Buy Arsenal vs Hull City tickets for the 2026/27 Season, with kickoff at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday 7 November 2026 at 17:00. Hull are back in the top flight after nine years away, making this their first league visit to north London since February 2017. Five Premier League matches have been played between the clubs at this ground. One of them produced the result Arsenal supporters still bring up.
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Hull came up the hard way, finishing sixth in the Championship on 73 points before winning through the play-offs. Arsenal, meanwhile, are operating on a completely different plane, combining a title challenge with a Champions League campaign in a stadium that has been sold out on a season-card basis for the better part of two decades. Anyone weighing options should read the Arsenal matchday listings before the ballot cycle closes.
The pricing sits at the softer end of Arsenal's calendar while the access does not. A promoted visitor lands in the lowest ticket category, so face values are modest by Emirates standards, yet there is no general public sale for ordinary league matches at all. That gap between price and availability is what defines this fixture as a buying problem.
The Emirates holds 60,704, which sounds generous until you look at how those seats are allocated. Season-card holders take the bulk, members take most of what is left through ballots, while the visiting allocation removes just under 3,000 more from the lower tier of the south-east corner. Very little ever reaches an open market through club routes.
The Hull City fixture listings point to the other side of the equation. Nine years out of the division builds up demand that no away allocation can absorb, while Humberside to north London is a straightforward two-and-a-half-hour train run rather than a serious expedition. The travelling section will be full long before matchday.
Category pricing pulls demand in as well. Arsenal band their fixtures A, B and C, with a new B+ tier applied to two league dates this season; a visitor promoted from the Championship sits at the bottom of that scale. A lower band on a Saturday evening in London is exactly the sort of date that casual and first-time attendees target.
Then there is the tourist factor, which the Emirates carries more than most grounds. A 17:00 Saturday kickoff works for visitors flying in for a weekend, while Arsenal remain one of the most-followed clubs on the planet. That interest competes directly with the local ballot entrants for the same handful of released seats.
One further pressure sits in the background. Arsenal have been in talks with the architects behind the original build about expanding the ground toward 70,000, with a temporary move elsewhere under consideration during any works. Nothing has been settled, but a club actively planning for more capacity is a club that knows current supply falls short. Reported costs run beyond 500 million pounds, which is the scale of the problem in financial terms.
Scale is the last piece. Hull play in front of just under 25,000 at home, so an away following that fills its allocation here still represents a fraction of the people in Humberside who would take a seat if one existed. The gap between a 60,704-seat London ground and a supporter base used to a quarter of that is exactly what pushes demand onto resale.
Not through the club, no. Arsenal do not run a general public sale for ordinary men's league fixtures. Everything moves through season cards first, then membership ballots, then the club's own exchange platform, which closes three hours before kickoff.
The membership tiers set your odds. Red Membership costs 38 pounds a season and gives ballot entry plus exchange access, while Silver Membership at 59 pounds is capped in number and reached only by waiting from Red. The difference in outcome is stark: Silver members report ballot success rates around 42% on high-demand matches against 11% to 12% for Red.
Those numbers are the whole argument. Paying 38 pounds for roughly a one-in-nine chance at a specific fixture is not a plan if you have already booked flights or told your children you are going. The ballot is also blind to how early you enter, so there is no advantage in rushing the window.
The marketplace covers what the club system cannot. 1BoxOffice lists seats already issued and held by verified sellers: season-card holders who cannot attend, successful ballot entrants whose plans changed, hospitality holders with spare places. You are buying a seat that exists rather than entering a draw you will probably lose. For a buyer outside London, that certainty is usually worth more than the difference in price.
Timing is the one variable you control. The club's own exchange only carries seats that members have chosen to release, it runs late in the cycle, then shuts three hours before kickoff, which is no help to anyone travelling from outside London. Independent resale opens earlier and stays open, which is the practical difference for a buyer planning around flights rather than around a ballot result.
Five things move the number. Seat location dominates, because the lower tier along the sides carries a large premium over the upper corners. Category comes next: a promoted visitor sits in the lowest band Arsenal operate.
Fixture timing matters, since a Saturday evening slot in London suits weekend visitors as well as locals. Competition context adds a layer when Arsenal are chasing something, while Club Level and hospitality sit in a band of their own that barely tracks the rest of the market.
| Ticket Type | Resale Price Range | Best For | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper tier, behind the goal | £55 – £100 | Buyers who want the lowest entry point | North Bank or Clock End upper, high but with the full pitch in view |
| Upper tier, sides | £80 – £145 | Value-conscious neutrals | East or West upper, the tactical view at a sensible price |
| Lower tier, behind the goal | £100 – £175 | Supporters who want to be close to the noise | Shallow raking here, so a few rows back the view tightens |
| Lower tier, sides | £160 – £300+ | Visitors prioritising proximity to the halfway line | The most sought-after general admission seats in the ground |
| Club Level and hospitality | £280 – £900+ | Groups, corporate hosts, milestone occasions | Padded seating with indoor access, packages running far higher at the top end |
Two factors push the top of those ranges. The first is the lower side tiers, which are almost entirely held by long-standing season-card holders and therefore rarely released. The second is London itself, where a matchday competes with everything else a weekend visitor could do, so sellers price the good seats accordingly.
