Premier League Gameweek 9 Sat, Oct 31 · 15:00 The MKM Stadium, Hull
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Our take

It looks too close to call.

Ipswich are the stronger side on L90 Strength (49 vs 37). Hull City have 6 days of rest, Ipswich 7.8 and have to travel 212 km. Conditions look neutral.

Away travel212 kmRest days6 · 7.8Matches / 14d1 · 1
Hull City37%
Draw25%
Ipswich38%
Expected goals 1.54 – 1.55
Hull City37%
Draw27%
Ipswich36%
Expected goals 1.34 – 1.33
Hull City37%
Draw25%
Ipswich38%
Expected goals 1.54 – 1.55
Hull City30%
Draw25%
Ipswich46%
Expected goals 1.37 – 1.73
Hull City38%
Draw25%
Ipswich37%
Expected goals 1.54 – 1.52
Over 2.5 60% Both score 62% Likeliest score 1–1
EloLambda forecast, updated 2 hours ago. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Hull)
12°CDrizzle
  • Precipitation 17%
  • Wind 12 km/h
  • Humidity 88%
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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Hull City and Ipswich. 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

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Team strength

Hull CityIpswich
37 L90 StrengthIn forecast 49
37 Current StrengthIn forecast 49
37 AttackIn forecast 59
50 DefenceIn forecast 50
36 Form indexContext 64
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+26%
Defense risk−15%

Ipswich

Attack+25%
Defense risk−33%

Both teams face a more favorable matchup than their league-average baseline.

Playing style

Hull CityIpswich
1.14 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.57
1.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.14
0.98 xGVia Att/Def 1.52
1.56 xG allowedVia Att/Def 2.03
+0.16 Goals minus xGContext +0.05
71% Scored inContext 71%
43% Clean sheetsContext 0%
10.71 ShotsContext 11.00
4.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.43
32% On target shareContext 40%
5.50 Shots in the boxContext 7.00
45% Box shareContext 66%
11% ConversionContext 14%
1.40 OffsidesContext 2.60
14.57 Shots allowedContext 16.86
4.86 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.57
4.29 BlocksContext 5.00
3.71 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.29
77% Save rateContext 59%
32% PossessionIn forecast 43%
275 PassesContext 401
197 Accurate passesContext 331
72% Pass accuracyContext 83%
6.75 Team ratingContext 6.65
10.86 FoulsContext 11.71
7.57 Fouls sufferedContext 9.14
3.00 Yellow cardsContext 1.71
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
1.20 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.60
0.80 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.70
1.14 xGVia Att/Def 1.56
1.32 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.71
+0.06 Goals minus xGContext +0.04
70% Scored inContext 70%
50% Clean sheetsContext 20%
10.30 ShotsContext 12.10
4.22 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.90
37% On target shareContext 41%
5.88 Shots in the boxContext 7.90
50% Box shareContext 67%
12% ConversionContext 13%
1.57 OffsidesContext 2.38
13.80 Shots allowedContext 16.00
4.30 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.30
4.10 BlocksContext 5.10
3.30 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.50
77% Save rateContext 66%
33% PossessionIn forecast 46%
267 PassesContext 396
182 Accurate passesContext 323
68% Pass accuracyContext 82%
6.82 Team ratingContext 6.77
10.10 FoulsContext 11.70
8.90 Fouls sufferedContext 10.40
2.70 Yellow cardsContext 1.90
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
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
Rest6 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km0 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
Ipswich
Rest7.8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel212 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 64 · 6 pts vs 4.4 for an average club · +1.8 vs expected
  • L17 OctA · Manchester City2–30.4 xPts
  • W10 OctH · Fulham2–11.3 xPts
  • L19 SepA · Everton0–10.8 xPts
  • W12 SepA · Crystal Palace3–20.8 xPts
  • L4 SepH · Liverpool0–20.9 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 Ipswich
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match6Premier League 2026-2027, 25 Oct7.8Premier League 2026-2027, 23 Oct
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km212 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 1 / 30 / 1 / 3
Next matchdays after this one78

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
Ipswich Last XI · not confirmed
3-4-2-1 · vs Manchester City (A) 2–3, 17 Oct
28C. Walton(G)
24J. Greaves 6I. Diop 26D. O'Shea
3L. Davis 25E. Palacios 12Florentino 42A. Ouattara
10J. Enciso 38D. Maeda
19Emersonn

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
Ipswich No reported absences
Total impact vs full squads
  • Hull City+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Ipswich+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
Ipswich · Away 0.75points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
1-0-3
Scored
1.75
Conceded
2.75

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 3 this season

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

Head to head last 4 of 4 meetings

0 Hull City wins1 draws3 Ipswich wins
Goals per game0.75 – 2.25 Over 2.550% Both scored25% Clean sheets0% · 75%
  • 3 Mar 2026Ipswich1–0Hull City
  • 25 Nov 2025Hull City0–2Ipswich
  • 27 Apr 2024Hull City3–3Ipswich
  • 3 Oct 2023Ipswich3–0Hull City

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

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
Ipswich7 games · scored 11 · conceded 15
4 0-15
4 1 16-30
1 3 31-45
2 46-60
4 61-75
6 1 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
Ipswich10 games · scored 16 · conceded 17
2 4 0-15
4 1 16-30
1 3 31-45
1 3 46-60
4 61-75
8 2 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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