Hull City vs. Aston Villa: Unai Emery looking to avoid matching Ipswich feat against Premier League surprise package

Aston Villa could lucifer an unwanted feat held by Ipswich Town erstwhile they play Hull City connected Saturday.

Having added Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Ibrahim Mbaye to his squad connected transportation deadline day, Unai Emery tin assertion to person enjoyed a productive extremity to the summertime window.

However, the Spaniard is alert that a new-look Villa squad request to click into cogwheel arsenic soon arsenic imaginable aft a disappointing commencement to the season.

Despite a spirited show successful a 1-0 decision to Arsenal connected Monday, the 4-0 capitulation astatine Brighton & Hove Albion connected the opening play of the run has not been forgotten.

Villa present make the travel to the MKM Stadium to look Hull, the astonishment bundle successful the part aft their back-to-back victories implicit Manchester United and Coventry.

What streak could Aston Villa lucifer successful Hull City game?

For each the endowment that they person successful their squad, Villa are inactive yet to grounds a changeable connected people successful this season's Premier League.

Since 2003-04, nary broadside has ever gone 3 matches astatine the commencement of a play successful the apical formation without scoring oregon forcing a goalkeeper into a save.

Remarkably, Villa besides went their opening 3 Premier League matches of the 2025-26 run without scoring a goal.

Only Ipswich Town - betwixt 1969 and 1971 - person started 2 consecutive top-flight seasons without uncovering the backmost of the nett successful each of their archetypal 3 matches.

From Hull City's perspective, they are bidding to bash thing that has lone been achieved by Bolton Wanderers successful 2001-02.

Not since the Trotters astatine the commencement of that run arsenic a newly-promoted squad won their opening 3 games of a Premier League season.

Hull defeated Villa connected the past juncture that they met successful the Premier League, the Tigers prevailing 2-0 backmost successful February 2015.

Aston Villa could besides lucifer Arsenal feat...

Having finished successful the apical 4 past season, Villa failing to people successful their opening 3 matches would beryllium rather the unwanted feat.

Only Arsenal - each the mode backmost successful 1953-54 - person not netted successful their opening 3 games of a top-flight play aft antecedently finishing successful the apical four.