Hull City 1
Evandro 7'
Aston Villa 3
Elphick 14', Elmohamady 70', Hutton 70'
Video
Reviews
- 7500 to Holte: Expected Villa: Analyzing the Claret and Blues’ first three points of the year
- A Villa Fan: Hull 1-3 Villa
- Claret Villans: Aston Villa come from behind to defeat Hull City in opening EFL match
- Villa News & Views: Hull 1 -3 Villa; Bruce needs to step it up
- Guardian: Resilient Aston Villa fight back to make winning start against Hull City
- The Claret and View: Hull City 1 – 3 Aston Villa: Goals Come from Unlikely Places
- 7500 to Holte: Hull City 1 – 3 Aston Villa: Alan Hutton seals steady Villa win
Timeline
- 7′ – GOAL: Evandro [1-0]
- 14′ – GOAL: Elphick (Grealish) [1-1]
- 67′ – SUB: Kane off, Milinkovic on // Campbell off, Dicko on
- 68′ – SUB: Adomah off, Green on
- 70′ – GOAL: Elmohamady (Hourihane) [1-2]
- 75′ – GOAL: Hutton (Elmohamady) [1-3]
- 76′ – YELLOW CARD: Hutton
- 77′ – SUB: Kodjia off, Hepburn-Murphy on
- 83′ – SUB: Grealish off, Bjarnason on
- 86′ – SUB: Evandro off, Keane on
- 89′ – YELLOW CARD: Bjarnason
Formations
Teamsheets
Starting
| Hull City | |
| 1 | David Marshall |
| 2 | Eric Lichaj |
| 4 | Jordy de Wijs |
| 5 | Reece Burke |
| 7 | Evandro (Keane 86') |
| 17 | Todd Kane (Milinkovic 67') |
| 18 | Daniel Batty |
| 20 | Jarrod Bowen |
| 22 | Markus Henriksen |
| 23 | Stephen Kingsley |
| 25 | Fraizer Campbell (Dicko 67') |
| Aston Villa | |
| 12 | Jed Steer |
| 21 | Alan Hutton |
| 5 | James Chester |
| 24 | Tommy Elphick |
| 3 | Neil Taylor |
| 6 | Glenn Whelan |
| 27 | Ahmed Elmohamady |
| 14 | Conor Hourihane |
| 10 | Jack Grealish (Bjarnason 83') |
| 37 | Albert Adomah (Green 68') |
| 26 | Jonathan Kodjia (Hepburn-Murphy 77') |
Subs
| Hull City | |
| 12 | George Long |
| 6 | Kevin Stewart |
| 9 | Nouha Dicko |
| 11 | David Milinković |
| 15 | Angus MacDonald |
| 16 | Jackson Irvine |
| 19 | Will Keane |
| Aston Villa | |
| 31 | Mark Bunn |
| 16 | James Bree |
| 8 | Henri Lansbury |
| 20 | Birkir Bjarnason |
| 25 | Gary Gardner |
| 19 | Andre Green |
| 29 | Rushian Hepburn-Murphy |
Previews
- The Villa Blog: Aston Villa at Hull in season opener and three points would make us all very happy
- The Claret and View: The Opposition’s View: Hull City v Aston Villa
- Aston Villa Life: Hull City vs. Aston Villa: Does Anyone Know What To Make of it?
- Claret Villans: Aston Villa v. Hull City: Previewing the Tigers’ hopes
- A Villa Fan: And so it begins… Hull vs Villa Preview
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