Premier League Quick Preview: Hull City Vs Aston Villa
Hull City have been the surprise package in the early stages of the 2026/27 Premier League season, sitting among Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea in the top four.
Back-to-back wins have given the Tigers a dream start, and they face an Aston Villa side yet to win a point or score a goal.
Despite this, Unai Emery's side are favourites on betting apps, but they will be wise to take the Tigers seriously.
Villa Need To Start Firing
It took Aston Villa five games to score their first league goal last season, and once again they have been slow out of the blocks, with no goals scored in 180 minutes of action.
The Villans have lost a lot of key players from last season, when they finished strongly to take fourth spot, and they will see a trip to Hull's MKM Stadium as a chance to get off the mark in terms of goals and points.
Sergej Jakirovic has worked wonders for City, who have not conceded a goal in their three play-off matches at the end of last season and the first two matches back in the top flight.
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Two Shot-Shy Sides
After two matches, City and Villa rank 19th and 20th in the Premier League for shots registered.
Villa, without a shot on target in defeats to Brighton and Arsenal, have fired off 13 shots and they are now relying on Nicolas Jackson to score goals now that Ollie Watkins has left the club.
The home side have managed just one more shot, but they have scored three times from their 14 efforts, which is a goal every 4.6 shots.
If those trends continue, look for under 2.5 total goals and go for the under in terms of team shots.
Hot Streaks & Stats:
- Hull have gone 450 minutes since conceding their last league goal (including last season's play-offs).
- Hull haven't taken more than two corners in their last five home matches.
- Seven of Villa’s last eight league away wins came by a one-goal margin.
- Eight of Villa’s last nine games across all competitions produced over 2.5 goals.
Early Season Team Streaks:
- Hull City 3+ shots on target allowed - 2 games
- Hull City 11+ shots allowed - 2 games
- Hull City 6+ corners allowed - 2 games
- Aston Villa 1+ goal conceded - 2 games
Early Season Player Streaks
- Lewie Coyle (HUL) 2+ fouls won - 2 games
- Oli McBurnie (HUL) 2+ fouls won - 2 games
- Mohamed Belloumi (HUL) 2+ tackles - 2 games
- Konstantinos Tzolakis (HUL) 3+ saves - 2 games
- Boubacar Kamara (AV) 2+ fouls committed - 2 games
- Matty Cash (AV) 2+ fouls committed - 2 games
- John McGinn (AV) 2+ fouls won - 2 games
- George Hemmings (AV) 2+ tackles - 2 games
- Ian Maatsen (AV) 2+ tackles - 2 games
- Matty Cash (AV) 2+ tackles - 2 games
Tigers boss Jakirovic was nominated for August's Manager of the Month award, but he'll happily swap that for three points against Villa.
City were very busy on transfer deadline day and fitting 18 summer signings into the starting XI will pose numerous headaches for the Bosnian boss.
As for Villa, they won't be panicking just yet, but they need to start clicking quickly.
