Aston Villa 2-1 Brighton: Unai Emery's side reach Europa Conference League

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By Michael EmonsBBC Sport astatine Villa Park

Last updated connected 8 minutes ago.From the conception Premier League

Aston Villa bushed Brighton astatine a raucous Villa Park to unafraid a instrumentality to European shot aft a 13-year absence.

Villa needed to triumph to unafraid seventh spot successful the Premier League and gain a spot successful the play-offs for the third-tier Europa Conference League.

They made a imagination commencement as, aft Leon Bailey had deed the crossbar, they took the pb successful the 8 infinitesimal erstwhile the club's Player of the Year Douglas Luiz slid the shot location from Jacob Ramsey's pullback.

Ramsey got different assistance 18 minutes aboriginal erstwhile helium collected a done shot and, conscionable arsenic distant goalkeeper Jason Steele slid astatine his feet, knocked a sideways walk to Ollie Watkins for the England striker to people his 15th league extremity of the season.

Brighton thought they had scored erstwhile Deniz Undav volleyed in, but Julio Enciso was ruled offside by the video adjunct referee earlier helium crossed for his team-mate.

But successful the 38th infinitesimal a VAR determination went Undav's mode erstwhile helium scored pursuing a rapidly taken free-kick by Pascal Gross, with the on-field adjunct saying it was offside earlier being overruled by officials astatine Stockley Park.

Villa, who won the European Cup successful 1982, past played successful European contention successful 2010, losing 4-3 connected aggregate to Austrian broadside Rapid Vienna successful the Europa League play-offs.

Despite a tense 2nd fractional against Brighton, they held connected to the triumph they needed to spark celebrations.

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Aston Villa

Squad number1Player nameE Martínez
Squad number2Player nameCash
Squad number4Player nameKonsa
Squad number5Player nameMings
Squad number27Player nameDigne
Squad number44Player nameKamara
Squad number6Player nameDouglas Luiz
Squad number31Player nameBailey
Squad number7Player nameMcGinn
Squad number41Player nameJ Ramsey
Squad number11Player nameWatkins

Squad number10Player nameBuendía

Brighton & Hove Albion

Squad number23Player nameSteele
Squad number34Player nameVeltman
Squad number4Player nameWebster
Squad number6Player nameColwill
Squad number13Player nameGroß
Squad number40Player nameBuonanotte
Squad number26Player nameAyari
Squad number10Player nameMac Allister
Squad number20Player nameEnciso
Squad number21Player nameUndav
Squad number28Player nameFerguson

Squad number22Player nameMitoma
Squad number25Player nameCaicedo
Squad number29Player namevan Hecke
Squad number30Player nameEstupiñán
Squad number71Player nameHinshelwood

Line-ups

Aston Villa

Formation 4-2-3-1

1E Martínez
2CashBooked astatine 22mins
4Konsa
5MingsBooked astatine 37mins
27Digne
44Kamara
6Douglas Luiz
31BaileySubstituted forBuendíaat 69'minutes
7McGinnBooked astatine 67mins
41J RamseyBooked astatine 24mins
11Watkins

Substitutes

3Diego Carlos
9Traoré
10Buendía
16Chambers
18Young
25Olsen
32Dendoncker
56Revan
66Patterson

Brighton

Formation 4-4-2

23Steele
34VeltmanSubstituted forEstupiñánat 45'minutes
4WebsterSubstituted forvan Heckeat 65'minutes
6Colwill
13GroßBooked astatine 88mins
40BuonanotteBooked astatine 63mins
26AyariSubstituted forCaicedoat 45'minutesBooked astatine 73mins
10Mac Allister
20EncisoSubstituted forMitomaat 65'minutes
21UndavBooked astatine 12minsSubstituted forHinshelwoodat 89'minutes
28Ferguson

Substitutes

5Dunk
18Welbeck
22Mitoma
25Caicedo
27Gilmour
29van Hecke
30Estupiñán
38McGill
71Hinshelwood

Live Text

Match ends, Aston Villa 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
Second Half ends, Aston Villa 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Alexis Mac Allister.
Attempt saved. Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) close footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is saved successful the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía with a done ball.
Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jan Paul van Hecke tries a done ball, but Kaoru Mitoma is caught offside.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jack Hinshelwood replaces Deniz Undav.
Attempt missed. Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is close, but misses to the close from a nonstop escaped kick.
Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellowish card.
Foul by Pervis Estupiñán (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Pascal Groß tries a done ball, but Evan Ferguson is caught offside.
Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa).
Attempt missed. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is precocious and wide to the close from a nonstop escaped kick.
Foul by Evan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked.
Foul by Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion).

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