Premier League Gameweek 1 Sat, Aug 22 · 12:30 The MKM Stadium, Hull
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Our take

Manchester United were clear favourites.

Manchester United were the stronger side on L90 Strength (84 vs 30). Recent goals, xG and shots on target add to that edge for Manchester United. Hull City had ? days of rest, Manchester United 89.9 and had to travel 129 km. Conditions were neutral.

Away travel129 kmRest days? · 89.9Matches / 14d0 · 0
Hull City13%
Draw18%
Manchester United69%
Expected goals 0.85 – 2.23
Hull City14%
Draw20%
Manchester United66%
Expected goals 0.85 – 2.10
Hull City13%
Draw19%
Manchester United68%
Expected goals 0.85 – 2.21
Hull City9%
Draw15%
Manchester United75%
Expected goals 0.76 – 2.50
Hull City13%
Draw18%
Manchester United69%
Expected goals 0.87 – 2.26
Over 2.5 60% Both score 51% Likeliest score 0–2
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Hull)
17°COvercast
  • Precipitation 0.0 mm
  • Wind 6 km/h
  • Humidity 58%
RefereeDarren England
  • Cards per match 4.4
  • Penalties per match 0.26
  • Matches 122

Team strength

Hull CityManchester United
30 L90 StrengthIn forecast 84
37 Current StrengthIn forecast 77
37 AttackIn forecast 72
50 DefenceIn forecast 80
— Form indexContext —
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—

Manchester United

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Hull CityManchester United
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
— Accurate passesContext —
— Pass accuracyContext —
— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
— Fouls sufferedContext —
— Yellow cardsContext —
— Red cardsContext —
This league season, per match
1.30 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.90
1.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.20
1.26 xGVia Att/Def 1.64
1.30 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.54
+0.04 Goals minus xGContext +0.26
80% Scored inContext 90%
30% Clean sheetsContext 30%
11.40 ShotsContext 14.80
4.10 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.40
36% On target shareContext 37%
7.50 Shots in the boxContext 9.80
61% Box shareContext 62%
11% ConversionContext 13%
2.00 OffsidesContext 1.50
11.90 Shots allowedContext 13.70
3.70 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.00
3.40 BlocksContext 4.50
2.60 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.90
70% Save rateContext 73%
45% PossessionIn forecast 47%
325 PassesContext 443
229 Accurate passesContext 367
70% Pass accuracyContext 83%
6.88 Team ratingContext 7.07
9.50 FoulsContext 10.90
10.30 Fouls sufferedContext 10.50
2.30 Yellow cardsContext 2.40
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.20
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
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Manchester United
Rest89.9 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel129 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

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 Manchester United
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match—89.9Premier League 2025-2026, 24 May
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km129 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 0 / 00 / 0 / 0
Next matchdays after this one7.18.2

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 Confirmed XI
5-4-1
19K. Tzolakis(G)
3R. Giles 32N. Mendy 15J. Egan 6S. Ajayi 2L. Coyle
21E. Stroud 27R. Slater 25M. Crooks 10M. Belloumi
9O. McBurnie
+9 more reported missing outside this XI
Manchester United Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
1S. Lammens(G)
23L. Shaw 26A. Heaven 5J. Maguire 3N. Mazraoui
17Andrey Santos 18Y. Tielemans
13P. Dorgu 8Bruno Fernandes 19B. Mbeumo
10Matheus Cunha
+6 more reported missing outside this XI

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 Absences are shown before kick-off
Manchester United Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Hull City-0.1 pp
  • Draw-0.2 pp
  • Manchester United+0.3 pp

Home / Away this season

Hull City · Home No home games yet this season.
Manchester United · Away No away games yet this season.

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

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Referee · Darren England 122 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards4.26league 2.00
Red cards0.11league 0.00
Cards 5+43%league 0%
Fouls22.3league 23.0
Penalties0.26league 0.00
Home wins43%league 100%
Hull City

No previous matches with this referee.

Manchester United6 with this referee
Record4-1-1 Cards · opp.2.0 · 2.0 Pens for · against1 · 0 Reds1
  • W3 May 26H · Liverpool3–22
  • W23 Feb 26A · Everton1–03
  • D1 Nov 25A · Nottingham Forest2–21
  • W26 Feb 25H · Ipswich3–25
  • L7 Dec 24H · Nottingham Forest2–30

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Hull City
No complete event data.
Manchester United
No complete event data.
Hull City10 games · scored 13 · conceded 10
2 1 0-15
4 3 16-30
2 31-45
1 2 46-60
3 1 61-75
1 3 76-90
Manchester United10 games · scored 19 · conceded 12
4 1 0-15
1 16-30
5 1 31-45
3 3 46-60
4 2 61-75
3 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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