Hull City 0-0 Aston Villa: 1.93 xG, and no goal to show for it
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- xG 1.93 v 0.57: Villa had the better chances
- Suzuki made four saves to keep a clean sheet
- Hull took a point with just 26% possession
A point apiece, a different table view
Hull City and Aston Villa shared a goalless draw at the MKM Stadium. Hull move up from third to second on seven points, while Villa climb out of 20th place into 18th. A point apiece left the hosts higher and the visitors still near the bottom.
Villa got into the box and stalled
Ten of Villa's 13 shots came from inside the box, adding up to 1.93 xG. Only one was on target, though, and five were blocked. The locations were good; the finishing and the final contact were not, which looks like the clearest reason a side with that much territory came away empty.
Hull did more than their share with little ball
Hull had just 26% of possession and their shots carried only 0.05 xG each. Even so, they put four efforts on target, more than Villa managed. Oli McBurnie won 13 of his 22 duels up front, which suggests Hull's attack kept the ball alive when it did arrive.
Goalkeepers and blocks held the nil
The match stayed level for all 90 minutes, so there was no goal to shift either side's FN xPts; both finished on 1.0 as the clock ran down. Mohamed Belloumi made 10 defensive actions, the most of any player, and Konstantinos Tzolakis dealt with Villa's one shot on target. At the other end, Suzuki's four saves cancelled out all four of Hull's efforts.
Player of the match
Zion Suzuki 7.6Strong
Four saves stopped all four of Hull City's shots on target.
Suzuki earned his FN Score almost entirely through goalkeeping, saving every effort Hull put on target while completing 36 of 38 passes. The match was level for all 90 minutes, and substitute Mohamed Ali Cho still managed a shot on target in his eight minutes after coming on in the 82nd minute, so the clean sheet was never entirely safe.
Game state
Hull City ahead 0 min · level 90 min · Aston Villa ahead 0 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
No goals, red cards or missed penalties, so no FN xPts moments in this match.
Hull City
Expected (last two seasons) 1.4Own moments 0.0Opponent moments 0.0Time effect −0.4→ League points won 1
Aston Villa
Expected (last two seasons) 1.3Own moments 0.0Opponent moments 0.0Time effect −0.3→ League points won 1
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
Hull CityAston Villa
0.57Expected goals (xG)1.93
Compared with usual
Hull City
3 matches this season, all competitions baseline
Timeline
- 39'
Yellow
Semi Ajayi
- 63'
Sub
Elliot Stroud → Sorba Thomas
- 64'
Sub
Lewie Coyle → Brooke Norton-Cuffy
- 67'
Yellow
Lucas Gourna-Douath
- 71'
Sub
Nobel Mendy → Lucas Herrington
- 75'
Sub
Ian Maatsen → Matteo Ruggeri
- 75'
Sub
Emiliano Buendía → Alejandro Garnacho
- 75'
Sub
George Hemmings → Alysson
- 81'
Sub
Lucas Gourna-Douath → Jens Hjertø-Dahl
- 82'
Sub
Mohamed Belloumi → Mohamed Ali Cho
- 85'
Sub
Matty Cash → Aaron Wan-Bissaka
- 85'
Sub
Nicolas Jackson → Tammy Abraham
Category leaders
- Key passesRyan Giles2
- Duels wonOli McBurnie13/22
- DribblesRyan Giles2/2
- Defensive actionsMohamed Belloumi10
- ShotsOli McBurnie3 (on target 0)
- Fouls wonBoubacar Kamara3
#Hull City#Aston Villa#Premier League#Zion Suzuki#Mohamed Belloumi#Unai Emery
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.