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Hull City vs Preston North End
30 Sept 2025, 19:45 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Joshua SmithChampionship 2025/2026 · 27 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Hull CityMin
Preston North End- 3′⚽
Thierry Small 0-1
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
- 10′⚽
Michael Smith 0-2
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Ben Whiteman
Right foot shot
- ⇄
Joe Gelhardt
Substitution
Off: Cody Drameh
46′ - ⇄
Liam Millar
Substitution
Off: Amir Hadziahmetovic
46′ - ⇄
Regan Slater
Substitution
Off: Kasey Palmer
46′ - ⚽
Oliver McBurnie 1-2
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Ryan Giles
Right foot shot
48′ - 51′
Liam Lindsay
Yellowcard
Foul
- 71′⇄
Daniel Jebbison
Substitution
Off: Michael Smith
- 71′⇄
Alistair Edward McCann
Substitution
Off: Alfie Devine
- ⇄
Enis Destan
Substitution
Off: Kyle Joseph
72′ - ⚽
Oliver McBurnie 2-2
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Ryan Giles
Right foot shot
74′ - 81′⇄
Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen
Substitution
Off: Harrison Armstrong
- ⇄
Akin Famewo
Substitution
Off: Ryan Giles
84′ - 90+2′⇄
Odeluga Offiah
Substitution
Off: Andrija Vukcevic
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6.43 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.61 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.67 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6.89 | |
| 84 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 7.81 | |
| 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.38 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.90 | |
| 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.22 | |
| 46 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6.64 | |
| 72 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.32 | |
| 90 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 8.00 | |
| 44 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.84 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 44 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 6.67 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.65 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 44 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.74 | |
| 18 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.61 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Hull City
Latest: Southampton · 3–1
Match stats
20 Sept 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Southampton · 2025/2026
Preston North End
Latest: Derby County · 1–0
Match stats
20 Sept 2025, 15:00 · Away vs Derby County · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Hull City’s ground: 10 previous meetings, 5 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Hull City’s home games with Preston North End’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Hull City
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Preston North End
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Hull City
Preston North End
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Hull City
Preston North End
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Hull City
Preston North End
Previous meetings
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