Hull vs Aston Villa

Match summary

Hull and Aston Villa played out a goalless draw.

Aston Villa had the better of the chances, with 1.65 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Hull's 0.81 from 11.

Hull and Aston Villa played out a goalless draw in their Premier League fixture on matchday three, with the visitors dominating possession and territory throughout the contest. Aston Villa controlled seventy-four percent of the ball and completed 694 passes at a ninety percent accuracy rate, compared to Hull's 229 passes. The away side accumulated thirteen shots and an expected goals figure of 1.65, while Hull mustered eleven attempts with an expected goals total of 0.81. Despite Aston Villa generating the higher volume of attacks and dangerous attacks, both defences held firm as the match finished level.

The first notable disciplinary action occurred in the thirty-ninth minute when Semi Ajayi received a yellow card for a foul, leading to a scoreless scoreline at half-time. Following the restart, Aston Villa created high-value chances through John McGinn in the forty-ninth minute and Emiliano Buendía in the fifty-second minute, both of whom missed the target. Hull made a series of substitutions between the sixty-third and eighty-second minutes, while Aston Villa introduced their substitutes across the seventy-fifth and eighty-fifth minutes. The closest Hull came to scoring arrived in the eighty-eighth minute when Mohamed Ali-Cho registered a shot on target, before the referee concluded the match at full-time.