MatchRewrite
Premier League · Matchday 1 · 22 August 2026

Hull City v Manchester UnitedOpening day at theMKM Stadium

01 — Pick a side

Pick the team you want to be. The rest is in your hands.

02 — How it works

At the 6 moments that decided the real match, you make the call. Everything else happens as it really did. About two minutes.

03 — Your 6 moments

Kick-off to full time. Each mark is a moment where the call is yours.

On a computer, live commentary plays with the sound on.

Hull City
HOME
0–0
Manchester United
AWAY
KICK OFF
First half
Key moments
Moment 1 of 6
Nothing to report yet.

The real match: Hull City 2–0 Manchester United

Hull City beat Manchester United 2–0 at MKM Stadium, Kingston upon Hull, on 22 August 2026 (Premier League, matchday 1). A side promoted three months ago, a full house that has waited nine years for this, and a set-piece plan nobody has an answer to.

Goals

How the match unfolded

17' Ajayi pounces on a loose ball in the box. Hull are ahead. A corner is swung in, Lammens keeps out McBurnie at close range, and the centre-back lashes in the rebound. It is Hull City's first Premier League goal since May 2017.

38' Slater swings it in and Mendy powers it home on his debut. The record signing rises above everybody from the free kick and buries it. Two goals, both from set pieces, both from centre-backs, and Manchester United are shellshocked.

HT Half time. Two-nil, and the number nine is coming on. Rashford returned from a loan at Barcelona this summer and takes the number nine shirt. He was on the bench for this. Carrick sends him on for Dorgu, and United have forty-five minutes to save the afternoon.

Starting line-ups

Hull City

  1. 19Konstantinos Tzolakis GK
  2. 2Lewie Coyle RWB
  3. 6Semi Ajayi CB
  4. 15John Egan CB
  5. 32Nobel Mendy CB
  6. 3Ryan Giles LWB
  7. 25Matt Crooks CM
  8. 27Regan Slater CM
  9. 10Mohamed Belloumi RM
  10. 21Elliot Stroud LM
  11. 9Oli McBurnie ST

Manchester United

  1. 1Senne Lammens GK
  2. 3Noussair Mazraoui RB
  3. 5Harry Maguire CB
  4. 26Ayden Heaven CB
  5. 23Luke Shaw LB
  6. 17Andrey Santos CM
  7. 18Youri Tielemans CM
  8. 8Bruno Fernandes AM
  9. 19Bryan Mbeumo RW
  10. 13Patrick Dorgu LW
  11. 10Matheus Cunha ST

Play it yourself

This page is a free football match simulator, or soccer match simulator, for Hull City v Manchester United. Choose Hull City or Manchester United, then make the call at each of the key moments that decided the match and see whether the 2–0 result still stands. What if one call had gone the other way? Make it yourself and change how it ended. It takes about two minutes and plays in the browser on phone and desktop, with no download and no sign-up.

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