Hull City hosts Aston Villa in Premier League match at MKM Stadium

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Updates from 5.30pm BST kick-off at MKM Stadium Herrington on ‘crazy’ rise | Clockwatch | Mail Billy Life is pretty good for Sergej Jakirovic right now – his unfancied Hull team have won their first two games back in the Premier League and yesterday he signed a new two-year deal as head coach. In the opposing dugout today is Unai Emery, already bordering on beleaguered, who is seeking to put a turbulent transfer window behind him and get Aston Villa off the mark for the season. If it wasn’t for Tottenham and alphabetical order, Villa would have been bottom of the league after losing their opening two fixtures without scoring a goal. Emiliano Martínez, Morgan Rogers and Ollie Watkins are gone but there is hope in the arrivals of fresh faces like Zion Suzuki, Nicolas Jackson and the exciting teenager Ibrahim Mbaye – all three are involved today. Continue reading...

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Aston Villa is a good team, they need more time with their new players. Hull City are just the third newly promoted side to keep a clean sheet in each of their opening three Premier League games of a season after Charlton Athletic in 1998-99 and Huddersfield Town in 2017-18. Hull City are the sixth newly promoted side to earn 7+ points in their opening three games of a Premier League season and first since Huddersfield Town in 2017-18.

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It’s never dull in Hull, as the saying goes in these parts, and after just three games the Premier League is proving to be quite some ride for Hull City supporters. Having embarrassed Manchester United here on the opening day and won at Coventry last weekend, this deserved point and clean sheet will have reinforced Sergej Jakirovic’s belief that his men can beat the drop. Continue reading...