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Hull v Villa

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Saturday, 5 September 2026, 16:30 · Gameweek 3 · 2026/27
Hull0.81 xG
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Aston Villa1.64 xG

How it went

0.00.51.01.52.045′90′
Hull 0.81Villa 1.65A filled mark is a goal
  1. No goal came from a shot either side took.

The shots

Every shotBy zone

Hull 11 shots

9% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 1 shot18% of shots, 2 shots9% of shots, 1 shot9%9%9%9%9%9%9%18%9%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Hull, Hull v Aston Villa, final 35m. A further 9% of their shots came from outside this window.

Aston Villa 13 shots

8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot15% of shots, 2 shots8% of shots, 1 shot15% of shots, 2 shots8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8%8%8%15%8%15%8%8%8%8%8%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Aston Villa, Hull v Aston Villa, final 35m.

The chances that got away

  • 0.46John McGinn, 49' for Villa, set up by Nicolas Jackson
  • 0.40Emiliano Buendía, 52' for Villa, set up by George Hemmings
  • 0.32Mohamed Ali-Cho, 88' for Hull, set up by Oliver McBurnie

Where they stood

TzolakisEganMendyAjayiDouathSlaterCoyleBelloumiGilesMcBurnieStroud
Hull held a line 31m deep, from 35m to 66m. The dot grows with touches.
SuzukiLindelöfMingsCashKamaraBarkleyMaatsenHemmingsBuendíaMcGinnJackson
Villa held a line 32m deep, from 43m to 75m. The dot grows with touches.

Each starter at the average of every touch they took. An average is the one thing a single match gives reliably, so this is a shape rather than a heat map: it shows a full-back who spent the match as a winger, not how much ground anybody covered.

The match, in figures

HullMeasureVilla
0Goals0
0.81Expected goals1.64
0.81Non-penalty xG1.64
0.71Expected pointswhat those chances are worth, out of three2.03
0Half time0
11Shots13
4On target1
3Corners4
21.6Passes allowed per defensive actionlower is a higher press10.5
3Deep entriespasses completed within 20 metres of goal7
10Fouls5
2YCards0Y

Before kickoff the bookmakers’ closing prices made it 3.92 Hull, 3.59 the draw, 1.89 Villa, which is a 26, 28 and 53 percent chance each way before the margin. Referee: M Oliver.