At A Glance
Aston Villa are aiming for a tenth consecutive Premier League home win when Brighton & Hove Albion visit on Saturday.
The run dates back to March and includes a 2-1 success against the Seagulls on the final day of last season.
However, the hosts come into the match on the back of a 2-1 loss in B6 at the hands of Everton in the Carabao Cup in midweek.

Brighton also exited at the third round stage on Wednesday, going down 1-0 against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
Roberto De Zerbi’s team have made a strong start to the Premier League campaign and sit third in the table with five wins from six games.
The Seagulls have scored a league-high 18 goals, with Evan Ferguson and João Pedro top scoring with four goals apiece thus far.
Standout Stats
Aston Villa have earned four successive Premier League wins in this fixture, scoring twice in each match.
Albion's only competitive away victory in 15 attempts against Villa was by 2-1 in the Premier League in November 2020 (D3, L11).

Villa are vying to win five of their opening seven Premier League games for the third time, having done so in 1998-99 and 2020-21.
Brighton have won five of their first six top-flight matches in a season for the first time.
The hosts are on a run of nine consecutive home league wins for the first time since September 1989 to February 1990. Their most recent longer winning streak at Villa Park spanned 13 matches 40 years ago.
The Seagulls last won six of their opening seven league games in 2015-16 in the Championship.
Aston Villa's tally of 55 points in 2023 is bettered only by Manchester City's 71. Arsenal and Liverpool have also accrued 55 points, while Brighton have 53.
Roberto De Zerbi's side have scored in 22 consecutive Premier League fixtures, scoring 51 times.

Villa have kept 11 clean sheets in the Premier League since Unai Emery's first game in charge last November - only Manchester United, with 14, have more in that period.
Douglas Luiz can become the second Villa player to score in five successive Premier League home matches, emulating Dwight Yorke in late 1996.
Albion have gone 10 consecutive Premier League matches without keeping a clean sheet for only the second time, also doing so between January and April 2018 (13 in a row).
Ollie Watkins has scored in each of his last three appearances against Brighton.
Danny Welbeck has scored in each of his last three league appearances at Villa Park, for three different clubs: Manchester United, Arsenal, Brighton.
The Last Meeting
This match turned out to be a momentous day for both clubs, with each set of fans able to celebrate European qualification.
A pumped-up Villa Park helped roar the hosts onto the 2-1 victory that secured a Europa Conference League place, while Brighton had their highest-ever league finish to savour despite the loss.
Goals from Douglas Luiz and Jacob Ramsey put Villa two up and ultimately rendered Deniz Undav’s reply as a consolation.
Team News

Jacob Ramsey faces a late fitness test ahead of the game, but Leon Bailey will miss out.
Álex Moreno and Tim Iroegbunam are making progress with their respective recoveries, but Emi Buendía and Tyrone Mings are long-term absentees.
Brighton will be without the services of Adam Lallana, James Milner and Pascal Gross in B6.
Evan Ferguson has been passed fit, while Julio Enciso and Jakub Moder are sidelined.
The Boss
“The style they are playing now is really impressive. They are feeling confident, keeping ball possession, taking up good positions on the pitch and each player is playing with high quality, confidence and skill. They are changing players but the style is not changing. I really appreciate a lot how they are playing. It’s something different in football that they are showing. For me and for us, it’s a big challenge tomorrow how we can face them.”
Unai Emery