Hull City v Manchester United

Promoted Hull host Manchester United, now under Michael Carrick, in their first top-flight home match of the new campaign.

Hull won the 2025/26 Championship play-offs under Sergej Jakirović. Manchester United finished third and qualified for the Champions League.

The Premier League record is the cleanest number in this entire round, and it is not close.

Hull City and Manchester United have met ten times in the Premier League. Hull have won none of them. Manchester United have won eight, two were drawn, and the aggregate is 7-22. That is confirmed by the Premier League's own head-to-head record for the fixture.

Across all competitions the picture softens slightly but not much: Hull have beaten United six times in a rivalry stretching back to 1905, against 22 defeats and five draws.

Hull's most recent win over United came in January 2017, in the second leg of an EFL Cup semi-final — a 2-1 at home that United still won on aggregate. It remains the only time in the last decade that Hull have taken a full result off them.

One more thing worth stating plainly: these sides have not met since February 2017. More than nine years have passed, both squads have turned over entirely, and the record above is history rather than form.

• Manchester United 0-0 Hull City — Premier League, 1 February 2017. The most recent meeting, more than nine years ago.
• Hull City 2-1 Manchester United — EFL Cup semi-final second leg, 26 January 2017. Hull's win, but United progressed on aggregate.
• Manchester United 2-0 Hull City — EFL Cup semi-final first leg, 10 January 2017.
• Hull City 0-1 Manchester United — Premier League, 27 August 2016.
• Hull City 0-0 Manchester United — Premier League, 24 May 2015.
• Hull have not scored against Manchester United in the Premier League since December 2013.

Last season's league record, as a baseline rather than a prediction.

Hull City were not in the Premier League in 2025/26 — promoted via the Championship play-off final. Manchester United finished 3rd in 2025/26 on 71 points (20W 11D 7L, 69 scored, 50 conceded).

BRYME is not publishing home-only and away-only splits for these sides yet. Those figures exist but have not been reconciled against an official source here, and a split quoted from memory is exactly the kind of number that quietly becomes wrong. The overall records above are verified against the final 2025/26 table; the home and away breakdowns will be added when sourced.

Provisional: the supplied research lists Enis Destan, Cody Drameh, John Egan, Jens Hjertø-Dahl, Matty Jacob, Patrick McNair and Liam Millar as unavailable, with Óscar Zambrano a hamstring doubt. Recheck before kick-off.

No suspensions affecting either side have been confirmed for this fixture at the time of writing.

This is a statement about what has been confirmed, not a guarantee that both squads are fully available. Bans carried over from last season and any late disciplinary decisions are checked again on matchday, and this section is updated if that changes.

United will look to exploit Hull’s patched defensive options through width and final-third quality.

Hull’s promotion-winning core is largely retained; United are still shaping their XI under Carrick.

Hull City are the underdog by every measure that exists on paper: promoted via the play-off final, hosting a side that finished third on 71 points with the joint-best attack outside the top two.

The case for them is narrow but real. This is the first Saturday lunchtime fixture of the season at a ground that has waited nine years for Premier League football, and Manchester United's 2025/26 was defined by a defence that conceded 50 goals — more than any other side in the top four. A promoted team's best chance against a possession side is usually the opening twenty minutes of an opening day, before rhythm exists.

The case against is simpler: 71 points against a Championship promotion is a gap that does not close because of atmosphere.

United’s depth should matter, but Carrick is still bedding in his approach.

Hull City 1–2 Manchester United