HULL. Swansea City beats Hull City 1-0 after L. Cullen scored just 1 goal (11′). Hull City lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the KCOM Stadium stadium in Hull on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Geoff Eltringham assisted by Mark Dwyer and G Read. The 4th official was Robert Madley. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 5.48 degrees Celsius or 41.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
- 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
- 9 Total 13
- 3 On Target 5
- 3 Off Target 6
- 3 Shots blocked 2
- 85 Attack 133
- 27 Dangerous attack 44
- 41 Ball safe 43
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 4
- 5 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 3 Total 7
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
Hull City had a strong ball possession 58% while Swansea City was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Swansea City was more aggressive with 44 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Swansea City won the match.
Hull City shot 9 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Swansea City shot 13 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Hull City received 1 yellow card (Tyler Morton). On the other side, Swansea City received 3 yellow cards (Bashir Humphreys, Matt Grimes and Ben Cabango).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Hull City stays with 45 points like Norwich City and Preston North End to sit in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Swansea City will has 36 points like Plymouth Argyle and Blackburn Rovers to remain in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Hull City will play away against Southampton on the 27th of January with a 9-2 head to head statistic in favor of Southampton (4 draws).
Swansea City will host Leeds United on the 13th of February with a 5-3 head to head stats in favor of Leeds United (1 draw).
Hull City – Formation
Hull City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Liam Rosenior decided to play with the following team: Ryan Allsop , Lewie Coyle , Alfie Jones , Jacob Greaves , Ryan Giles , Tyler Morton , Regan Slater , Jaden Philogene-Bidace , Fabio Carvalho , Anass Zaroury and Ozan Tufan .
The home team had on the bench: Noah Ohio, Sean McLoughlin, Greg Docherty, Adama Traoré , Billy Sharp , Matty Jacob, Ivor Pandur, Aaron Connolly and Abdülkadir Ömür .
Substitutions
Hull City made 4 changes: Lewie Coyle for Billy Sharp (55′), Fabio Carvalho for Abdülkadir Ömür (76′), Ozan Tufan for Adama Traoré (68′) and Anass Zaroury for Aaron Connolly (68′).
Player of the match: Jacob Greaves
The most impressive player for Hull City was Jacob Greaves.
His rating is with 92 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 9.
Swansea City – Formation
Also Swansea City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Luke Williams played with: Carl Rushworth , Kyle Naughton , Ben Cabango , Nathan Wood , Josh Tymon , Jay Fulton , Matt Grimes , Ronald , Jamie Paterson , Przemysław Płacheta and Liam Cullen .
These were the players on the bench: Jerry Yates , Charles Sagoe, Bashir Humphreys , Andrew Fisher, Joe Allen , Charlie Patino , Mykola Kukharevych, Oliver Cooper and Filip Lissah.
Swansea City could not rely on the presence of Bashir Humphreys (injured).
Substitutions
Swansea City made 5 changes: Ronald for Oliver Cooper (79′), Liam Cullen for Jerry Yates (66′), Przemysław Płacheta for Joe Allen (67′), Kyle Naughton for Bashir Humphreys (74′) and Jay Fulton for Charlie Patino (79′).
Player of the match: Josh Tymon
The player that probably impressed the most for Swansea City was Josh Tymon even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 38 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 6 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Watford – Leicester City – 1-2
- Sunderland – Plymouth Argyle – 3-1
- Southampton – Huddersfield Town – 5-3
- Queens Park Rangers – Norwich City – 2-2
- Middlesbrough – Bristol City – 1-2
- Leeds United – Rotherham United – 3-0
- Ipswich Town – West Bromwich Albion – 2-2
- Hull City – Swansea City – 0-1
- Cardiff City – Preston North End – 0-2
- Blackburn Rovers – Stoke City – 3-1