Premier League Gameweek 17 Sat, Dec 26 · 17:30 The MKM Stadium, Hull
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Away travel178 kmRest days7.1 · 7.1Matches / 14d1 · 1
Real contextStrength only
Hull City—%
Draw—%
Liverpool—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Hull)

Forecast from 11 Dec

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Hull City and Liverpool. 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 CityLiverpool
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
37 Current StrengthIn forecast 84
37 AttackIn forecast 85
50 DefenceIn forecast 84
36 Form indexContext 87
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—
Defense risk—

Liverpool

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Hull CityLiverpool
1.14 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.29
1.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.14
0.98 xGVia Att/Def 1.55
1.56 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.20
+0.16 Goals minus xGContext -0.26
71% Scored inContext 71%
43% Clean sheetsContext 43%
10.71 ShotsContext 15.71
4.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.00
32% On target shareContext 32%
5.50 Shots in the boxContext 8.71
45% Box shareContext 55%
11% ConversionContext 8%
1.40 OffsidesContext 2.14
14.57 Shots allowedContext 11.86
4.86 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.43
4.29 BlocksContext 3.86
3.71 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.29
77% Save rateContext 67%
32% PossessionIn forecast 56%
275 PassesContext 482
197 Accurate passesContext 408
72% Pass accuracyContext 85%
6.75 Team ratingContext 6.90
10.86 FoulsContext 13.86
7.57 Fouls sufferedContext 10.29
3.00 Yellow cardsContext 2.57
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
1.20 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.80
0.80 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.30
1.14 xGVia Att/Def 1.89
1.32 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.29
+0.06 Goals minus xGContext -0.09
70% Scored inContext 80%
50% Clean sheetsContext 30%
10.30 ShotsContext 17.40
4.22 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.70
37% On target shareContext 33%
5.88 Shots in the boxContext 11.00
50% Box shareContext 62%
12% ConversionContext 10%
1.57 OffsidesContext 2.50
13.80 Shots allowedContext 11.50
4.30 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.40
4.10 BlocksContext 3.20
3.30 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.10
77% Save rateContext 62%
33% PossessionIn forecast 56%
267 PassesContext 487
182 Accurate passesContext 417
68% Pass accuracyContext 86%
6.82 Team ratingContext 6.99
10.10 FoulsContext 12.10
8.90 Fouls sufferedContext 9.80
2.70 Yellow cardsContext 2.10
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
Rest7.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km258 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
Liverpool
Rest7.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel178 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 87 · 10 pts vs 4.7 for an average club · +2.5 vs expected
  • W17 OctA · Brentford2–11.3 xPts
  • W14 OctA · Lask Linz6–31.8 xPts
  • L11 OctH · Manchester City0–31.3 xPts
  • W20 SepA · Bournemouth1–01.2 xPts
  • D12 SepH · Fulham0–02.0 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 Liverpool
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7.1Premier League 2026-2027, 19 Dec7.1Premier League 2026-2027, 19 Dec
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km178 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways258 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 50 / 1 / 6
Next matchdays after this one3.14.1

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
Liverpool Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Brentford (A) 2–1, 17 Oct
1A. Becker(G)
6M. Kerkez 4V. van Dijk 5J. Jacquet 33R. Araujo
8D. Szoboszlai 10A. Mac Allister
29B. Barcola 7F. Wirtz 23Víctor Muñoz
9A. Isak

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 Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Liverpool Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

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
Liverpool · Away 2.50points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
3-1-0
Scored
1.75
Conceded
0.75

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 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
Liverpool7 games · scored 9 · conceded 8
2 1 0-15
1 16-30
1 31-45
3 1 46-60
2 3 61-75
2 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
Liverpool10 games · scored 18 · conceded 13
2 1 0-15
2 2 16-30
2 1 31-45
6 1 46-60
4 6 61-75
2 2 76-90

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

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.