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Hull City and Brentford drew 1-1 at the MKM Stadium. McBurnie scored a penalty in the 24th minute and Ouattara equalised in the 63rd, with Igor Thiago providing the assist. Brentford had 14 shots to 12 and six…
Every article The Sports Guru has published about Hull City: 22 Football articles between 20 April 2026 and 25 October 2026, newest first. For wider coverage, see all Football analysis.
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Diego Gómez scored from the halfway line as Brighton & Hove Albion beat Crystal Palace 5-0, and Manchester City won their seventh Premier League game in seven, 3-2 against Ipswich Town.
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Manchester City won 3-0 at Anfield, their first match since being found guilty of breaching Premier League financial regulations.
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Arsenal had won nine Premier League matches in a row. Brighton were three up on them by the 57th minute.
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Manchester City spent more than 70 minutes of a Manchester derby a man down, scored once, and left Old Trafford level with Arsenal at the top.
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Four rounds is where a Premier League table starts to look like it means something, and this one has two clubs on twelve points from twelve, Arsenal and Manchester City, followed by two clubs on eight, Leeds…
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Two rounds in, and the table is doing its favourite early-season trick: telling stories the underlying numbers refuse to sign. Hull have won both games while being out-shot in both. Aston Villa have taken 13…
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The Premier League's second matchweek stretched across the bank holiday, from Friday 28 August at Selhurst Park to Monday 31 August at Villa Park: ten games, all reviewed here, with the transfer window closing…
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Matchweek one of the Premier League ran from Friday 21 to Monday 24 August. All ten games are reviewed here, along with a first table in which the club sitting top and the club sitting bottom were on the same…
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One round of football has been played and the table has already started telling stories: Hull above Manchester United, Brighton top on goal difference, Aston Villa bottom. Every one of those lines is a single…
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How can a side with far less possession still control the outcome of a match? This piece explains how Hull City established their lead, absorbed Manchester United's pressure and offered their supporters an…
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Why would a Premier League owner publish a percentage chart of his own transfer targets? This piece looks at Acun Ilicali's unusual public response to Hull City transfer speculation and what it does, and…
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The 2026-27 Premier League season arrives later than usual, shaped by a World Cup, a clutch of new managers, and a set of rule changes that could genuinely alter how games are managed on the pitch. This piece…
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Twelve months ago, Hull City were scrambling to stay in the Championship on the final day of the season. On Saturday they walked out of Wembley as a Premier League club. This piece traces the full arc of that…
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With four days to go until the Championship play-off final at Wembley, Southampton's place in it is anything but guaranteed. An EFL disciplinary commission convened on Tuesday morning to rule on allegations…
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This piece examines the most significant disciplinary ruling in English football's second tier in recent memory, looking beyond the bare facts of the verdict to assess what the conduct actually involved, why…
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The 2026 Championship play-off final is caught in a genuine institutional crisis, not mere pre-match intrigue. This piece examines what the EFL's own language tells us about the likelihood of 23 May going…
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Hull City's journey from final-day survival last season to the Championship play-off final is one of the more improbable stories of the 2025/26 campaign. This piece examines how a sixth-placed side operating…
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A first leg that produced no goals but plenty of intrigue, near-misses and a contentious late disallowed goal. We examine what the stalemate at MKM Stadium truly means for both clubs ahead of Monday's decisive…
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What unfolds at the MKM Stadium on the final day of the Championship season is as much a story about nerve as it is about football. We look at how Oli McBurnie's composure under pressure, and the shifting…
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Leicester City's relegation to League One is one of the most dramatic falls from grace in English football history. In this piece, Adrian Dane examines how a club that lifted the Premier League title in 2016…
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Leicester City are eight points from safety with just nine available, and the arithmetic alone tells a brutal story. This piece looks at how one of English football's most celebrated clubs has arrived at the…