This is indeed a quite surprising fact if we look at the history of meetings between these two clubs. Because in the last 5 meetings between Brighton vs Aston Villa we can see that Brighton has never won once. Even last season when Brighton was in very good performance at that time. Still, Brighton continues to experience defeats both at home and away.
But in the coming week, when Brighton will face Aston Villa again, I think it is time for Brighton to break the bad results that Brighton had when facing Aston Villa. With Brighton's current performance, Brighton should be the favorite in this match. It's just that I will also understand if there will be many people betting on Aston Villa because they see their head to head plus next week's match Aston Villa will also be the host.
I would guess that Brighton could be different this season, plus Villa is different this season as well. I am guessing that it is going to be a bit different and we are going to end up with something different in the end as well. That should provide some sort of problems for them but that doesn't mean that we are not going to end up with anything that would be remarkable.
I hope that we will see a brighton win because that is who I am going to bet on, and yes they might be unlucky so far but I bet that this week will be the one where their luck will finally turn and they will get a win. They have been a pretty good team so far and that should probably go on for a while longer as well, it would really help everyone.
Brighton's performance is indeed much better than what they showed last season. The ranking they currently occupy, namely Rank 3 in the standings, is proof that Brighton has indeed made very significant improvements.
And as you said, this time it looks like things will be different. For example, last season Brighton always lost to Aston Villa. So for this season they have to make the match results different, namely by winning for Brighton.
However, the problem is that Aston Villa also seems more consistent than the consistency they showed last season. Even last season Aston Villa were able to finish consecutively below Brighton. Last season Brighton finished in 6th place and Aston Villa in 7th place. This means that since last season the difference in strength between these two clubs has not been much different. I personally still prefer Brighton. Because it would be very boring if Aston Villa won again in the match against Brighton.