FootballEdgeSeason 2026/27Self-updating record
Full time · Premier League · Sat 22 Aug 2026, 12:30 UTC

Hull City 20 Manchester United

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What the chances were worth

Hull City
1.26
expected goals (xG)
Manchester United
1.54
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 2–0; by chance quality the match ran 1.26–1.54.

The brain read

Little between them on chances created — the xG read 1.3–1.5, shots 8–16 with 4–4 on target. Manchester United got into the box far more often (13 shots inside it to 5) and Manchester United held 70% of the ball. Manchester United's finishing let them down — 0 from 1.5 xG despite 4 of 16 shots on target (a finishing read inferred from shots on target and goals vs xG — not measured shot placement). On chances created the game was tighter than the 2–0 suggests.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Hull City
Manchester United
30%
Ball Possession
70%
8
Total Shots
16
4
Shots on Goal
4
3
Shots off Goal
7
1
Blocked Shots
5
5
Shots inside box
13
3
Shots outside box
3
1.26
Expected goals (xG)
1.54
1
Corner Kicks
4
0
Offsides
3
215
Total passes
531
154
Passes accurate
469
72%
Passes %
88%
9
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
1
4
Goalkeeper Saves
2
-0.28
Goals prevented
-0.28

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

The market’s read

Hull City
11%
market implied · price 8.88 · opened 11%
Draw
18%
market implied · price 5.23 · opened 20%
Manchester United
71%
market implied · price 1.34 · opened 69%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Hull City or draw3.2329.3%-1.8 pts
Double chance Manchester United or draw1.0788.4%+0.6 pts
Double chance either team1.1582.2%+1.2 pts
Draw no bet — Hull City6.3914.6%-0.7 pts
Draw no bet — Manchester United1.0985.4%+0.7 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.1680.8%+2.6 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.5760.4%+3.3 pts
Over 3.5 goals2.4239.3%+3.5 pts
Both teams to score1.8750.0%+1.4 pts
Hull City over 1.5 team goals4.6020.4%+0.5 pts
Manchester United over 1.5 team goals1.3867.7%+3.1 pts
Hull City clean sheet9.0010.6%-1.3 pts
Manchester United clean sheet2.0046.4%+0.0 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 0-2 6.83 · 0-1 7.82 · 1-2 8.31 · 0-3 8.68 · 1-1 9.71

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-08-22 13:40 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.