Hull City were in the Premier League for four of these nine seasons: 2009/10, 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2016/17. They spent the other five outside it. Three of the four ended in relegation. Take Manchester City out and all three still do.
Hull took 5 points off City in eight league games, a win, two draws and five defeats, and every one comes off. Three seasons are the free place and nothing more: one place up, and that place is City’s. The fourth, 2013/14, is a real climb.
The last of the four is the plainest. In 2016/17 City beat Hull twice, so nothing comes off. Hull conceded 80 goals, the most in the league, and went down on 14 May with a 4–0 defeat at Crystal Palace. Without City they finish 17th of 19 on 34, and Watford are still six points clear of them.