Arsenal vs Hull preview: Saka out as leaders host 11th-placed side

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Arsenal host Hull in the Premier League at the Emirates Stadium, London, on Saturday 7 November 2026. Kick-off in Matchweek 10 is at 3pm and the referee is Farai Hallam.

Arsenal are first in the table with 24 points from nine games, having won eight and lost one. Hull are 11th with 11 points from nine, after two wins, five draws and two defeats, so 13 points separate the sides.

Recent form

Arsenal have won five and drawn one of their last six matches in all competitions, scoring 11 goals and conceding three. They have kept a clean sheet in four of those six, beating Lille 3-0, Nottingham Forest 1-0, Everton 2-0 and Liverpool 1-0, either side of a 2-2 draw at Bayern Munich. Their most recent game was a 2-1 win away at Slavia Praha on Wednesday 4 November.

Hull have not won any of their last six, with four draws and two defeats, scoring eight goals and conceding 10. They drew 2-2 with Chelsea, Everton and Ipswich, drew 1-1 with Brentford, and lost 2-1 at Newcastle and 1-0 at Fulham. Hull’s league record this season is 11 goals scored and 10 conceded in nine games.

Team	Last six (oldest first)
Arsenal	WWDWWW WWDWWW
Hull	DLDLDD DLDLDD

Arsenal: last six results

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
Wed 4 Nov	Away	Slavia Praha	2-1	W
Sun 1 Nov	Away	Liverpool	1-0	W
Sat 24 Oct	Home	Everton	2-0	W
Wed 21 Oct	Away	Bayern Munich	2-2	D
Sun 18 Oct	Away	Nottingham Forest	1-0	W
Tue 13 Oct	Home	Lille	3-0	W

Hull: last six results

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
Sat 31 Oct	Home	Ipswich	2-2	D
Sun 25 Oct	Home	Brentford	1-1	D
Sat 17 Oct	Away	Fulham	0-1	L
Sun 11 Oct	Home	Everton	2-2	D
Sat 19 Sep	Away	Newcastle	1-2	L
Sat 12 Sep	Away	Chelsea	2-2	D

What the managers said

Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)

Arteta gave an update on Saka, who is out for a number of weeks.

“No, we’re talking about obviously weeks. Let’s see, after the international break, he’s going to start hitting the pitch and start to have more activities, how he feels, but unfortunately he’s going to be out for a while.”

“I don’t want to put these guys under too much pressure, they are doing their best to get in shape. Bukayo is desperate to get back with the team, but he’s still quite far away.”

He also spoke about Ezri Konsa, who was taken off against Slavia Praha.

“Yeah he’s fine, he was feeling much better today, we took him out for precaution and for the amount of minutes that he was playing but yesterday and today he’s feeling good.”

On the approach to the game and the run Arsenal are on:

“Yeah, we want to attack the game tomorrow right from the off, and we know the momentum that we have right now; we need to increase that momentum, especially going into the international break, because we know what’s coming after November and December.”

Arteta also spoke about Hull and their manager.

“It’s been an incredible journey. I think what Sergej and the club have done from last year again: promoted it and then performed in some of the difficult games that they’ve been through and the way they have competed and their right to get results. It’s really impressive, we’ve been discussing that with the boys, the kind of thing that we expect tomorrow and to make sure we at least are clear about what we have to do to beat them.”

“It’s now about tomorrow, tomorrow is the main focus, everything that we’ve done I think comes back to tomorrow and maximising what we’ve done in the past with tomorrow’s game and go there, be better than Hull and beat them.”

Sergej Jakirović (Hull)

The Hull manager spoke about Arsenal’s form in the Champions League and the Premier League, and about his preparation.

“They are playing very good football in the UEFA Champions League and the Premier League. They are strong, control their games, and never allow the opponent to play their game. But in football, you always stand a chance. We have prepared, and obviously, we will try to create some difficulties for them.”

“I have watched a lot of Arsenal’s games to find something, but they are brilliant and a very strong team. No matter who is on the pitch, they create a very difficult game for us. We will have to see. We have tried something this week—Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C.”

Brooke Norton-Cuffy (Hull)

The Hull player also spoke ahead of the game.

“They won the league last season, so they’re probably the best team in the league at the moment, so it will be a difficult game”

“They will have a lot of the ball, and they will cause us problems, but I think we set up to go into every game to try and win it. They’re humans at the end of the day; it’s a game of football.”

“I don’t want to give too much away, but there are 11 men on the pitch. I know our team’s always going to be on the front foot and aggressive and try to win football games. That’s our DNA, and that’s what we’ve shown throughout the season. We are going to Arsenal, and that is not really going to change”

Team news

Arsenal are without Bukayo Saka, who is listed with a thigh injury. Arteta said he will start hitting the pitch and doing more activity after the international break and will be out for a while. Ezri Konsa is fine after being taken off as a precaution against Slavia Praha, and is in contention to face Hull. Hull have seven players listed as injured: C. Hughes (groin), D. Gyabi (groin), E. Matazo (knee), I. Ansah (back), J. Butland (arm), L. Gourna-Douath (calf) and M. Targett (ankle).

Where Arsenal can hurt Hull

Arsenal have scored in each of their last six matches, 11 goals in total, against a Hull side that has conceded in all of its last six games. Hull have let in 10 goals in nine league matches and have shipped two or more in three of their last six.

Hull also go into the game with seven players listed as injured, against an Arsenal side that has won eight of its nine league games. Arteta said Arsenal want to “attack the game tomorrow right from the off”, and they have conceded only five league goals this season.

Where Hull can hurt Arsenal

Hull have scored in five of their last six matches and have scored twice in three of them, against Chelsea, Everton and Ipswich. Arsenal have conceded in two of their last six, 2-2 at Bayern Munich and 2-1 at Slavia Praha, and have conceded five league goals in nine games.

Hull have drawn five of their nine league games and four of their last six, and have lost two league games all season. Norton-Cuffy said Hull will be “on the front foot and aggressive”, while Jakirović said his side have prepared “Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C”. Arsenal are also without Saka.

How to watch

Arsenal vs Hull is not shown live on UK television: Saturday 3pm kick-offs fall in the UK broadcast blackout.

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