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As Hull City prepares to host Chelsea in the FA Cup on February 13, 2026, both teams arrive with impressive recent form, each securing four victories from their last five outings. Hull City will look to leverage their home advantage, capitalizing on the momentum gained from a strong run in the league. Their tactical approach emphasizes solid defensive work coupled with opportunistic counter-attacking, which has been effective in recent matches.
On the other hand, Chelsea showcases a more balanced strategy characterized by fluid ball movement and possession play, which often allows them to create multiple goal-scoring opportunities. Despite the away fixture, the bookmakers favor Chelsea significantly, reflecting a 1.34 odds for an away win compared to Hull’s 7.69 for a home victory. Our predictive model suggests a 16% probability of a Hull City win, a 13.7% chance of a draw, and a strong 53.2% likelihood of a Chelsea victory, with a predicted scoreline of 0-2.
While Chelsea is expected to dominate possession and dictate the pace, Hull City’s resilience and recent form make them a potential threat. This match promises to be an intriguing contest, where both teams have everything to play for in this knockout stage.
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| Hull 12.1% |
Draw 18.1% |
Chelsea 69.8% |
Prediction (the most likely score): 0:2
Outrights of English FA Cup Chelsea: 9.88%
Betting Odds
| 1 | X | 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.78 | 5.35 | 1.34 | ||
| 7.9 | 5.4 | 1.35 | ||
| 8.2 | 5.15 | 1.33 | ||
| 7.5 | 4.8 | 1.33 | ||
| 7.79 | 5.39 | 1.35 | ||
| 7.5 | 5 | 1.32 |
Latest Results
| 03.02.26 Hull City – Watford FC – 0:0 31.01.26 Blackburn Rovers – Hull City – 0:1 24.01.26 Hull City – Swansea City – 2:1 20.01.26 Preston North End – Hull City – 0:3 17.01.26 Southampton FC – Hull City – 1:2 |
03.02.26 Arsenal FC – Chelsea – 1:0 31.01.26 Chelsea – West Ham United – 3:2 28.01.26 SSC Napoli – Chelsea – 2:3 25.01.26 Crystal Palace – Chelsea – 1:3 21.01.26 Chelsea – Paphos FC – 1:0 |
Facts
Latest Head To Head
| 25.01.20 Hull City – Chelsea – 1:2 16.02.18 Chelsea – Hull City – 4:0 22.01.17 Chelsea – Hull City – 2:0 01.10.16 Hull City – Chelsea – 0:2 22.03.15 Hull City – Chelsea – 2:3 |
Standings
Draw
Main
1/128-finals
| 1 | Liverpool | Bye | |
| 3 | Peterborough | Cardiff | 1 : 0 |
| 4 | Barnsley | York City | 3 : 2 |
| 5 | Manchester Utd | Bye | |
| 8 | Bye | Brighton | |
| 9 | Stoke | Bye | |
| 12 | Bye | Coventry | |
| 13 | Fulham | Bye | |
| 16 | Bye | Middlesbrough | |
| 17 | Colchester | MK Dons | 2 : 3 |
| 18 | Oldham | Northampton | 3 : 1 |
| 20 | Bye | Oxford Utd | |
| 21 | Everton | Bye | |
| 24 | Bye | Sunderland | |
| 25 | Stevenage | Chesterfield | 0 : 1 |
| 26 | Crewe | Doncaster | 1 : 2 |
| 28 | Bye | Southampton | |
| 29 | Cheltenham | Bradford City | 1 : 0 |
| 30 | Buxton | Chatham | 2 : 1 |
| 32 | Bye | Leicester | |
| 33 | Wrexham | Bye | |
| 36 | Bye | Nottingham | |
| 37 | Ipswich | Bye | |
| 39 | Blackpool | Scunthorpe | 1 : 0 |
| 40 | Reading | Carlisle | 2 : 3 |
| 41 | Portsmouth | Bye | |
| 44 | Bye | Arsenal | |
| 45 | Preston | Bye | |
| 47 | Wigan | Hemel Hempstead | 2 : 1 |
