Cynical Press
Hull City
Hull City broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 17 fouls and 3 bookings.
- Fouls
- 17
- Yellow cards
- 3
League Cup · Round of 32
Sunderland
Chemsdine Talbi 71'
1 – 0
FT
HT 0–0
Hull City
League Cup
Round of 32Sunderland1–0Hull City
8
Shots in the box
1
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
71′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Sunderland 1-0 Hull City
Sunderland edged out Hull City 1-0 at Stadium of Light in League Cup. Talbi opened the scoring for Sunderland on 71'.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Sunderland took 8 of their 13 attempts inside the box, Hull City 1 of 7. Sunderland held 55.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Hull City graded out for cynical press — 17 fouls and 3 yellow cards. Hull City graded out for set-piece siege — 12 corners.
C. Talbi came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.2 for Sunderland from 1 goal and 2 shots.
It was a niggly afternoon: 25 fouls between them and 4 yellow cards, with Hull City conceding the most free-kicks (17).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
55%Possession45%
13Shots7
What the numbers say
2 readsSet-Piece Siege
Hull City
Hull City turned the game into a dead-ball contest with 12 corners.
- Corners
- 12
- Opponent
- 7
Timeline
🔄45'
John Egan ↑ Nobel Mendy ↓
Half-time
🟨54'
Lucas Gourna-Douath
Handball
🔄59'
Joe Gelhardt ↑ Matt Crooks ↓
🔄60'
Regan Slater ↑ Lucas Gourna-Douath ↓
🔄60'
Christos Mouzakitis ↑ Robinio Vaz ↓
Luke O'Nien
Foul
🟨62'
Thomas Meunier ↑ Dayann Methalie ↓
🔄65'
Chemsdine Talbi — assist: Thomas Meunier
⚽71'
🟨72'
John Egan
Foul
🔄76'
Elliot Stroud ↑ Matt Targett ↓
Alan Browne ↑ Malick Fofana ↓
🔄79'
Timur Tutierov ↑ Wilson Isidor ↓
🔄79'
Tom Proctor ↑ Chemsdine Talbi ↓
🔄86'
🟨90+4'
Elliot Stroud
Foul
Match info
Kickoff
VenueStadium of Light, Sunderland
RefereeP. Tierney
CompetitionLeague Cup
Season2026
RoundRound of 32
StatusMatch Finished