Aston Villa have recorded just one shot on target in their opening three games of a Premier League season - the lowest total on record by any side since 2003-04. Only Manchester City (31) are on a longer ongoing unbeaten run in the Premier League against newly promoted sides than Aston Villa, with the Villans unbeaten in all 22 matches under Unai Emery (won 15, drawn seven).
The incident occurred in the 70th minute at Fratton Park with Cardiff trailing 2-0 to the hosts, as Bielik attempted to gather the ball from the stands ahead of a throw in.
Aston Villa is a good team, they need more time with their new players. Hull City are just the third newly promoted side to keep a clean sheet in each of their opening three Premier League games of a season after Charlton Athletic in 1998-99 and Huddersfield Town in 2017-18. Hull City are the sixth newly promoted side to earn 7+ points in their opening three games of a Premier League season and first since Huddersfield Town in 2017-18.
It’s never dull in Hull, as the saying goes in these parts, and after just three games the Premier League is proving to be quite some ride for Hull City supporters.Having embarrassed Manchester United here on the opening day and won at Coventry last weekend, this deserved point and clean sheet will have reinforced Sergej Jakirovic’s belief that his men can beat the drop. Continue reading...
Tap a headline to view metadata and excerpt fields in Sportra, then use the article website button to continue on the original publisher page.
