Which player scored twice for Brighton in their 4–0 opening-weekend win over Aston Villa?

Jack Hinshelwood scored twice for Brighton in their 4–0 opening-weekend win over Aston Villa.

Hinshelwood’s double arrived within just 79 seconds as Brighton raced to a four-goal lead by the 31st minute. The midfielder’s quick succession of goals helped turn Brighton’s first match of the season into a commanding victory at home.

Maxim De Cuyper scored Brighton’s other goal, while Aston Villa defender Victor Lindelöf added an own goal to the scoreline. Villa’s difficult afternoon was compounded when João Gomes was dismissed five minutes before half-time.

Hinshelwood had finished the previous Premier League season strongly, scoring three goals in Brighton’s last five matches of 2025–26. His two-goal opening-weekend performance continued that momentum and helped Brighton record the round’s biggest victory by scoreline, although Chelsea’s 6–0 win over West Bromwich Albion in 2010 remained the competition’s biggest opening-weekend win.