Hull vs Everton Preview: Team News & Prediction

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Two teams that have enjoyed positive starts to the 2026-27 Premier League season as newly-promoted Hull City welcome Everton to the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Kick-off date/time: 11 October 2026 at 2:00 pm

How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports / USA – NBC

How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / USA – Peacock

Hull preview: Surprise start

Having surpassed expectations to gain promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs last season, Hull City began with victories against Manchester United and Coventry City before creditable draws with Aston Villa and Chelsea.

They went 2-0 down early on in their most recent outing at St James’ Park against Newcastle United but were eventually unfortunate to succumb to a narrow 2-1 defeat on Tyneside a few weeks ago.

Everton preview: Still unbeaten

David Moyes has reason to be frustrated by summer transfer business at the Hill Dickinson Stadium but Everton have begun this season without a defeat in their opening seven matches across all competitions.

The Toffees went into the international break on the back of edging past newly-promoted Ipswich Town by a goal to nil, courtesy of a first half winner scored by the club’s only first-team striker Thierno Barry.

Hull team news: Stroud a doubt

Elliot Stroud had to leave the Sweden camp over the international break due to injury while fellow summer signings Nobel Mendy and Matt Targett remain doubts, too.

Hull continue to have plenty of confirmed absentees with Charlie Hughes and Hidemasa Morita remaining sidelined alongside Ilyas Ansah.

Further details will appear here following pre-match press conferences…

Predicted XI (3-4-3): Tzolakis; Ajayi, Egan, Herrington; Coyle, Crooks, Slater, Giles; Belloumi, McBurnie, Thomas

Unavailable: Butland (Injured), Hughes (Injured), Morita (Injured), Matazo (Injured), Gyabi (Injured), Ansah (Injured)

Questionable: Mendy (Injured), Targett (Fitness), Stroud (Injured)

Everton team news: Mykolenko injury

Ukraine international defender Vitaly Mykolenko sustained an injury while on international duty and so is now a doubt for the visitors here.

In midfield, Christian Norgaard is working his way back to full fitness while Merlin Rohl was unavailable for the game against Ipswich but could be back involved now.

Further details will appear here following pre-match press conferences…

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Pickford; O’Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Maitland-Niles; Garner, Armstrong; George, Dewsbury-Hall, Grealish; Barry

Unavailable: 

Questionable: Mykolenko (Injured), Norgaard (Fitness), Rohl (Injured)

Key stats

• Hull are back in the Premier League for the first time since 2016/17. Their last home top-flight game before this season was a 7-1 defeat by Tottenham in May 2017. 
• Hull are unbeaten at home this season with two clean sheets: 2-0 against Man Utd and 0-0 against Aston Villa. 
• Coming into Matchweek 6, both sides have kept three clean sheets, the joint-most in the league. 
• Everton have won five of the 10 Premier League meetings (D3 L2). Hull's home record in the fixture is W2 D2 L1. 
• Hull are unbeaten in their last two home Premier League games against Everton: 2-0 in January 2015 and 2-2 in December 2016. 
• The last Premier League meeting was a 4-0 Everton win at Goodison Park in March 2017. That and Everton's 5-1 in March 2010 are the biggest wins in the fixture. 
• Coming into Matchweek 6, Everton are one of five unbeaten teams this season (W2 D3). They have conceded only three goals and kept clean sheets in their last two (0-0 at Tottenham, 1-0 v Ipswich). 
• Coming into Matchweek 6, Everton's matches have averaged 1.80 goals, joint-lowest in the division (with Forest). Hull's have averaged 2.00. 
• Everton are winless in seven Premier League away games (D4 L3). Their last away win was 3-2 at Newcastle on 28 February 2026. 
• Hull are eighth with 8 points coming into Matchweek 6, but are winless in three (D2 L1). 
• Hull have won only five of their 27 Premier League games on a Sunday (D5 L17). Their last Sunday win was 2-1 against Southampton in November 2016. 

Hull vs Everton prediction

David Moyes, be it through a siege mentality or simply through his proven managerial qualities, has started the season very well with Everton despite some pressure from within the fanbase. Hull have been defensively solid since the end of the Championship season and through the play-offs into this year. They come up against an Evertonian side built on their strong defence and being obdurate so a low-scoring contest feels likely.

Hull vs Everton tip: Under 2.5 goals