Face value gives you the floor rather than the market. Arsenal's general admission range runs from around 31.80 pounds in the lowest category up to roughly 168 pounds at the top, with hospitality packages starting near 155 pounds and climbing into four figures. A Category C fixture like this one sits low on that scale, so the premium you pay on resale reflects access rather than the club's own pricing.
Prices reflect typical resale ranges and may change as demand and availability shift closer to the match.
The ground is built as a four-tier bowl with two large sides, the East and West stands, framed by the North Bank at one end and the Clock End at the other. Seats are padded throughout, the concourses are wide, plus the whole site runs cashless. Layouts sit on the Emirates Stadium seating plan, while season-wide availability is listed under Emirates Stadium matchday listings.
| Area | What It Suits | Pricing Bracket | Guidance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Stand, lower tier | First-time visitors wanting the halfway line | Upper | The main side, closest to the tunnel and the dugouts |
| East Stand, lower tier | Buyers who want proximity without the West premium | Upper to middle | Mirrors the West side, often a little easier to find on resale |
| Club Level, tier two | Buyers upgrading from general admission | Upper | Padded wider seating with indoor lounge access on both sides |
| Upper tier, East and West | Value-conscious buyers, families, neutrals | Middle | Steeper rake than the lower bowl, so the whole pitch stays visible |
| North Bank | Supporters who want the loudest home end | Lower to middle | Traditional home of the singing sections, behind the goal |
| Visiting supporters' section, south-east corner | Hull City supporters travelling from Humberside | Fixed club rate | Lower tier of the corner, just under 3,000 seats, colours rules apply elsewhere |
Neutral buyers and anyone undecided are usually best served in the upper tier of the East or West stand. The rake is steeper than the lower bowl, so nothing blocks the far touchline, while the price step down from the sides below is substantial. Families should aim for the same tier, where sightlines stay clean without the crush of either end.
Two things to know before you pick a lower-tier seat. The raking there is shallow, so from a few rows back the near touchline can disappear behind the heads in front. In the corners the overhang from the tier above cuts into the sky above the far goal.
Neither of those ruins a match, but both are worth pricing in when a lower-tier seat costs double an upper one. The corners generally offer the weakest value per pound anywhere in the ground, which is why experienced buyers treat them as a fallback rather than a target.
Accessible seating is spread around the lower bowl rather than concentrated in one stand, which is one advantage of a ground built this century. Anyone with specific access needs should confirm the exact position with the seller before buying rather than assuming a block number tells the whole story.
Hospitality at the Emirates runs deeper than at most Premier League grounds, built around the Club Level tier that wraps both sides of the bowl along with a set of executive boxes and restaurant packages behind it. Entry-level packages start near 155 pounds and the premium end runs into thousands, which tells you how wide the product range is.
| Hospitality Option | Typical Buyer | Main Appeal |
|---|---|---|
| Club Level seat | Solo travellers or pairs upgrading from general admission | Wider padded seating with indoor lounge access before kickoff and at the interval |
| Executive box | Companies, family groups, milestone celebrations | Private viewing area with dedicated catering and no concourse queueing |
| Restaurant package | London firms entertaining clients | Seated dining before the game with a reserved block in a premium tier |
| Group hospitality booking | Larger parties of twenty or more | Reserved lounge area, flexible on catering format and arrival timings |
The club sells most of these on multi-season licences rather than fixture by fixture, so the direct route usually closes on the marquee dates long before matchweek. Spare places surface on resale in ones and twos as licence holders confirm guest numbers, most often inside the final fortnight. Club Level seats appear more often than boxes, since they are held individually rather than by the table.
One planning point for a 17:00 Saturday: lounges open in the mid-afternoon, so allow a longer stay than a standard seat requires. Driving in is not realistic here, since Islington operates resident-only parking schemes on matchdays and the club actively advises against it, so build your plans around the tube instead.
| Delivery Type | What to Confirm |
|---|---|
| Mobile ticket | Whether the barcode transfers to your own device or stays in the seller's wallet, plus how any name on it is handled |
| E-ticket by email | That you receive a print-at-home PDF rather than a screenshot, since the turnstiles scan a live barcode |
| Local collection | The pickup point, its opening window on matchday, plus what identification the seller expects you to carry |
| Courier or postal | That the stated delivery window lands before you travel, which matters most for buyers outside the UK |
Read the listing notes before you commit, because the delivery method is set by the seller rather than the venue. Carry photo identification even where it is not demanded at the turnstile, since it settles any query quickly. Enter through the turnstile block printed on your ticket rather than the nearest one, because the bowl segregates at the outer concourse ring.