| 48 | Spennymoor | Barrow | 0 : 2 |
| 49 | Hull | Bye | |
| 52 | Bye | Blackburn | |
| 53 | Charlton | Bye | |
| 56 | Bye | Chelsea | |
| 57 | Boreham Wood | Crawley | 3 : 0 |
| 58 | Newport | Gillingham | 3 : 2 |
| 59 | Brackley Town | Notts Co | 3 : 2 |
| 60 | Burton | St. Albans | 6 : 0 |
| 61 | West Ham | Bye | |
| 64 | Bye | QPR | |
| 65 | Burnley | Bye | |
| 68 | Bye | Millwall | |
| 69 | Sheffield Utd | Bye | |
| 71 | Gainsborough | Accrington | 1 : 2 |
| 72 | Mansfield | Harrogate | 3 : 2 |
| 73 | Norwich | Bye | |
| 75 | AFC Wimbledon | Gateshead | 0 : 2 |
| 76 | Eastleigh | Walsall | 0 : 3 |
| 77 | Swansea | Bye | |
| 80 | Bye | West Brom | |
| 81 | Port Vale | Maldon & Tiptree | 5 : 1 |
| 82 | Bromley | Bristol Rovers | 1 : 2 |
| 83 | Fleetwood | Barnet | 2 : 1 |
| 84 | Luton | Forest Green | 4 : 3 |
| 85 | Bristol City | Bye | |
| 88 | Bye | Watford | |
| 89 | Grimsby | Ebbsfleet | 3 : 1 |
| 90 | Wealdstone | Southend | 1 : 0 |
| 91 | Chelmsford | Braintree | 4 : 1 |
| 92 | Weston-super-Mare | Aldershot | 2 : 1 |
| 93 | Wolves | Bye | |
| 95 | Sutton | AFC Telford | 2 : 1 |
| 96 | South Shields | Shrewsbury | 1 : 3 |
| 97 | Tottenham | Bye | |
| 100 | Bye | Aston Villa | |
| 101 | Newcastle | Bye | |
| 104 | Bye | Bournemouth | |
| 105 | Manchester City | Bye | |
| 107 | FC Halifax | Exeter | 0 : 2 |
| 108 | Wycombe | Plymouth | 2 : 0 |
| 109 | Salford | Lincoln | 2 : 1 |
| 110 | Tamworth | Leyton Orient | 0 : 1 |
| 111 | Rotherham | Swindon | 1 : 2 |
| 112 | Bolton | Huddersfield | 2 : 1 |
| 113 | Slough | Altrincham | 2 : 1 |
| 114 | Macclesfield | AFC Totton | 6 : 3 |
| 116 | Bye | Crystal Palace | |
| 117 | Sheffield Wed | Bye | |
| 120 | Bye | Brentford | |
| 121 | Tranmere | Stockport County | 1 : 3 |
| 122 | Cambridge Utd | Chester | 3 : 0 |
| 124 | Bye | Birmingham | |
| 125 | Derby | Bye | |
| 128 | Bye | Leeds |
1/64-finals
| 1 | Liverpool | Bye | |
| 2 | Peterborough | Barnsley | 0 : 1 |
| 3 | Manchester Utd | Bye | |
| 4 | Bye | Brighton | |
| 5 | Stoke | Bye | |
| 6 | Bye | Coventry | |
| 7 | Fulham | Bye | |
| 8 | Bye | Middlesbrough | |
| 9 | MK Dons | Oldham | 3 : 1 |
| 10 | Bye | Oxford Utd | |
| 11 | Everton | Bye | |
| 12 | Bye | Sunderland | |
| 13 | Chesterfield | Doncaster | 1 : 2 |
| 14 | Bye | Southampton | |
| 15 | Cheltenham | Buxton | 6 : 2 |
| 16 | Bye | Leicester | |
| 17 | Wrexham | Bye | |
| 18 | Bye | Nottingham | |
| 19 | Ipswich | Bye | |
| 20 | Blackpool | Carlisle | 4 : 1 |
| 21 | Portsmouth | Bye | |
| 22 | Bye | Arsenal | |
| 23 | Preston | Bye | |
| 24 | Wigan | Barrow | 3 : 2 |
| 25 | Hull | Bye | |
| 26 | Bye | Blackburn | |
| 27 | Charlton | Bye | |
| 28 | Bye | Chelsea | |
| 29 | Boreham Wood | Newport | 3 : 0 |
| 30 | Brackley Town | Burton | 1 : 3 |
| 31 | West Ham | Bye | |
| 32 | Bye | QPR | |
| 33 | Burnley | Bye | |
| 34 | Bye | Millwall | |
| 35 | Sheffield Utd | Bye | |
| 36 | Accrington | Mansfield | 2 : 3 |
| 37 | Norwich | Bye | |
| 38 | Gateshead | Walsall | 0 : 2 |
| 39 | Swansea | Bye | |
| 40 | Bye | West Brom | |
| 41 | Port Vale | Bristol Rovers | 1 : 0 |
| 42 | Fleetwood | Luton | 3 : 2 |
| 43 | Bristol City | Bye | |
| 44 | Bye | Watford | |
| 45 | Grimsby | Wealdstone | 4 : 0 |
| 46 | Chelmsford | Weston-super-Mare | 0 : 2 |
