Hull City vs Everton 2-2

Hull City and Everton drew 2-2 at the MKM Stadium after a second-half trade of blows. Hull led twice, Everton led once, and Mohamed Belloumi’s 74th-minute equaliser settled it after a frenetic spell.

The first half finished goalless, but it still had incidents. Hull’s Matt Crooks was booked in the 13th minute and Oliver McBurnie followed in the 21st, while Everton had Brennan Johnson’s effort ruled out by VAR in the 34th minute. The interval came with the score at Hull City 0-0 Everton.

Hull took the lead in the 48th minute when Joe Gelhardt scored from Sorba Thomas’s assist to make it 1-0, and Everton levelled in the 55th minute through Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, set up by Ainsley Maitland-Niles. Hull then made three changes across two windows, with Elliot Stroud and Mohamed Belloumi both arriving in the 64th minute and Belloumi scoring in the 74th minute, with Stroud providing the assist. Matt Crooks was replaced by Tim Iroegbunam in the 65th minute, while Everton replied in the 66th minute with Tyrique George coming on for Brennan Johnson and then turned it around in the 68th minute, Thierno Barry finishing Dewsbury-Hall’s assist to put them 2-1 up. Everton made two changes in the 78th minute and two more in the 86th, but Hull drew level through Belloumi, who had come on in the 64th minute, to make it 2-2. The home side then saw Sorba Thomas replaced by Robinio Vaz in the 86th minute.

Everton had 64% of the possession and 585 passes to Hull’s 307, along with 15 shots to 9 and 7 on target to 5. Hull edged corners 7-6, had 15 fouls to Everton’s 4, and posted 4 saves to Everton’s 2. The expected-goals figures were 1.42 for Hull and 1.73 for Everton.

Hull’s two bookings went to Matt Crooks in the 13th minute and Oliver McBurnie in the 21st. Everton were not booked, and there were no red cards.