Brighton & Hove Albion Vs Aston Villa FPL: Who Hauled And What It Means
The call — Brighton 4 Aston Villa 0 — GW1, 23 August, American Express Stadium De Cuyper scored, assisted and took two bonus. Seventeen points. He is a £4.5m defender owned by about 2 in 10 of nobody — call it 2 in 100, in truth: roughly 1 in 50 managers hold him. He played 77 minutes, cleared the extra-defending threshold, and banked…
Hinshelwood matched him almost stride for stride. Two goals, three bonus, 16 points in 63 minutes. He is £6.0m and owned by fewer than 1 in 100. He came off on 63 — no injury reported by the club at time of writing, only the substitution itself. Note the minutes before acting.
The clean sheet held for every Brighton defender who finished the game. Verbruggen (£4.5m, about 2 in 10 own him) took six points. Dunk, Vuskovic and Boscagli took six each. Wieffer added a bonus point for seven. A £4.5m back line returned across the board.
Now the lines the owners came for. Groß (£5.5m, about 1.5 in 10) played 90 minutes, took a yellow, and returned two points despite the clean sheet — the card cancelled his defensive-contribution gain. Cash (£4.5m, about 1 in 10) played 90 for Villa, conceded four, took a yellow, and finished on minus one. Gomes was sent off after 39 minutes for Villa and finished on minus two. He will now sit.
What it means for the deadline:
- De Cuyper: buy. £4.5m, one goal, one assist, a clean sheet and set involvement in the extra-defending points. The price does not require a premium sacrifice.
- Hinshelwood: watch, do not chase yet. Two goals is two goals. It is also one match and a 63-minute shift. One more start settles it.
- Cash: sell if you hold him. Minus one, four conceded, a booking. The facts do not support keeping him.
- Groß: hold. Ninety minutes and a clean sheet behind him. One yellow card cost him this week. That is not a sell.
- Gomes: unavailable. Suspended players do not start. Move on.
The call: De Cuyper in at £4.5m before the next deadline. Cash out.