English grounds have moved almost entirely to digital entry, so a barcode is the likeliest outcome here. Where a seller offers a physical card or paper ticket, agree the handover point before you travel rather than on the day. Charge your phone fully if you are entering on mobile. Remember the whole site is cashless, so a dead battery costs you more than entry.
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Open the fixture listing
Go to the Arsenal against Hull City listing for Saturday 7 November 2026 and confirm the 17:00 kickoff before you browse seats.
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Set up your account
You can create an account in under a minute, which lets you hold a basket, return to it later and keep your order history in one place.
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Filter by tier
Narrow the list to the lower bowl, Club Level or the upper tier depending on whether you want proximity, comfort or value.
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Read the listing detail
Every listing states quantity, whether seats are together, the delivery method and any restrictions. This is where you confirm the block number rather than guessing from the stand name.
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Compare two or three options
Prices differ between sellers holding near-identical seats. Weigh the block and row rather than the headline figure alone.
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Complete payment securely
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Save your confirmation
Keep the confirmation email, since it carries the reference you will need for any delivery query closer to the match.
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Follow your order
Use track order to see when your seats have been dispatched or released to your phone.
Overseas buyers should filter for mobile or e-ticket delivery wherever possible, because a barcode in your inbox removes any dependency on a UK delivery address. Where a listing offers collection instead, confirm the pickup window against your arrival time rather than your flight time. London is the easiest away trip in European football to arrange, with the Emirates sitting inside Zone 2 and Holloway Road tube station a five-minute walk from the turnstiles.
Plan the return leg as carefully as the arrival. Holloway Road operates exit-only restrictions after matches, so most of the crowd walks to Arsenal, Finsbury Park or Highbury and Islington instead, each within about fifteen minutes. Groups travelling together should say so at the point of purchase, because seats-together requests are handled per listing. Premier League kickoff times move for broadcast reasons up to several weeks out, so treat the Saturday evening slot as firm but not immovable.
For a fixture with only five league meetings at this ground, it carries more history than the number suggests. The first, in September 2008, remains one of the sharper results in Emirates history: Hull arrived newly promoted, won 2-1, then turned what looked like a routine afternoon into a story that is still told in both cities. Nothing since has come close to matching it.
The pattern afterwards settled into something more predictable. Arsenal won three of the remaining four, drew the other, conceding only twice across those matches. The clubs' most famous encounter of all came in a different competition entirely, the 2014 FA Cup final at Wembley, which sits outside the league record on this page but explains why the pairing means more to Hull supporters than a five-match sample would.
Nine years is long enough for the frame to change on both sides. Hull have been through the Championship, a spell in League One and a change of ownership since that February afternoon, then came back up through the play-offs rather than as champions. Arsenal have moved from a club chasing the top four to one competing at the front of the league and in Europe, which makes the 2008 result feel further away than the calendar says.
The figures below cover Premier League matches at the Emirates Stadium with Arsenal as hosts, across all five meetings between the clubs at this ground.
| Metric | Total |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 5 |
| Arsenal wins | 3 |
| Hull City wins | 1 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Arsenal goals | 10 |
| Hull City goals | 4 |
| Biggest Arsenal win | 3-0 |
| Biggest Hull City win | 2-1 |
| First Premier League meeting in scope | 27 September 2008 |
| Most recent meeting in scope | 11 February 2017 |
Figures calculated from the match-by-match record below, cross-referenced against worldfootball.net round-by-round results alongside ESPN match archives and the club's own fixture records.
All five Premier League meetings at the Emirates Stadium with Arsenal as hosts, newest first. Scores are shown Arsenal first.
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 11 Feb 2017 | 2-0 |
| 18 Oct 2014 | 2-2 |
| 4 Dec 2013 | 2-0 |
| 19 Dec 2009 | 3-0 |
| 27 Sep 2008 | 1-2 |
Every result was confirmed against at least two independent records: worldfootball.net round-by-round pages plus ESPN match archives, with the club's published fixture history corroborating the earliest two.
Through club routes, yes, because there is no general public sale for ordinary league fixtures. Buying an already-issued seat from a verified seller works differently and needs no membership.
Around 11% to 12% on a Red Membership for a high-demand match, rising to roughly 42% on Silver. Entering early in the window makes no difference to the draw.
In the lower tier of the south-east corner, with an allocation just under 3,000 for league matches. Visiting colours are not permitted in home areas.
The upper tier along either side. The rake is steeper than the lower bowl, so nothing is obscured, plus it costs considerably less than the seats below it.
No. The stadium runs entirely cashless, so bring a card or a phone wallet for food, drink and merchandise.
Sources: Arsenal FC official membership, ticketing and season ticket pricing information, Premier League season records, published Emirates Stadium supporter guides, ESPN match archives, worldfootball.net round-by-round results, the club's own official fixture history and stadium industry reporting on the proposed Emirates expansion.