The new season of the "Premier" League will start on August 13, which means that there are only 20 days left until the start of the English championship. As the approaching of these competitions is unstoppable, Eurofootball.com will provide you with a review of all twenty "Premier" League teams. The first team to be reviewed will be the "Hull City" team, which played in the "Championship" division last season and will open the "Premier" League season by playing their first match at home against the country champions "Leicester City" footballers. "Hull City" History: The team was founded in 1904 and will be playing its fifth season in the "Premier" League. The best finish in this league was 16th place. They last played in the "Premier" League in the 2014-2015 season, finishing in last place. Last year's season: In the 2015-2016 "Championship" tournament, "Hull City" finished in fourth place and qualified for the "Premier" League through playoff matches. In the semifinals, they defeated "Derby County" by a total of 3-2, and in the final, they defeated "Sheffield Wednesday" 1-0, securing their place in the top league. Changes after last season: "Hull City" is currently one of the least active teams in the entire "Premier" League. A few days ago, the team said goodbye to coach Steve Bruce, who had been with the club for four years, so the "Hull City" team currently does not have a head coach. The club has not yet acquired any new players, and two players have left the club who were not in the starting lineup last season. Forward Sone Aluko scored three goals in 25 matches last season, and defender Ryan Taylor only appeared in four matches. Players worth paying attention to: Michael Dawson. Having gained extensive experience in the "Premier" League with the "Tottenham Hotspur" club, Dawson was very important for the "Hull City" team last season. The center-back not only solidified the team's defense but also passed on his experience to younger team players, wearing the captain's armband. He made the best use of his experience, often being in the right place at the right time - Dawson led the team in terms of intercepted balls and blocked shots, and he was the player that opponents found hardest to beat in one-on-one situations. Mohamed Diame. Another player who has played in the "Premier" League for several years - Diame demonstrated his skill in the defensive line. The Senegalese player was dangerous attacking opponents' goal, as evidenced by his nine goals. It was Diame who scored a crucial goal in last season's most important game, securing a win against "Sheffield Wednesday" with a precise shot. However, sometimes the midfielder took too much initiative in the team - he led the club in terms of lost balls. Abel Hernandez. The 25-year-old Hernandez was the team's offensive leader last season, scoring a total of 20 goals. The striker joined the team in the summer of 2014 and had an unsuccessful season in the "Premier" League, scoring only four times. Having felt the taste of scoring goals in a lower league, the 25-year-old player will seek to achieve much better results in the top league on his second attempt and show that he can challenge "Premier" League clubs with his strong left foot. Team strengths: Smart and disciplined play. Last season, "Hull City" led the "Championship" division in terms of passing accuracy and was the team with the fewest fouls committed. However, they were not passive in either attack or defense, as they had the most shots during matches in the league, while allowing their opponents to shoot less than any other team. Home game play. "Hull City" was the team whose results at home differed the most from those they demonstrated away. Losing only once at home, they collected 52 points, while away they only earned 31 points. The biggest difference in their play was in goal scoring - at home, they scored more than twice as many goals as they did when playing away. Ground-passing play. Last season, the two most dangerous players in the team's attacks - Hernandez and Diame - did not score any goals with their heads, and the entire team only scored six goals from headers. The team has been more successful in playing a passing-based tactical style, but "Hull City" does not shy away from the idea of searching for teammates in the opponent's penalty area with through passes. In the 2015-2016 season, they ranked second in the league in terms of attempts to cross the ball into the penalty area, second only to the "Middlesbrough" team. Interesting facts about "Hull City": "Hull City" cannot boast a wide collection of trophies. Throughout their 112-year history, they can only boast of winning the third-tier English division title three times. The closest they came to a trophy was in 2014, when they reached the final of the FA Cup tournament. However, despite leading 2-0 against "Arsenal" until the eighth minute, the London team eventually equalized the score and defeated the "Tigers" in extra time; In 1998, protesting against the then club owner David Lloyd, a former tennis player and captain of the England Davis Cup team, fans threw several hundred tennis balls onto the field; In 1928, "Hull City" player Arthur Childs became the first and last player to be sent off the field for wearing inappropriate footwear. Shortly after, football rules were changed, and players with inappropriate footwear were given the opportunity to change it and return to the field; Before "Hull City" entered the "Premier" League, it was said that the team was cursed by gypsies and would never reach the top league. However, in 2008, this "curse" was broken when Dean Windass, from the nearby Gypsyville village, scored the decisive goal that took them to the top league; In 1984, "Hull City" declared that they would be the first team to play a football match on the moon. The team's owner, Don Robinson, later took his team to a NASA base in the United States, but he later admitted that they could not find opponents with whom they could test their skills; The player who has played the most matches in the club's history is Andy Davidson - 579. The player who has scored the most goals wearing the club's jersey is Chris Chilton - 222. Both represented "Hull City" for over four decades; Their biggest victory in the "Premier" League came in 2013, when they defeated "Fulham" 6-0. Their biggest failure in the top league came in 2009 when they lost 1-6 to "Liverpool".
Tautvydas Sakalauskas
