoon rather than in the main Saturday group.

The result is easy to confuse with Brentford’s 3–0 win over Tottenham Hotspur or Arsenal’s 3–0 victory against Coventry City. Those were also home wins with clean sheets, but neither matched Brighton’s four-goal margin.