Ace Football previews the Championship game between Hull and Blackburn who meet up this coming Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
As the early season favourites, Hull will look to justify their title credentials on Saturday when they take on Blackburn for a round 3 match in the Championship.
Hull will be satisfied after collecting four points from a possible six in their new Championship campaign, as they aim for three more points this time around.
Form: Hull vs Blackburn
Hull Form
Hull currently look solid, going undefeated in three matches, which started by drawing 0-0 against Coventry. They followed that up by sharing the spoils with Wrexham in a 3-3 encounter, before beating Oxford in a 3-2 encounter. Hull claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Championship. They also drew one and lost two, as they scored eight and conceded seven goals.
Blackburn Form
Blackburn endured a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 1-0 by West Bromwich, before Bradford ran out 1-2 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against Birmingham, who came out 1-2 winners. Blackburn won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Championship. The scoreline from these matches says four goals conceded and three scored.
Betting stats for Hull and Blackburn
Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Hull and Blackburn. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.
- In 28 of the last 30 Hull matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 25 of the last 27 Hull matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 18 of the last 20 Hull home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 12 of the last 13 Hull home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 9 of the last 11 Hull matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In the last 17 Blackburn away matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 24 of the last 26 Blackburn matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 20 of the last 22 Blackburn away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Blackburn away matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 1.5
- Blackburn have lost the last 4 matches in a row while scoring less than 1.5 goals
Players in form: Hull vs Blackburn
As the new Championship campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Hull and Blackburn this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.
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Full-time result
In their last 10 matches at The MKM Stadium across all tournaments Hull won six times, drew two and lost two times. Blackburn claimed five wins, one draw and four defeats in their last 10 games away.
Both teams to score
Amazingly, Hull scored the first goal of the match in just three out of the last ten games at home. Blackburn scored the opening goal in six of the last ten away from home. Blackburn managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches. Blackburn have scored in 3 consecutive meetings with Hull when playing at away ground.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Hull, who scored an average of 1.3 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Blackburn, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.5 times goals per game themselves.
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