- Recent run: Sunderland have won four and lost one of their last five matches across all current competitions.
- Form snapshot: Hull City have won three, drawn one and lost one of their last five across all competitions.
- Home form: Sunderland are unbeaten at home across all competition (W4, D0, L0).
Black Cats are on a good run
Tactics and shape
Sunderland boss Régis Le Bris has his side pressing high, switching shapes well and looking lethal in vertical balls. The Black Cats were jump-started by a 1-0 Premier League 2026/2027 home win over Fulham after a 2-1 defeat away at Ipswich Town.
Recent form
They have seven wins, zero draws and three losses in their last 10 matches across all current competitions, which makes them strong favorites for this EFL Cup 2026-2027 clash with Hull City, but the Tigers are no easy beats.
Tigers are a tough nut to crack
Style and discipline
Sergej Jakirovic has built a compact, disciplined unit that sits narrow and looks to sting opponents on the break. Hull City have seven wins, two draws and one loss in their most recent ten across all comps, so they are the sharper of the two sides on paper.
Away record
Hull City have five wins, one draw and one defeat in their seven most recent away games across all contests, conceding just nine goals in those games, so this could be a good deal closer than the odds suggest.
Sunderland have a livewire
Market and assessment
Sunderland are favorites at 1.83, while Hull are 4.09 and the draw 3.55, and that is a big error in my view.
Key notes
- Sunderland do have a little more quality in Wilson Isidor, who has been their livewire, scoring two of their six goals in the last five games, but I'm getting behind Hull to avoid defeat in this one.
- Sunderland are undefeated at home, but Hull are hard to beat on the road so this may be close.
- Sunderland have also failed to beat Hull in their last three home games in this fixture so this cup game could be tight.
- A Sunderland win with under 3.5 goals looks more likely as Le Bris' men have scored six times at the Stadium of Light, an average of 1.50 goals per game, and they will have to force the pace to get the errors out of Hull.
