The Championship game at MKM Stadium on Saturday sees hosts Hull City welcome Ipswich Town.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Hull City v Ipswich Town can be seen below (inc. the best betting odds).
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Form Guide
Hull City
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Hull City will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 2-3 Championship victory versus Coventry City.
In that game, Hull City had 45% possession and 14 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. For Hull City, goals were scored by Jaden Philogene (31'), Fábio Carvalho (45') and Noah Ohio (78'). On the other side, Coventry City had 7 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Kasey Palmer (36') and Bobby Thomas (58') scored for Coventry City.
Liam Rosenior's Hull City have netted a sum total of 9 times in their past 6 outings. The comparative number of goals that they have conceded in that time stands at 8.
Analysis of their past results shows that Hull City:
- have not emerged victorious against Ipswich Town in their last 2 league matches.
- have not been beaten in their last 2 home league matches.
Ipswich Town
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In their previous fixture, Ipswich Town drew 1-1 in the Championship tie with Middlesbrough.
In that match, Ipswich Town managed 55% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Ipswich Town was Massimo Luongo (30'). Middlesbrough got 11 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Emmanuel Latte Lath (20') scored for Middlesbrough.
A succession of effective displays from the Ipswich Town defence has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their last 6 outings in total. During the same period, their own forwards have managed to score 11. Such a pattern might not follow through into this match, however.
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Head to head
Inspecting their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 13/03/2018 shows us that Hull City have won 4 of these and Ipswich Town 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 0.
In all, 14 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 10 for The Tigers and 4 netted by The Tractor Boys. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.
The previous league fixture between these clubs was Championship match day 10 on 03/10/2023 and the score finished Ipswich Town 3-0 Hull City.
That time, Ipswich Town had 50% possession and 14 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Goals were scored by Wes Burns (5'), Conor Chaplin (41') and Marcus Harness (65').
At the other end, Hull City had 13 attempts at goal with 6 on target.
The referee was Matt Donohue.
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Team News: Hull City
Availability isn’t a big problem, with just a single fitness concern for the Hull City manager Liam Rosenior to be concerned with from of an almost fully healthy group of players. James Furlong (Knee injury) is sidelined.
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Team News: Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna has to currently contend with reduced team options. George Hirst (Torn muscle fiber) and Janoi Donacien (Groin injury) won’t be making appearances.
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Prediction
Here, we’re thinking that Hull City will need to apply a lot of pressure to score against this Ipswich Town lineup who we think should just have the edge.
That’s why we have predicted a narrow 0-1 victory for Ipswich Town when all is said and done.
A close call.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira,
19:01 26/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Hull City
Formed: 1904
Stadium: MKM Stadium (25,586)
Captain: Lewis Coyle
Chairman: Acun Ilıcalı
Manager: Liam Rosenior
Competitions: Championship position 7
🔑 Key Man: Jaden Philogene
Generally played in the Right Wing position, Jaden Philogene was born in London, England. Having made his senior debut playing for Aston Villa in the 2020 - 2021 season, the talented Forward has scored a sum of 10 league goals in the Championship 2023 - 2024 campaign so far in 29 appearances.