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Match preview · Premier League

Hull City – Chelsea

Hull City 8th in Premier League Home 1.39 projected goals by the model
Chelsea 10th in Premier League Away 1.28 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.39 1.28
Hull City Chelsea
Hull City
38%
Draw
31%
Chelsea
32%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Hull City Draw Chelsea
Fair odds 2.66 3.28 3.13
Total goals
2.67
Over 2.5 goals
51%
Both teams to score
60%
Data coverage · thin

One of these teams has only 5 matches in the model window, short of the 10 the model wants. Read the projection as a direction rather than as a number.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans Hull City

38% Hull City to win

Attack
16th vs 11th
Hull City attack v Chelsea defence
Defence
9th vs 10th
Hull City defence v Chelsea attack
Recent xG form
-0.37 vs -0.42
xGD per match, last 5
Projected goals
1.39 – 1.28
Hull City v Chelsea

The fit has seen one of these two sides in only 5 matches, so read all of this as a rough guide.

How the model arrived here →

Squad news

From Fantasy Premier League

Hull City

17 listed
  • Charlie Hughes 0% chance

    Defender · Groin injury - Unknown return date

  • Enis Destan 0% chance

    Forward · Has joined Konyaspor permanently

  • Jack Butland 0% chance

    Goalkeeper · Arm injury - Unknown return date

  • Harvey Cartwright 0% chance

    Goalkeeper · Has joined Grimsby Town on loan for the rest of the season

  • Cody Drameh 0% chance

    Defender · Has joined Genoa permanently

  • Abu Kamara 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Portsmouth permanently

  • Darko Gyabi 0% chance

    Midfielder · Thigh injury - Unknown return date

  • Ilyas Ansah 0% chance

    Forward · Back injury - Unknown return date

  • Liam Millar 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Birmingham on loan for the rest of the season

  • David Akintola 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Omonoia FC permanently

  • Mason Burstow 0% chance

    Forward · Has joined Sheffield Wednesday on loan for the rest of the season

  • Hidemasa Morita 0% chance

    Midfielder · Calf injury - Expected back 11 Oct

  • Thimothée Lo-Tutala 0% chance

    Goalkeeper · Has joined Colchester United on loan for the rest of the season

  • Matty Jacob 0% chance

    Defender · Has joined Newport County on loan until January

  • Eliot Matazo 0% chance

    Midfielder · Knee injury - Unknown return date

  • Matt Targett 75% chance

    Defender · Ankle injury - 75% chance of playing

  • Brooke Norton-Cuffy 75% chance

    Defender · Hamstring injury - 75% chance of playing

Chelsea

14 listed
  • Goalkeeper · Has joined Como on loan for the rest of the season

  • Marc Guiu Paz 0% chance

    Forward · Has joined RB Leipzig permanently

  • Dário Essugo 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined RC Strasbourg on loan for the rest of the season

  • Trevoh Chalobah 0% chance

    Defender · Has joined Como permanently

  • Emmanuel Emegha 0% chance

    Forward · Hamstring injury - Expected back 10 Oct

  • Benoît Badiashile Mukinayi 0% chance

    Defender · Has joined Napoli on loan for the rest of the season

  • Filip Jörgensen 0% chance

    Goalkeeper · Has joined RC Strasbourg on loan for the rest of the season

  • Mamadou Sarr 0% chance

    Defender · Has joined Real Sociedad on loan for the rest of the season

  • Moisés Caicedo 50% chance

    Midfielder · Calf injury - 50% chance of playing

  • Marco Palestra 50% chance

    Defender · Thigh injury - 50% chance of playing

  • João Pedro 75% chance

    Forward · Knee injury - 75% chance of playing

  • Cole Palmer 75% chance

    Midfielder · Muscular injury - 75% chance of playing

  • Reece James 75% chance

    Defender · Hamstring injury - 75% chance of playing

  • Jamie Bynoe-Gittens 75% chance

    Midfielder · Ankle injury - 75% chance of playing

The status, the chance of playing and the note beside each name are Fantasy Premier League's own, and it covers this competition only. Nothing above this section knows about any of it: a rating fitted over recent matches describes the side that played them.

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Hull City and Chelsea compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Hull City Chelsea
xG / match 1.10 · 16th (better) 1.47 · 11th
xGA / match (better) 1.48 · 10th 1.78 · 17th
xGD / match -0.37 · 15th (better) -0.31 · 14th
xPts / match 1.09 · 16th (better) 1.16 · 15th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) -0.37 -0.42

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 34% of the model's distribution.

Hull City clean sheet
25%
Hull City 2+ goals
42%
Under 2.5 goals
49%
Both teams to score: no
40%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
15.4%
2:1
10.0%
1:2
9.0%
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Model details

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Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Hull City sample
5 matches
Chelsea sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Hull City
2 matches
Away xG sample · Chelsea
3 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30

Warnings

  • Hull City has only 5 matches in the database. Below 10 matches the estimate is very unreliable.

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.