Acun Ilıcalı's Hull City holds firm against Aston Villa

In the match played during the third week of the English Premier League, Hull City drew 0-0 at home against Aston Villa.

In a contest between two teams that had neither scored nor conceded a goal in the first two weeks of the league, Aston Villa pushed for their first goal, creating dangerous opportunities in the first 15 minutes through Nicolas Jackson and George Hemmings. Jackson's header went just wide, while goalkeeper Konstantinos Tzolakis saved a close-range shot from Hemmings with his legs.

During this period, Oli McBurnie was unable to reach a sharp cross into the penalty area from Ryan Giles during a Hull City attack developing on the left.

Under pressure from their opponent for half an hour, Hull City gave away almost no openings with their 5-man defense, and tested the Aston Villa goal from distance through Muhammed Belloumi in the 37th minute and Regan Slater in the 38th minute. Goalkeeper Zion Suzuki controlled both shots by diving.

In the final minute of the first half, both teams excited their fans with sudden counterattacks, but the half ended in a goalless draw after crosses that grazed the penalty area. While Aston Villa, which achieved 70 percent possession over 45 minutes, went to the locker room with only one shot on target, the home team produced 3 shots on target.

Aston Villa started the second half with clear goal-scoring chances. John McGinn, who found himself one-on-one with the goalkeeper following a pass from Nicolas Jackson, saw his shot go over the bar. In the 53rd minute, Emiliano Buendia sent a ball delivered by Hemmings from the left side of the penalty area over the bar from an open position.

In the 65th minute, Belloumi took a short corner and fired a powerful left-footed shot from the right side that hit the crossbar.

Although Aston Villa manager Unai Emery made his final moves for a goal by bringing on Matteo Ruggeri, Alejandro Garnacho, and Alysson in the 75th minute, it was Hull City that came closer to changing the scoreboard in the remaining time.

In the 89th minute, McBurnie controlled a cross from the left and set it up for Cho. Goalkeeper Suzuki did not allow a goal on the player's weak shot.

In the 90th minute, McBurnie sent a cross from Giles on the left side out of play.

The match ended 0-0.

HULL CITY CONTINUES CLEAN SHEET STREAK

Hull City, one of the two teams along with Arsenal that has not conceded a goal in the Premier League, kept a clean sheet in the third week as well.

Hull City had defeated Manchester United 2-0 in the first week and Coventry City 1-0 in the second week.

SAME START FOR ASTON VILLA AS THE LAST TWO SEASONS

Having started last season without scoring in the first 3 weeks, Aston Villa has also gone scoreless in its 3 matches this season.

In league history, Ipswich Town had previously failed to score in its first three matches in the 1969-1970 and 1970-1971 seasons.

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