Chelsea will aim to get back to winning ways in the Premier League by ending Hull City‘s surprise unbeaten start when they meet at Stamford Bridge.
Xabi Alonso’s men were beaten for the first time last weekend as they suffered a 2-1 defeat at Arsenal, though they responded with a 6-3 win over Leeds United in the EFL Cup.
Hull exited the same competition with a 1-0 loss at Sunderland, but have silenced those who had the Tigers as relegation certainties by claiming seven points from three games.
101GreatGoals has the full team news as Chelsea aim to deal Hull a reality check.
Chelsea team news
Malo Gusto and Levi Colwill are the only Chelsea players to retain their place in the starting XI from the win over Leeds, which saw Alonso forced to throw on the likes of Cole Palmer and Morgan Rogers to rescue the tie after the Blues fell 2-0 behind.
Maxence Lacroix, a summer signing from Crystal Palace, drops to the bench for the first time this season.
Chelsea: Martinez; Gusto, Fofana, Colwill, Hato; James, Lavia; Neto, Palmer, Rogers; Pedro.
Chelsea substitutes: Acheampong, Barco, Chavarria, Estevao, Gittens, Lacroix, Penders, Quenda, Welbeck.
Hull team news
For Hull, Nobel Mendy, Lewie Coyle and Matt Crooks are the three who started at Sunderland to retain their place.
Crooks’ inclusion is the only change from the XI that started last Saturday’s 0-0 draw with Aston Villa, with Lucas Gourna-Douath again on the bench.
Sorba Thomas is fit for a place on the bench despite being involved in a car accident on Friday. Thomas was unharmed.
Hull: Tzolakis; Ajayi, Egan, Mendy; Coyle, Crooks, Slater, Giles; Belloumi, McBurnie, Stroud.
Hull substitutes: Cho, Gourna-Douath, Herrington, Iroegbunam, Norton-Cuffy, Phillips, Targett, Thomas, Vaz.
Chelsea v Hull stats, Premier League form
- Chelsea have never lost in 10 Premier League meetings with Hull (W8 D2), only facing Portsmouth more times without losing in the competition (14)
- They have failed to win any of their last four home league games against newly promoted sides (D3 L1). Only once in the Blues’ league history have they gone five without a win at home to promoted opponents, doing so from April 1947 to September 1948
- Xabi Alonso’s side could Chelsea win three successive Premier League games at Stamford Bridge for the first time since their final three of the 2024/25 campaign
- Having gone 19 games without a clean sheet in the league, Chelsea are on their longest such run since a sequence of 31 between November 1960 and August 1961 (31 games) and 22 from April to November 1953
- Should Chelsea score inside the opening five minutes, they will be the second side ever to do so in four consecutive Premier League matches, after Brentford in September/October 2024
- Hull have never won in 18 league visits to Chelsea (D3 L15), which is the most they have faced any team away in the top four tiers without winning
- They could become the first team since Manchester City in 2015/16 to keep a clean sheet in each of their first four matches of the Premier League season with no promoted side ever achieving the feat
- Victory at Coventry City on August 29 was Hull’s first in six league away games (D2 L3). They also drew at Stoke City and lost at Sunderland in this season’s EFL Cup, although they beat Millwall away in the Championship play-offs on May 11 and defeat Middlesbrough at Wembley Stadium 12 days later to win promotion
- Only Newcastle United (28%) have spent more time in a low block during opposition build-up than Hull in the Premier League this season (26.5%)
- Oli McBurnie could make his 100th Premier League appearance in this match and has made 258 high-intensity pressures so far in the Premier League this season, which is 74 more than any other player
Recent Results : Chelsea
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League Cup
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W 6 – 3 2026-09-09
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Arsenal
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L 2 – 1 2026-09-06
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Premier League
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W 4 – 3 2026-08-30
Brighton
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League Cup
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W 2 – 0 2026-08-27
Luton
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Premier League
Fulham
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W 2 – 3 2026-08-24
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Recent Results : Hull City
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League Cup
Sunderland
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L 1 – 0 2026-09-08
Hull City
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Premier League
Hull City
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D 0 – 0 2026-09-05
Aston Villa
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Premier League
Coventry
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W 0 – 1 2026-08-29
Hull City
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Premier League
Hull City
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W 2 – 0 2026-08-22
Manchester United
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Where to watch Chelsea v Hull: TV channel, live online streams
Kick-off on Saturday is at 15:00 BST (10:00 ET / 07:00 PT). This match is not being shown live in the UK.
Here’s the full list of Premier League international broadcasters.
Premier League table
Premier League 2026
England
| # | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Last 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Manchester City |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
W
W
W
|
| 2 |
Arsenal |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
W
W
W
|
| 3 |
Hull City |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
D
W
W
|
| 4 |
Chelsea |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
L
W
W
|
| 5 |
Brentford |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
D
D
W
|
| 6 |
Liverpool |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
W
D
D
|
| 7 |
Newcastle |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
D
W
D
|
| 8 |
Everton |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
D
D
W
|
| 9 |
Leeds |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
D
D
W
|
| 10 |
Brighton |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
D
L
W
|
| 11 |
Manchester United |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
D
W
L
|
| 12 |
Sunderland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
D
W
L
|
| 13 |
Crystal Palace |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 3 |
W
L
L
|
| 14 |
Ipswich |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 3 |
L
L
W
|
| 15 |
Bournemouth |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 2 |
D
D
L
|
| 16 |
Nottingham Forest |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
D
D
L
|
| 17 |
Aston Villa |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
D
L
L
|
| 18 |
Tottenham |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
D
L
L
|
| 19 |
Fulham |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 0 |
L
L
L
|
| 20 |
Coventry |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
L
L
L
|
- Position 1, 2, 3, 4 : Promotion – Champions League (League phase)
- Position 5 : Promotion – Europa League (League phase)
- Position 18, 19, 20 : Relegation – Championship
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