Chelsea vs Hull

Match summary

The points were shared as Chelsea and Hull drew 2-2. Hull led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Morgan Rogers put Chelsea ahead in the 7th minute, set up by João Pedro, Mohamed Belloumi equalised in the 28th minute, set up by Ryan John Giles, and Belloumi put Hull in front from a corner in the 34th minute, set up by Oliver McBurnie. In the second half, João Pedro equalised in the 66th minute, set up by Cole Palmer.

Hull had the better of the chances, with 1.82 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Chelsea's 1.21 from 12.

Chelsea dominated territory and possession during their Premier League fixture against Hull, recording sixty-eight percent possession and one hundred and nineteen attacks compared to their opponents seventy-five. Despite controlling the match and registering twelve shots to Hull's thirteen, Chelsea generated a lower expected goals figure of one point two one against one point eight two. The home side won ten corners and completed five hundred and fifty-three passes with an eighty-seven percent accuracy. Discipline was tested throughout the encounter, with Chelsea committing seven fouls and receiving one yellow card, while Hull accumulated five yellow cards from twelve fouls.

The scoring began in the seventh minute when Morgan Rogers put Chelsea ahead with a left-footed shot. Hull responded before the interval as Mohamed Belloumi scored with a left-footed effort in the twenty-eighth minute and added a second left-footed goal in the thirty-four minute to give the visitors a half-time lead. Following a series of substitutions by both managers in the second half, João Pedro equalised for Chelsea in the sixty-sixth minute with a left-footed shot, securing a two-all draw. Oli McBurnie, John Egan, Matt Crooks, Tim Iroegbunam and Brooke Norton-Cuffy received yellow cards for Hull, alongside Valentín Barco for Chelsea.