Match Preview: Huddersfield Town v Hull City (Saturday, 3pm)

Hull City are strong favourites to take all three points despite Huddersfield Town‘s home advantage in Saturday’s match at the John Smith‘s Stadium.

Betting companies* are offering odds of 2.0 on Hull sealing the win, with the visitors sitting seventh in the Championship table.

Huddersfield, who are 20th in the league and 14 points behind the Tigers, are priced at 3.75 to win. A draw is set at 3.4.

In the last 10 years, Huddersfield and Hull have played each other on nine occasions. Huddersfield won five of them, Hull two, and they drew twice.

On average, the Terriers scored 1.4 goals and the Tigers 0.8 in those matches.

Their last meeting was on November 11, when Hull won 1-0 at home.

With 37 goals in 32 games so far this season, Huddersfield are scoring at below the league average rate with 1.2 goals per game. And they are conceding more than average, letting in 52 goals at a rate of 1.6 per game.

Hull, meanwhile, are above average scorers, with 1.5 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.4. They have conceded 1.3 goals per game.

Town are in mixed form in the Championship, with two wins and three draws from their last six games.

With three wins and three losses over that period, City’s form is similar – they have both taken nine points from 18.

Huddersfield’s last match was on Wednesday, a 1-0 win against Sunderland, with Matthew Pearson getting the goal for the Terriers.

Hull beat Rotherham United 2-1 last time out, on Tuesday, with Jaden Philogene and Noah Ohio on the scoresheet.

Saturday’s match will be refereed by Rebecca Welch, who has taken charge of seven Championship games so far this season, issuing one red card and booking 35 players. He has not awarded any penalties.

The last Hull game Welch refereed was the 4-1 win at home against Rotherham United on November 28. He is yet to oversee a match featuring Huddersfield this season.

* odds are representative of those available across the betting market; for more accurate and up-to-date odds, visit bookmakers’ websites.

Huddersfield Town v Hull City
Championship | John Smith’s Stadium
Saturday, 17 February 2024 @ 3.00pm

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