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Matchday

Championship 25/26 · 3 Feb 2026

Hull City 0–0 Watford

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jan 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.5 – 1.1
Actual xG
0.3 – 0.9
Goals
0 – 0

Footybot made Hull City favourites at 46%.

Watford deserved more from the draw, creating 0.9 xG to 0.3.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Egil Selvik, 64.0 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Egil Selvik +13.3.

Well below it: Jeremy Ngakia −22.9, Nampalys Mendy −20.3, Lewie Coyle −11.8.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Hull City

31 Jan 2026W 1–0at Blackburn Rovers Championship
24 Jan 2026W 2–1v Swansea City Championship
20 Jan 2026W 3–0at Preston North End Championship
17 Jan 2026W 2–1at Southampton Championship
1 Jan 2026L 0–1v Stoke City Championship

Watford

31 Jan 2026L 0–2v Swansea City Championship
24 Jan 2026D 1–1at Blackburn Rovers Championship
21 Jan 2026D 1–1v Portsmouth Championship
17 Jan 2026L 0–2v Millwall Championship
1 Jan 2026W 3–0v Birmingham City Championship

Head to head

27 Sep 2025Watford 2–1 Hull City Championship

Hull City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Ivor Pandur Goalkeeper9000–57.5+1.8
Charlie Hughes Defender90000.1043.6+3.3
Regan Slater Midfielder90000.0439.7+2.9
Kieran Dowell Midfielder6100–38.3−10.9
Liam Millar Midfielder1500–36.7–
Oliver McBurnie Forward90000.0536.7−6.8
Joe Gelhardt Midfielder75000.0736.0−8.9
John Egan Defender90000.0533.0−9.9
Amir Hadžiahmetović Midfielder6100–31.3−6.7
Yu Hirakawa Forward8200–30.7−10.4
Matty Jacob Defender7500–30.3–
Kyle Joseph Forward800–25.7–
John Lundstram Midfielder2900–22.0–
Lewie Coyle Defender9000–13.3−11.8
Ryan Giles Defender1500–12.5–
Lewis Koumas Forward2900–8.5–

Watford

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Egil Selvik Goalkeeper9000–64.0+13.3
James Abankwah Defender9000–43.7+3.1
Stephen Mfuni Defender66000.2539.4–
Luca Kjerrumgaard Forward1500–39.4–
Edo Kayembe Midfielder90000.1036.6−7.8
Mamadou Doumbia Forward75000.0834.6−7.6
Imrân Louza Midfielder90000.4434.3−3.6
Marc Bola Defender9000–34.2+4.7
Othmane Maamma Midfielder8900–27.8−2.9
Giorgi Chakvetadze Midfielder75000.0427.7−6.8
Kévin Keben Biakolo Defender2400–25.8–
Jeremy Petris Defender2400–20.1–
Nampalys Mendy Midfielder9000–20.1−20.3
Kwadwo Baah Forward15000.0214.5–
Jeremy Ngakia Defender6600–8.6−22.9
Tom Ince Midfielder100–0.0–