Coventry 0:1 Hull City: Premier League Match Result

Match report

Hull City edged Coventry City 0:1 in the Premier League's second round of fixtures at the Ricoh Arena on Saturday. The visitors took all three points from a match where the hosts dominated possession without finding a way through.

Coventry controlled the early exchanges, yet Hull stayed compact and waited for their moment. Liam Millar broke the deadlock in the eighty-second minute, a goal that came after Coventry had grown increasingly desperate in the final third. By then the hosts were playing a man up but could not turn things around.

Coventry made several changes in search of an equaliser, bringing on Caleb Yirenkyi and Jack Rudoni in the seventy-first minute. Hull responded with Mohamed Belloumi in the eighty-third, while the yellow cards accumulated on both sides — five in total across the ninety minutes.

The statistics told a familiar story: Coventry held 69 per cent of the ball and registered 1.28 expected goals, yet their six shots on target yielded nothing. Hull managed 0.72 expected goals from just two shots on target, and one big chance was enough. They camped in the final third only when it mattered.

The result leaves Coventry at the foot of the table with two defeats from two games and zero points. Hull sit second with six points from two wins, and the gap between them is now eight points.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 69 – 31

Shots on target 3 – 2

Shots off target 3 – 3

Expected goals 1.28 – 0.72

🟨 10' Lewie Coyle — Yellow card ⇄ 45' Hidemasa Morita — Substitution ⇄ 45' Lewie Coyle — Substitution 🟨 51' Regan Slater — Yellow card 🟨 54' Elliot Stroud — Yellow card ⇄ 58' Ephron Mason-Clark — Substitution ⇄ 59' Loum Tchaouna — Substitution ⇄ 59' Elliot Stroud — Substitution ⇄ 59' Nobel Mendy — Substitution 🟨 68' Oliver McBurnie — Yellow card ⇄ 71' Caleb Yirenkyi — Substitution ⇄ 71' Jack Rudoni — Substitution ⇄ 78' Bobby Thomas — Substitution ⚽ 82' Liam Millar — Goal ⇄ 83' Mohamed Belloumi — Substitution 🟨 84' Aurele Amenda — Yellow card

Match events

10' 0:0 Hull City Yellow card Lewie Coyle
45' 0:0 Hull City Substitution Hidemasa Morita off: Lucas Gourna-Douath
45' 0:0 Hull City Substitution Lewie Coyle off: Cody Drameh
51' 0:0 Hull City Yellow card Regan Slater
54' 0:0 Hull City Yellow card Elliot Stroud
58' 0:0 Coventry Substitution Ephron Mason-Clark off: Brandon Thomas-Asante
59' 0:0 Coventry Substitution Loum Tchaouna off: Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
59' 0:0 Hull City Substitution Elliot Stroud off: Liam Millar
59' 0:0 Hull City Substitution Nobel Mendy off: Lucas Herrington
68' 0:0 Hull City Yellow card Oliver McBurnie
71' 0:0 Coventry Substitution Caleb Yirenkyi off: Victor Torp
71' 0:0 Coventry Substitution Jack Rudoni off: Gustavo Hamer
78' 0:0 Coventry Substitution Bobby Thomas off: Ethan Pinnock
82' 0:1 Hull City Goal Liam Millar assist: Mohamed Belloumi
83' 0:1 Hull City Substitution Mohamed Belloumi off: Mohamed Ali Cho
84' 0:1 Coventry Yellow card Aurele Amenda

Statistics

69 Possession, % 31

3 Shots on target 2

3 Shots off target 3

1.28 Expected goals 0.72

1 Big chances 1

6 Corners 2

11 Fouls 8

8 Free kicks 11

3 Offsides 0

1 Yellow cards 4

0 Red cards 0

6 Goal kicks 10

21 Throw-ins 22

All statistics

15/3247% Aerial duels 17/3253%

102 Backward passes 36

5 Blocked shots 0

25 Clearances 32

7/3421% Crosses 1/119%

6/1346% Dribbles 4/757%

0.85 Expected assists 0.16

80 Failed passes 87

1 Goalkeeper saves 3

2 Interceptions 7

10 Key passes 4

17/4935% Long passes 18/6030%

127 Passes into the final third 39

331 Passes in the opposition half 167

274 Passes in own half 107

0.27 Shot accuracy 0.40

4 Shots from outside the box 3

7 Shots inside the box 2

6/786% Tackles 8/1553%

571 Total passes 263

Line-ups

Coventry

Starting XI
#	Player	number
19	Carl Rushworth	19
3	Jay Rhys Dasilva	3
4	Bobby Craig Thomas	4
24	Aurèle Florian Amenda	24
27	Milan van Ewijk	27
5	Jack Edward Rudoni	5
6	Matt Grimes	6
8	Caleb Yirenky	8
10	Ephron Jardell Mason-Clark	10
18	Loum Tchaouna	18
14	Taiwo Awoniyi	14

Substitutes
#	Player	number
25	Daniel Bentley	25
2	Ethan Rupert Pinnock	2
15	Liam Kitching	15
22	Joel Owen Latibeaudiere	22
7	Tatsuhiro Sakamoto	7
29	Victor Torp	29
38	Gustavo Martin Emilio Hamer	38
9	Ellis Reco Simms	9
23	Solomon Brandon Michael Clarke Thomas-Asante	23

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Hull City

Starting XI
#	Player	number
19	Konstantinos Tzolakis	19
2	Lewie Coyle	2
3	Ryan Giles	3
6	Oluwasemilogo Adesewo Ibidapo Ajayi	6
15	John Egan	15
32	Nobel Mendy	32
5	Hidemasa Morita	5
10	Mohamed Elbachir Belloumi	10
21	Elliot Karl Stroud	21
27	Regan Newman Slater	27
9	Oliver Robert McBurnie	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	Dillon Phillips	12
17	Patrick James Coleman McNair	17
18	Cody Drameh	18
22	Lucas Herrington	22
23	Matthew Robert Targett	23
29	Lucas Gourna-Douath	29
7	Liam Alan Millar	7
50	Mohamed-Ali Cho	50

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Match prediction: Coventry — Hull City

Win: Coventry

Confidence 51%

Reasoning

Средняя линия 48 букмекеров: победа Ковентри 1.87, ничья 3.50, победа Халл Сити 4.24
Конторы расходятся в оценке: от 1.73 до 1.95 (13%)
Ковентри — 18. place, 0 points after 1 games (0 wins, 1 losses)
Халл Сити — 5. place, 3 points after 1 games (1 wins, 0 losses)
Ковентри, last 5 games: 3 wins, 1 draws, 1 losses
Халл Сити, last 5 games: 1 wins, 3 draws, 1 losses
Head-to-head: 7 games, Ковентри — 1, 5 draws, Халл Сити — 1

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Recent form

Coventry

WLLLLW

Recent matches

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Hull City

DWDLDL

Recent matches

All team matches

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Points
1	Manchester City	5	5	0	0	15
2	Arsenal	5	4	0	1	12
3	Brighton	5	3	1	1	10
4	Brentford	5	2	3	0	9
5	Leeds	5	2	3	0	9
6	Liverpool	5	2	3	0	9
7	Everton	5	2	3	0	9
8	Hull City	5	2	2	1	8
9	Newcastle United	5	2	2	1	8
10	Chelsea	5	2	1	2	7

Coventry — Hull City, Premier League

Match report

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Line-ups

Coventry

Hull City

Match prediction: Coventry — Hull City

Reasoning

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Coventry

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