Hull City 2-1 Preston North End — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Championship, 21 Apr 2025

📅21/04/2025 · 🕒17:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 0-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
43%
1.89
Draw
29%
3.28
Away
28%
3.71
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
60%
1.67
Over 2.5
40%
2.1
Both Teams to Score
Yes
42%
1.95
No
58%
1.76
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
35%
2.64
2-3 Goals
36%
1.76
4-5 Goals
20%
4.26
6+ Goals
9%
21.4
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 2.64 — our 35% vs market 31.3%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
19%
2.64
1/2
6%
35.0
1/X
9%
14.25
X/1
16%
4.37
X/2
11%
8.01
X/X
12%
4.3
2/1
8%
27.5
2/2
12%
6.68
2/X
7%
15.55
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Our call
Under 2.5 — 60%
Fair price · no betting value
The bookmaker priced every market fairly — no dependable value at these odds, so skipping is the disciplined play.
Our call is our best estimate of the outcome; a value flag is a separate, rarer judgement about the price.
STRENGTH Under 2.5 BTTS No — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
43%
Home Win
49%
-6.0pp
29%
Draw
27%
+1.4pp
28%
Away Win
24%
+4.4pp
60%
Under 2.5
56%
+4.3pp
40%
Over 2.5
44%
-4.3pp
42%
BTTS Yes
47%
-5.0pp
58%
BTTS No
53%
+5.0pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Hull City EU Bookmakers 53%
Head to Head
AWAY Preston North End EU Bookmakers 27%
+0% / -4% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +6% / -9%
1.44/0.93 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.95/1.14
+0% / +8% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -8% / +23%
54% Ball Possession 46%
14 Total Shots 9
5 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 5
368 · 79% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 288 · 74%
27.7 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 16.9
19.5 Crosses 15.1
1.9 Yellow Cards 2.2
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Hull City
1W-3D-2L
AWAY Preston North End
0.17 Avg Goals (FT) 0.33
0.59 xG 0.90
50% Ball Possession 50%
11 Total Shots 11
3 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 6
321 Passes 306
76% Pass Accuracy 74%
19 Box Touches 22
17 Crosses 22
2 Yellow Cards 2
26.12.2024 Preston North End Preston North End 1-0 HT 0-0 Hull City Hull City İNCL
02.03.2024 Preston North End Preston North End 0-0 HT 0-0 Hull City Hull City İNCL
28.10.2023 Hull City Hull City 1-0 HT 0-0 Preston North End Preston North End İNCL
18.02.2023 Hull City Hull City 0-0 HT 0-0 Preston North End Preston North End İNCL
06.08.2022 Preston North End Preston North End 0-0 HT 0-0 Hull City Hull City İNCL
05.02.2022 Hull City Hull City 0-1 HT 0-0 Preston North End Preston North End İNCL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Hull City
2-1
AWAY Preston North End
2.27 xG 1.04
44% Ball Possession 56%
16 Total Shots 16
6 Shots on Target 2
9 Corners 6
239 Passes 325
75% Pass Accuracy 78%
33 Box Touches 27
24 Crosses 23
0 Yellow Cards 4
POST-MATCH Hull City vs Preston North End
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Hull City edged past Preston North End 2-1. It was 0-1 at half-time, meaning the result turned around in the second half.

As we said in the preview, our model had Hull City as the likeliest winner at 43%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. The goals read — under 2.5 goals (60%), no to both teams scoring (58%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Hull City had 44% of the ball to Preston North End's 56%, shots finished 16-16, expected goals 2.27 to 1.04 — an xG gap that size says the one-goal margin undersold Hull City's control.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Preston North End led the recent series with 2 wins, 3 drawn. Those games averaged 0.17 goals for Hull City and 0.33 for Preston North End.

What was the final score of Hull City vs Preston North End?

Hull City 2-1 Preston North End in the England - Championship on 21/04/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Hull City vs Preston North End?

Before kick-off our model rated a Hull City win the most likely single outcome at about 43%, with the full match-result split Hull City 43%, draw 29%, Preston North End 28%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Hull City) — while Under 2.5, BTTS No went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Hull City) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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