Matchday

Championship 25/26 · 24 Jan 2026

Hull City 2–1 Swansea City

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Dec 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.5 – 0.9
Actual xG
1.6 – 2.1
Goals
2 – 1

Footybot made Hull City favourites at 51%.

Hull City won a close one on the chances: 1.6 xG to 2.1.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Lawrence Vigouroux, 53.9 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Cameron Burgess +10.2.

Well below it: Liam Millar −22.2, Joe Gelhardt −22.0, Josh Key −20.1.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Hull City

20 Jan 2026W 3–0at Preston North End Championship
17 Jan 2026W 2–1at Southampton Championship
1 Jan 2026L 0–1v Stoke City Championship
29 Dec 2025W 1–0at Middlesbrough Championship
26 Dec 2025D 2–2at Sheffield Wednesday Championship

Swansea City

20 Jan 2026W 3–1v Blackburn Rovers Championship
17 Jan 2026D 1–1v Birmingham City Championship
4 Jan 2026L 1–2at Millwall Championship
1 Jan 2026W 1–0v West Bromwich Albion Championship
29 Dec 2025W 1–0at Oxford United Championship

Head to head

13 Sep 2025Swansea City 2–2 Hull City Championship

Hull City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Ivor Pandur Goalkeeper9000–49.8−6.2
Oliver McBurnie Forward72100.8047.6+2.9
Regan Slater Midfielder90100.0642.0+5.7
Kyle Joseph Forward88000.3839.5−6.2
Yu Hirakawa Forward34000.0638.7–
John Lundstram Midfielder3400–38.4–
John Egan Defender90000.1236.9−7.3
Amir Hadžiahmetović Midfielder7201–36.3−2.0
Charlie Hughes Defender9000–33.9−6.8
David Akintola Forward1800–29.5–
Akin Famewo Defender9000–28.2−3.8
Joe Gelhardt Midfielder56000.1227.0−22.0
Lewie Coyle Defender9000–17.6−11.4
Liam Millar Midfielder56000.1016.9−22.2
Matty Jacob Defender1800–10.9–
Kieran Dowell Midfielder200–0.0–

Swansea City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Malick Yalcouyé Midfielder1000–63.4–
Lawrence Vigouroux Goalkeeper9000–53.9−1.4
Cameron Burgess Defender9000–52.0+10.2
Marko Stamenić Midfielder25000.0247.9–
Liam Cullen Forward90100.5246.2+2.9
Žan Vipotnik Forward90001.0936.9−6.2
Ben Cabango Defender90000.3035.3−5.9
Jay Fulton Midfielder80000.0234.5−6.2
Gonçalo Franco Midfielder66000.0333.2−3.4
Ronald Midfielder6600–31.3+0.2
Gustavo Nunes Forward2400–30.0–
Melker Widell Midfielder24000.0328.7–
Ethan Galbraith Midfielder45000.0227.7−6.3
Josh Tymon Defender90010.0223.8−11.6
Ji-sung Eom Midfielder65000.0123.2−16.4
Josh Key Defender4500–12.9−20.1