Home advantage could prove decisive in Hull City - Rotherham United battle

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: KCOM Stadium (25400 seats)

Championship: What this match might miss in style it should make up for in tempo and dedication. Let's go: Hull City - Rotherham United!

Insights:
  • Hull City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rotherham United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in Championship

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Hull City form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Hull City at their home stadium (KCOM Stadium) is 7 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats.

Hull travelled for their previous game, a trip to Reading that ended 1-1.

Ahead of that match, Hull City lost 1-3 at home to Burnley.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Hull have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 17 league matches, 13 have had two goals or less.

Hull City has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 19 matches. 26 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Rotherham United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rotherham United so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 2-8-9 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Rotherham United's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Cardiff City (placed 21st).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Preston North End.

Rotherham United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rotherham as they have only managed to score 11 times from 19 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Rotherham United have seen the ball go into their own net 28 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Hull City have managed a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (4-1-0) when facing Rotherham United.

The sides have faced each other previously this season, with the result Rotherham United - Hull City 2-4 logged in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

HullO. Estupiñán Vallesilla
O. Estupiñán Vallesilla
13 goals
Rotherham UnitedC. Ogbene
C. Ogbene
7 goals
Hull CityO. Tufan
O. Tufan
5 goals

Hull City missing players

Rotherham United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hull City Rotherham United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
38 19 7 Played P 6 19 38
12 7 3 Won W 1 2 9
11 4 2 Drew D 3 8 14
15 8 2 Lost L 2 9 15
43 21 9 Scored S 3 11 41
53 26 7 Conceded C 8 28 51
87% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 84% 87%
74% 84% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 68% 79%
45% 47% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 37% 47%
26% 16% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 21%
13% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 5%
53% 53% 57% BTTS BTTS 33% 37% 47%
24% 21% 29% Clean Sheets C S 33% 26% 29%
37% 32% 14% Failed to Score F T 50% 53% 37%
 
4.8 5.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3 3.8
5.3 5.1 5.9 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.9 6.1
1.7 1.4 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.5 2.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.6 11.9 11.9 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 7.3 8.8
3.1 3.2 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 1.9 2.8
36% 34% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 30% 39%
 
12.4 11.6 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 17.3 16.4 13.9
4.4 4.3 3.9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5.6 4.9
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Hull City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hull City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Rotherham United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Rotherham United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Rotherham United have the fewest scored goals (11) away in Championship
  • Rotherham United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in Championship
  • Rotherham United have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 37 24 11 2 74 29 19 14 5 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 83
2 Sheffield United 37 21 7 9 58 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 19 10 4 5 23 16 25 70
3 Middlesbrough 38 20 7 11 69 42 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 27 67
4 Luton Town 38 17 13 8 46 35 19 7 8 4 24 19 19 10 5 4 22 16 11 64
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 19 4 14 43 42 18 13 1 4 25 14 19 6 3 10 18 28 1 61
6 Millwall 38 17 9 12 48 40 19 10 5 4 29 17 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 60
7 Norwich City 38 16 9 13 52 41 19 8 4 7 27 22 19 8 5 6 25 19 11 57
8 Coventry City 38 15 12 11 47 37 19 9 6 4 24 17 19 6 6 7 23 20 10 57
9 West Bromwich Albion 37 15 10 12 47 39 19 10 5 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 55
10 Watford 38 14 13 11 45 40 19 9 6 4 28 17 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 55
11 Sunderland 38 14 11 13 53 46 19 6 6 7 24 25 19 8 5 6 29 21 7 53
12 Preston North End 38 14 11 13 34 43 19 5 6 8 14 22 19 9 5 5 20 21 -9 53
13 Stoke City 38 13 9 16 48 45 19 6 5 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 48
14 Bristol City 38 12 12 14 45 46 19 8 5 6 24 18 19 4 7 8 21 28 -1 48
15 Hull City 38 12 11 15 43 53 19 7 4 8 21 26 19 5 7 7 22 27 -10 47
16 Swansea City 38 12 10 16 51 57 19 8 3 8 30 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -6 46
17 Birmingham City 38 12 9 17 42 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 19 6 4 9 20 29 -8 45
18 Reading 38 13 6 19 40 58 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 3 2 14 12 37 -18 45
19 Queens Park Rangers 38 11 9 18 38 59 19 6 4 9 20 27 19 5 5 9 18 32 -21 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 37 10 9 18 28 41 19 6 6 7 16 17 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 39
22 Huddersfield Town 38 9 9 20 32 53 19 6 5 8 17 21 19 3 4 12 15 32 -21 36
23 Blackpool 38 8 11 19 40 58 19 5 6 8 24 26 19 3 5 11 16 32 -18 35
24 Wigan Athletic 38 7 13 18 33 59 19 3 6 10 14 32 19 4 7 8 19 27 -26 31

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 37 24 11 2 74 29 19 14 5 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 83
2 Sheffield United 37 21 7 9 58 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 19 10 4 5 23 16 25 70
3 Middlesbrough 38 20 7 11 69 42 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 27 67
4 Luton Town 38 17 13 8 46 35 19 7 8 4 24 19 19 10 5 4 22 16 11 64
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 19 4 14 43 42 18 13 1 4 25 14 19 6 3 10 18 28 1 61
6 Millwall 38 17 9 12 48 40 19 10 5 4 29 17 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 60
7 Norwich City 38 16 9 13 52 41 19 8 4 7 27 22 19 8 5 6 25 19 11 57
8 Coventry City 38 15 12 11 47 37 19 9 6 4 24 17 19 6 6 7 23 20 10 57
9 West Bromwich Albion 37 15 10 12 47 39 19 10 5 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 55
10 Watford 38 14 13 11 45 40 19 9 6 4 28 17 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 55
11 Sunderland 38 14 11 13 53 46 19 6 6 7 24 25 19 8 5 6 29 21 7 53
12 Preston North End 38 14 11 13 34 43 19 5 6 8 14 22 19 9 5 5 20 21 -9 53
13 Stoke City 38 13 9 16 48 45 19 6 5 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 48
14 Bristol City 38 12 12 14 45 46 19 8 5 6 24 18 19 4 7 8 21 28 -1 48
15 Hull City 38 12 11 15 43 53 19 7 4 8 21 26 19 5 7 7 22 27 -10 47
16 Swansea City 38 12 10 16 51 57 19 8 3 8 30 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -6 46
17 Birmingham City 38 12 9 17 42 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 19 6 4 9 20 29 -8 45
18 Reading 38 13 6 19 40 58 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 3 2 14 12 37 -18 45
19 Queens Park Rangers 38 11 9 18 38 59 19 6 4 9 20 27 19 5 5 9 18 32 -21 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 37 10 9 18 28 41 19 6 6 7 16 17 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 39
22 Huddersfield Town 38 9 9 20 32 53 19 6 5 8 17 21 19 3 4 12 15 32 -21 36
23 Blackpool 38 8 11 19 40 58 19 5 6 8 24 26 19 3 5 11 16 32 -18 35
24 Wigan Athletic 38 7 13 18 33 59 19 3 6 10 14 32 19 4 7 8 19 27 -26 31

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.