Premier League Gameweek 8 Sun, Oct 25 · 14:00 The MKM Stadium, Hull
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Our take

Brentford are slight favourites.

Brentford are the stronger side on L90 Strength (75 vs 37). Recent goals, xG and shots on target narrow the gap for Hull City. Hull City have 8 days of rest, Brentford 8 and have to travel 251 km. Conditions look neutral.

Away travel251 kmRest days8 · 8Matches / 14d1 · 1
Hull City25%
Draw24%
Brentford51%
Expected goals 1.21 – 1.82
Hull City22%
Draw25%
Brentford53%
Expected goals 1.03 – 1.74
Hull City25%
Draw24%
Brentford51%
Expected goals 1.21 – 1.82
Hull City19%
Draw22%
Brentford59%
Expected goals 1.08 – 2.04
Hull City25%
Draw24%
Brentford50%
Expected goals 1.22 – 1.79
Over 2.5 58% Both score 59% Likeliest score 1–1
EloLambda forecast, updated 3 hours ago. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Hull)
13°CMainly clear
  • Precipitation 18%
  • Wind 17 km/h
  • Humidity 65%
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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Hull City and Brentford. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

Hull CityBrentford
37 L90 StrengthIn forecast 75
37 Current StrengthIn forecast 75
37 AttackIn forecast 73
50 DefenceIn forecast 73
36 Form indexContext 61
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Hull City

Attack−1%
Defense risk0%

Brentford

Attack+25%
Defense risk−33%

Changes versus each team's league-average baseline. Higher attack and lower defense risk are favorable.

Playing style

Hull CityBrentford
1.14 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.86
1.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.14
0.98 xGVia Att/Def 1.73
1.56 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.39
+0.16 Goals minus xGContext +0.13
71% Scored inContext 100%
43% Clean sheetsContext 29%
10.71 ShotsContext 15.00
4.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.14
32% On target shareContext 28%
5.50 Shots in the boxContext 11.43
45% Box shareContext 76%
11% ConversionContext 12%
1.40 OffsidesContext 1.60
14.57 Shots allowedContext 15.43
4.86 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.00
4.29 BlocksContext 4.43
3.71 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.57
77% Save rateContext 71%
32% PossessionIn forecast 45%
275 PassesContext 367
197 Accurate passesContext 283
72% Pass accuracyContext 77%
6.75 Team ratingContext 6.85
10.86 FoulsContext 14.71
7.57 Fouls sufferedContext 9.29
3.00 Yellow cardsContext 2.71
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.14
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
1.20 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.60
0.80 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.40
1.14 xGVia Att/Def 1.56
1.32 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.74
+0.06 Goals minus xGContext +0.04
70% Scored inContext 90%
50% Clean sheetsContext 20%
10.30 ShotsContext 13.40
4.22 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.60
37% On target shareContext 27%
5.88 Shots in the boxContext 10.20
50% Box shareContext 74%
12% ConversionContext 12%
1.57 OffsidesContext 1.71
13.80 Shots allowedContext 17.30
4.30 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.80
4.10 BlocksContext 5.30
3.30 Goalkeeper savesContext 4.20
77% Save rateContext 72%
33% PossessionIn forecast 45%
267 PassesContext 369
182 Accurate passesContext 286
68% Pass accuracyContext 78%
6.82 Team ratingContext 6.83
10.10 FoulsContext 13.30
8.90 Fouls sufferedContext 8.70
2.70 Yellow cardsContext 2.50
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.10
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Hull City
Rest8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km498 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 36 · 3 pts vs 4.6 for an average club · -1.0 vs expected
  • L17 OctA · Fulham0–10.8 xPts
  • D11 OctH · Everton2–21.0 xPts
  • L19 SepA · Newcastle1–20.8 xPts
  • D12 SepA · Chelsea2–20.6 xPts
  • D5 SepH · Aston Villa0–00.9 xPts
Brentford
Rest8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel251 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 61 · 6 pts vs 4.8 for an average club · -1.1 vs expected
  • L17 OctH · Liverpool1–21.5 xPts
  • D10 OctA · Aston Villa2–21.1 xPts
  • W18 SepH · Chelsea3–01.6 xPts
  • D12 SepA · Bournemouth2–21.0 xPts
  • D5 SepH · Sunderland1–12.0 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Hull City Brentford
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match8Premier League 2026-2027, 17 Oct8Premier League 2026-2027, 17 Oct
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km251 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways498 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 20 / 1 / 2
Next matchdays after this one66

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Hull City Last XI · not confirmed
5-4-1 · vs Fulham (A) 0–1, 17 Oct
19K. Tzolakis(G)
18B. Norton-Cuffy 22L. Herrington 15J. Egan 6S. Ajayi 2L. Coyle
7B. Thomas 27R. Slater 25M. Crooks 10M. Belloumi
9O. McBurnie
Brentford Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Liverpool (H) 1–2, 17 Oct
1C. Kelleher(G)
23K. Lewis-Potter 4S. van den Berg 20K. Ajer 33M. Kayode
27V. Janelt 6Y. Yarmoliuk
19J. Anthony 8M. Jensen 11D. Ouattara
9Thiago

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Hull City No reported absences
Brentford No reported absences
Total impact vs full squads
  • Hull City+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Brentford+0.0 pp

From eScored squad data: each player's weight is his role (core 3, starter 2, rotation 1, depth 0.5) times his share of minutes. Defenders and keepers count to the defence line, forwards to attack, midfielders half to each. EloLambda turns the lost share into fewer goals scored and more conceded (weight 0.1); the totals show how that moves the result chances.

Home / Away this season

Hull City · Home 1.67points per game · 3 home games
W-D-L
1-2-0
Scored
1.33
Conceded
0.67
Brentford · Away 1.00points per game · 3 away games
W-D-L
0-3-0
Scored
1.67
Conceded
1.67

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 2 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Goal timing

Hull City7 games · scored 8 · conceded 7
3 0-15
2 16-30
2 1 31-45
1 1 46-60
2 2 61-75
1 76-90
Brentford7 games · scored 13 · conceded 8
2 1 0-15
16-30
4 1 31-45
3 1 46-60
1 2 61-75
3 3 76-90
Hull City10 games · scored 12 · conceded 8
3 0-15
3 1 16-30
2 1 31-45
1 1 46-60
4 2 61-75
2 76-90
Brentford10 games · scored 16 · conceded 14
2 2 0-15
16-30
5 1 31-45
3 4 46-60
2 3 61-75
4 4 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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