| 47 | Wolves | Bye | |
| 48 | Sutton | Shrewsbury | 1 : 2 |
| 49 | Tottenham | Bye | |
| 50 | Bye | Aston Villa | |
| 51 | Newcastle | Bye | |
| 52 | Bye | Bournemouth | |
| 53 | Manchester City | Bye | |
| 54 | Exeter | Wycombe | 4 : 0 |
| 55 | Salford | Leyton Orient | 4 : 0 |
| 56 | Swindon | Bolton | 4 : 0 |
| 57 | Slough | Macclesfield | 1 : 3 |
| 58 | Bye | Crystal Palace | |
| 59 | Sheffield Wed | Bye | |
| 60 | Bye | Brentford | |
| 61 | Stockport County | Cambridge Utd | 0 : 1 |
| 62 | Bye | Birmingham | |
| 63 | Derby | Bye | |
| 64 | Bye | Leeds |
1/32-finals
| 1 | Liverpool | Barnsley | 4 : 1 |
| 2 | Manchester Utd | Brighton | 1 : 2 |
| 3 | Stoke | Coventry | 1 : 0 |
| 4 | Fulham | Middlesbrough | 3 : 1 |
| 5 | MK Dons | Oxford Utd | 1 : 2 |
| 6 | Everton | Sunderland | 1 : 2 |
| 7 | Doncaster | Southampton | 2 : 3 |
| 8 | Cheltenham | Leicester | 0 : 2 |
| 9 | Wrexham | Nottingham | 4 : 3 |
| 10 | Ipswich | Blackpool | 2 : 1 |
| 11 | Portsmouth | Arsenal | 1 : 4 |
| 12 | Preston | Wigan | 0 : 1 |
| 13 | Hull | Blackburn | 1 : 0 |
| 14 | Charlton | Chelsea | 1 : 5 |
| 15 | Boreham Wood | Burton | 0 : 5 |
| 16 | West Ham | QPR | 2 : 1 |
| 17 | Burnley | Millwall | 5 : 1 |
| 18 | Sheffield Utd | Mansfield | 3 : 4 |
| 19 | Norwich | Walsall | 5 : 1 |
| 20 | Swansea | West Brom | 2 : 3 |
| 21 | Port Vale | Fleetwood | 1 : 0 |
| 22 | Bristol City | Watford | 5 : 1 |
| 23 | Grimsby | Weston-super-Mare | 3 : 2 |
| 24 | Wolves | Shrewsbury | 6 : 1 |
| 25 | Tottenham | Aston Villa | 1 : 2 |
| 26 | Newcastle | Bournemouth | 4 : 3 |
| 27 | Manchester City | Exeter | 10 : 1 |
| 28 | Salford | Swindon | 3 : 2 |
| 29 | Macclesfield | Crystal Palace | 2 : 1 |
| 30 | Sheffield Wed | Brentford | 0 : 2 |
| 31 | Cambridge Utd | Birmingham | 2 : 3 |
| 32 | Derby | Leeds | 1 : 3 |
1/16-finals
| 1 | Liverpool | Brighton | |
| 2 | Stoke | Fulham | |
| 3 | Oxford Utd | Sunderland | |
| 4 | Southampton | Leicester | |
| 5 | Wrexham | Ipswich | |
| 6 | Arsenal | Wigan | |
| 7 | Hull | Chelsea | |
| 8 | Burton | West Ham | |
| 9 | Burnley | Mansfield | |
| 10 | Norwich | West Brom | |
| 11 | Port Vale | Bristol City | |
| 12 | Grimsby | Wolves | |
| 13 | Aston Villa | Newcastle | |
| 14 | Manchester City | Salford | |
| 15 | Macclesfield | Brentford | |
| 16 | Birmingham | Leeds |
English FA Cup Outrights
1. Manchester City: 4.5 (17.65%)
2. Arsenal: 4.93 (16.1%)
3. Liverpool: 7 (11.34%)
4. Chelsea: 8.03 (9.88%)
5. Aston Villa: 11.33 (7.01%)
6. Newcastle Utd: 14 (5.67%)
7. Brighton: 17.33 (4.58%)
8. Brentford: 23 (3.45%)
9. Fulham: 26.67 (2.98%)
10. Leeds: 27.67 (2.87%)
11. Sunderland: 32 (2.48%)
12. Wolves: 38.67 (2.05%)
13. West Ham: 41 (1.94%)
14. Burnley: 45 (1.76%)
15. Ipswich: 75.67 (1.05%)
16. Southampton: 87 (0.91%)
17. Wrexham: 93.67 (0.85%)
18. Stoke City: 93.67 (0.85%)
19. Norwich: 117 (0.68%)
20. West Brom: 117 (0.68%)
21. Birmingham: 117 (0.68%)
22. Bristol City: 117 (0.68%)
23. Leicester: 117 (0.68%)
24. Hull City: 133.67 (0.59%)
25. Oxford Utd: 150.33 (0.53%)
26. Wigan: 233.67 (0.34%)
27. Port Vale: 233.67 (0.34%)
28. Burton: 233.67 (0.34%)
29. Mansfield: 233.67 (0.34%)
30. Salford: 317 (0.25%)
31. Grimsby: 317 (0.25%)
32. Macclesfield: 400.33 (0.2%)
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