WEST BROMWICH. West Bromwich Albion obliterates Hull City 5-2 with goals of C. Elder (37′ own), J. Swift (48′), D. Furlong (55′), K. Grant (70′ pen) and D. O’Shea (85′). On the opposite side, Hull City scored with ​ O. Estupinan (77′), O. Estupinan (90′). West Bromwich Albion was truly superior in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the The Hawthorns stadium in West Bromwich on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was James Bell with the support of Mark Dwyer and Paul Hodskinson. The 4th official was Steve Martin. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 22.7 degrees Celsius or 72.84 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

West Bromwich Albion had a superior ball possession 68% while Hull City was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

West Bromwich Albion had a more offensive attitude with 88 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why West Bromwich Albion won the match​.

West Bromwich Albion shot 18 times, 8 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Hull City shot 7 times, 6 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

West Bromwich Albion didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Hull City received 3 yellow cards (O. Estupinan, L. Coyle and T. Figueiredo).

Standings

After this match, West Bromwich Albion will have 1 points like Coventry City, Rotherham United, Middlesbrough, Norwich City and Swansea City to sit in the 19th place. On the opposite side, Hull City will stay with 4 points like Sunderland, Birmingham City and Burnley to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, West Bromwich Albion will play away against Queens Park Rangers on the 5th of November with a 10-5 head to head record in favor of West Bromwich Albion (5 draws).

Hull City will play away agasint Millwall on the 5th of November with a 7-6 head to head statistic in favor of Millwall (5 draws).

West Bromwich Albion – Formation

West Bromwich Albion adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Steve Bruce decided to play with the following team: David Button (6.8), Darnell Furlong (7.7), Semi Ajayi (6.8), Dara O’Shea (7.8), Conor Townsend (7.9), Jayson Molumby (6.3), Okay Yokuşlu (6.9), Jed Wallace (6.4), John Swift (7.2), Grady Diangana (7.1) and Karlan Grant (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Taylor Gardner-Hickman (6.3), Matt Phillips (7.0), Alex Palmer, Callum Robinson (6.2), Jake Livermore (6.4), Kyle Bartley and Adam Reach (6.6).

Substitutions

West Bromwich Albion made 5 changes: D. Furlong for M. Phillips (74′), O. Yokuslu for C. Robinson (75′), J. Swift for J. Livermore (84′), G. Diangana for A. Reach (84′) and K. Grant for T. Gardner-Hickman (84′).

Best player: Conor Townsend​

The most impressive player for West Bromwich Albion was Conor Townsend even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 69 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 14 duels out of 17. He performed 4 crosses.

Hull City – Formation

Also Hull City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Shota Arveladze played with: Matt Ingram (5.4), Lewie Coyle (5.5), Tobias Figueiredo (6.1), Jacob Greaves (6.6), Callum Elder (6.8), Alfie Jones (6.6), Regan Slater (6.5), Randell Williams (6.1), Ozan Tufan (6.7), Benjamin Tetteh (7.6) and Óscar Estupiñán (8.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Ryan Woods (6.6), Jevon Mills, Vaughn Covil, Sean McLoughlin, Andy Cannon, Callum Jones and Nathan Baxter.

Hull City could not rely on the presence of R. Woods (injured).

Substitutions

Hull City made 2 changes: O. Tufan for R. Woods (21′) and R. Williams for V. Covil (86′).

Best player: Óscar Estupiñán​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hull City was Óscar Estupiñán.

His rating is (8.3) with 1 goal, 11 passes (27% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 19. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• West Bromwich Albion – Hull City – 5-2
• Swansea City – Luton Town – 0-2
• Stoke City – Sunderland – 0-1
• Sheffield United – Blackburn Rovers – 3-0
• Reading – Middlesbrough – 1-0
• Queens Park Rangers – Rotherham United – 1-1
• Preston North End – Watford – 0-0
• Burnley – Blackpool – 3-3
• Birmingham City – Wigan Athletic – 0-1