Brighton again look to break between the lines with Pascal Gross releasing Solly March. The winger's cutback is just behind Neal Maupay and a diving Tyrone Mings is able to clear it for a throw in.

Brighton still carry a threat on the counter.

Martin Montoya joins the attack, Neal Maupay spins away from Bjorn Engels and is narrowly wide with his cut shot.

Martin Montoya is booked for pulling John McGinn's shirt as the Scotsman tries to race away.

Clear as day that one.

Aston Villa should be ahead now.

Matt Targett is freed down the left hand side and he pings in a low cross. Conor Hourihane meets it full pelt but Mat Ryan pulls off a terrific save.

The Brighton keeper bounces up to put Anwar El Ghazi off but the winger ought to do so much better than blaze over from eight yards.

It's an ambitious hit from Solly March but a decent one from distance.

The Brighton man hasn't scored since March but he's only about a yard wide with a bobbling shot.

Aston Villa have got the bit between their teeth straight away in this second half.

Marvelous Nakamba is pressing high and his team-mates are following suit. There is no time for Dale Stephens and Davy Propper to pick passes any more.

Aaron Connolly is off with fit-again Solly March coming on to replace him.

The team are back out and we're off again.

Steve Sutcliffe
BBC Sport reporter at Villa Park

The Aston Villa fans feel like they have been hard done to this season by the new protocol and are making their feelings known.

That's the third goal Villa have had ruled out this season after it has been checked by VAR .

Image source, BBC Sport

This looked pretty different before that sending off.

I imagine it will flip completely by the time we hit 90 minutes. It'll be interesting to see how Brighton boss Graham Potter adapts his tactics to cope with being a man down.

Steve Sutcliffe
BBC Sport reporter at Villa Park

There’s a slight debate in the press box over whether Aaron Mooy’s challenge should have brought a second yellow.

In real time it looked very much like a deserved card, but on replays it looked like the Australia midfielder was actually trying to pull out of his attempted tackle.

Regardless of that, Brighton now have the disadvantage of both playing with a man less and also losing one of their most influential players.

A sudden influx of drama.

Brighton were comfortable but Aaron Mooy's red card changed the game.

With a sprinkling of VAR thrown into the mix as well, it's certainly been exciting at Villa Park.

The Aston Villa fans turn from joy to frustration as the referee rules out the goal.

Nothing whatsoever wrong with Conor Hourihane's thumping strike but Wesley's challenge on Mat Ryan in the build-up is the reason for disallowing it.

The Brazilian's arm was raised and after a delay it's ruled out.

The red card has changed the momentum of this game.

Conor Hourihane escapes down the left and cuts back for John McGinn just 12 yards out.

His fizzing shot is heading for the bottom corner but crashes into the unfortunate Wesley and bounces away to safety.

From the free-kick, Conor Hourihane again warms the palms of Mat Ryan who pushes it back into the danger area.

John McGinn swings a hopeful leg at it but his shot goes into the side netting.

Utterly predictable.

Just four minutes after getting needlessly booked, he lunges in from behind on Jack Grealish who creases up in pain.

The referee has an easy decision to make and it's an early bath for the Australian.

Tom Heaton to the rescue for Aston Villa.

Neal Maupay again finds all sorts of room to drive at the Villa defence and he slides in Aaron Connolly with a lovely through ball.

He races onto it but out comes Heaton to make a dominant block with his legs.

Daft from Aaron Mooy.

He goes in the referee's book for stopping an innocuous free-kick on the halfway line from being taken.