Emery's 200th game ends 0-0 as Villa take first point at Hull — SkimNews
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- Hull City and Aston Villa drew 0-0 at the MKM Stadium, with Villa earning their first Premier League point of the season and climbing out of the bottom three after two opening defeats.
- Unai Emery took charge of his 200th game as Villa boss but saw his side fail to score for a third consecutive match, with George Hemmings' effort inside the first 15 minutes marking Villa's first shot on target of the entire season.
- John McGinn blasted a one-on-one chance too high three minutes into the second half, before Emi Buendia failed to keep his header down from unmarked position inside the box moments later — the two clearest opportunities of the match.
- Hull's Mohamed Belloumi crashed a curling effort off the crossbar just after the hour mark, while Oli McBurnie fluffed a golden late chance inside the penalty area that looked certain to deliver a first Premier League goal for the Tigers.
- Hull boss Sergej Jakirovic said he would have "immediately signed" for 7 points from his first three games, with the newly promoted side keeping three consecutive clean sheets against pre-season relegation expectations.
- Villa have lost key attackers Morgan Rogers, Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins, and Sky Sports analysis noted it took them five league games to score last season before climbing into a title fight by Christmas.
- Hull deadline day signings Sorba Thomas and Brooke Norton-Cuffy made their debuts off the bench, while Robinio Vaz, Christos Mouzakitis, Tim Iroegbunam and Ilyas Ansah were also added on the final day of the window.
Why it matters: Villa climb out of the bottom three with their first point, but a third straight match without a goal — and just one shot on target all season — exposes how thin their attacking options are after losing Watkins, Rogers and Tielemans. Hull, meanwhile, have 7 points from a possible 9 against relegation expectations, validating Jakirovic's deadline-day rebuild with three consecutive clean sheets.
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