Match prediction·England: EFL Cup·Tuesday 25 Aug, 18:45 UTC

Stoke City vs Hull City

Bawler weighs each team's recent scoring and defending, then adjusts for home advantage and injuries to work out how this match is likely to go. This page shows the full chain — every number we used.

📊 Win probability
51.9% home29.3% draw18.8% away
📈 xG chain — base → adjustments → final goal estimate
Stoke CitystepHull City
1.73Base xG · rolling 26-match0.97
no injury adjustment — full squads available per FotMob
1.73Final goal estimate — what the model uses0.97

Stoke average 6.1 corners per game at home this season (24 competitive matches). Hull average 4.6 corners per game away from home this season (24 competitive matches).

🎯 Scoreline distribution · chance of each scoremodel estimate
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home windrawaway win

Team news — absences and latest club updates· as of 13 Aug 2026

Hull CityAway
Unavailable / doubtful
  • Charlie HughesDouble hernia surgery at the end of the 2025/26 season, having played through the pain barrier (Hull Daily Mail, 27 Jul).
    Expected return: unconfirmed — A genuine GW1 doubt — and the most significant one at the club, since FFScout named him one of…
  • Eliot MatazoCruciate ligament tear. Date of injury also conflicts: Transfermarkt says 25 April 2026, the research trail says mid-January 2026.
    Expected return: reports differ — Transfermarkt says 30 November 2026; FotMob says ~mid-January 2027; hullcitynews.co.uk…
  • Hidemasa MoritaCalf injury, already roughly three weeks old on arrival
    Expected return: Jakirović, 27 July: 'another 10 days away from the pitch' → approximately 6 August.
  • Mohamed BelloumiHamstring tightness felt in the warm-up at half-time v Rizespor; withdrew from a planned 30 minutes v Konyaspor
    Expected return: Assistant Dean Holden, 28 July: 'Mo's trained today, he literally just felt a bit of stiffness, a bit of…
  • Lewie CoyleCaptain and first-choice right-back. Two overlapping reports: assistant Dean Holden on 28 July described a pre-existing ankle niggle ('something he's been feeling for a…
    Expected return: UNVERIFIED — severity unknown as of 30 July. Right-back is also an active recruitment area. Monitor closely.
+5 more absences reported

Club news is gathered once a day from club statements and reporting, last on 13 Aug 2026. It is not a confirmed team sheet — squads are named about an hour before kick-off, after this page was built, so late fitness news may not appear above.

Predicted lineups — expected XI, not a confirmed team sheet

Hull CityAway4-2-3-1 · shape not settled
Goalkeeper
GKJack Butland (or Konstantinos Tzolakis if the deal is announced)
Defence
RBLewie Coyle (c) — injury doubtCBSemi AjayiCBJohn Egan (Charlie Hughes returns here if fit)LBRyan Giles
Midfield
CMRegan SlaterCMMatt Crooks (Hidemasa Morita likely in once fit)AMKieran Dowell
Attack
RWAbu KamaraLWLiam MillarSTOli McBurnie
Selection doubts
  • BASIS: this is the Çaykur Rizespor XI of 28 July (4-2-3-1), clearly the strongest side named so far — Butland; Coyle, Ajayi, Egan, Giles; Slater, Crooks; Kamara, Dowell, Millar; McBurnie.
  • THIS XI IS LOW CONFIDENCE.

Our projected starting elevens from squad news as of 30 July 2026 — not team sheets. Clubs confirm their starting elevens around an hour before kick-off, after this page was built. Only one side in this fixture is covered by our squad dossiers.

Early projection

These are the model's current numbers for a fixture that hasn't come round yet. They firm up on matchday, once team news and lineups are in — and once the model's call is locked it's never edited, which is what makes the track record mean anything.

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Stoke vs Hull — Head-to-Head

This is the first meeting Bawler has on record between Stoke and Hull — the model's ledger starts at model launch, so no earlier fixtures between these two sides have been logged and settled yet.

The model's verdict for this fixture: Stoke 52% · draw 29% · Hull 19%.

Model probabilities are edge estimates for entertainment — not betting advice, and past performance does not guarantee future results. 18+.

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