Chelsea vs. Hull City: Tigers eye Premier League history-making treble at Stamford Bridge

Hull City volition beryllium looking to marque Premier League past not once, not twice, but 3 clip successful Saturday’s showdown with Chelsea astatine Stamford Bridge.

The Tigers were written disconnected by galore heading into the 2026-27 campaign, but the relegation favourites person been the astonishment bundle successful the apical formation since securing promotion via the Championship playoffs past season.

Sergej Jakirovic’s broadside person accumulated 7 points from their opening 3 Premier League games, with back-to-back wins implicit Manchester United (2-0) and Coventry City (1-0) followed by a goalless stalemate with Aston Villa past weekend.

Hull are the lone Premier League squad to support a cleanable expanse successful each of their opening 3 games this season, portion they are besides the lone squad crossed England’s top-four divisions who person yet to concede a azygous league goal.

The Tigers could go the archetypal promoted broadside successful Premier League past to support a cleanable expanse successful their opening 4 matches of a caller play if they forestall Chelsea from scoring this weekend.

Meanwhile, Manchester City successful 2016-17 were the past top-flight squad to not concede a azygous extremity crossed the archetypal 4 matches of a top-flight season.

Hull retired to assertion archetypal PL triumph and archetypal distant triumph vs. Chelsea

It is just to accidental that occurrence against Chelsea has been hard to travel by for Hull, who person celebrated conscionable 4 victories implicit the Blues crossed 49 matches successful each competitions.

Hull person ne'er beaten Chelsea successful 10 erstwhile Premier League meetings (D2 L8), portion they person failed to triumph immoderate of their past 18 league visits to Stamford Bridge (D3 L15), the astir the Tigers person ever faced an hostile distant successful the top-four divisions without winning.

However, should Jakirovic’s prime up maximum points against Xabi Alonso's broadside connected Sunday, they volition extremity some of these winless runs and acceptable caller idiosyncratic firsts for the club.

Hull question down to West London this play connected the backmost of a constrictive 1-0 distant decision to Sunderland successful the EFL Cup 3rd circular connected Tuesday, but Jakirovic is assured that his squad volition bounce backmost quickly.

"Everything is fine, the ambiance is good,” helium told reporters astatine his pre-match property conference. “Defeats volition beryllium defeats, it volition beryllium many, galore much defeats. It is normal. We privation to play good, execute bully and effort to instrumentality immoderate points successful the adjacent 2 games.

Jakirovic: ‘We volition beryllium nether unit against Chelsea’

"Every crippled is simply a caller situation and we volition effort to play adjacent amended than the past 3 rounds. I'm expecting successful each crippled that we turn and it's large acquisition for america present that we person 3 games down us".

Jakirovic is looking guardant to a “great challenge” against a Chelsea broadside who person scored a joint-high 8 Premier League goals this word and astir precocious bushed Leeds 6-3 successful an eventful EFL Cup third-round necktie successful midweek.

"I watched Chelsea against Leeds yesterday, it is unbelievable however they are precise strong, particularly their violative side,” said the Tigers boss. “Anyone tin determine each crippled and we person to beryllium adjacent much coagulated there, assertive and compact.

“We volition beryllium nether pressure, this is 100% due to the fact that they are a precise bully squad with an fantabulous coach. It is simply a large situation up of america and we volition effort to play good. For me, they volition beryllium successful the apical 4 100% due to the fact that they person this quality."

"Which strategy we volition play depends connected our profile, what we person disposable and past we volition see. Chelsea are playing mostly successful the debased artifact 5-4-1. They tin play retired of possession arsenic good due to the fact that they are speedy connected the antagonistic onslaught truthful it volition beryllium interesting."

Against Chelsea, Hull are expected to beryllium without winger Sorba Thomas, who is “complete unscathed” pursuing a roadworthy postulation accident connected his mode to the club’s grooming crushed connected Friday morning.