Hull City host unbeaten leaders Aston Villa after perfect start to Premier League season

Some league tables, when you look at them this early in the season, seem to have a typo. This is one of them: Hull City sitting at the top, level with Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City. Nobody had them on their list of surprises, yet there they are, unbeaten with a perfect record after two matchdays.

On Saturday, September 5, that fantasy faces its first real test. Aston Villa travel to Hull's stadium for matchday 3 of the 2026/2027 Premier League season, with kickoff set for 1:30 PM (Argentina and Uruguay time) and 11:30 AM (Ecuador, Colombia and Peru). Anyone looking to watch in South America will need to find it on Disney+'s Premium Plan.

What stands out is the contrast. Hull arrive from the top of the table, Villa from the bottom, and that's the beauty of this matchup: a clash of extremes in the most literal sense of the standings.

How both teams arrive

The newly promoted side didn't just win their first two matches, they won them with authority. First they stunned Manchester United 2-0, a result that made waves across England, and then confirmed it was no fluke by beating Coventry City 1-0. Six points from six and a growing sense of belief for a club that not long ago was fighting it out in a lower division.

On the other side, Aston Villa's reality looks very different. The team has lost both of its matches so far, first to Brighton and then to Arsenal, and has yet to score a single goal this season. It's a start to forget, one that demands an immediate response, because the table shows no mercy and their next stop is precisely against the surprise league leaders.

A meeting that hasn't happened in a decade

These two sides haven't met in England's top flight since the 2014/2015 season, when Hull won 2-0. Their most recent meeting came in the 2018/2019 Championship, when they played out a tight 2-2 draw. Now, after all this time, they meet again, but in a setting that completely flips the usual script: the newly promoted club sits on top, while the Premier League mainstay tries not to fall too far behind at the bottom.

For Hull, keeping up this level would send a strong message to the league that they didn't come here just to make up the numbers. For Villa, ending their goal drought and picking up three points is becoming urgent business before their rocky start starts to weigh on the squad's confidence.