Leicester City vs Hull City preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Power Stadium (32312 seats)

Leicester City confront Hull City for praise and triumph.

Insights:
  • Leicester City is in the best form (4-0-0) in Championship
  • Hull City have the most points from losing position (6) in Championship

The hosts Leicester City saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Carabao Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Tranmere Rovers.

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Leicester City form and stats

As mentioned below, Leicester City are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Championship games.

Leicester are returning here after guesting Tranmere Rovers in a Carabao Cup game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Ndidi (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.41/10. Ndidi scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Rotherham United and winning 2-1.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Leicester City at home in the league. 4 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Hull City form and stats

Things could have gone better for Hull City in their Championship away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

There were no winners in Hull City's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Bristol City (placed 14th). Jones, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.83. Jones hit the woodwork once and won 1 of 2 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Blackburn Rovers with the score of 2-1.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Hull City has managed {3 goals} and let in 3 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Leicester City wins - draws - Hull City wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less. The matches between these sides have sometimes been brutal, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Hull CityO. Tufan
O. Tufan
4 goals
Hull CityA. Connolly
A. Connolly
3 goals
Leicester CityK. Dewsbury-Hall
K. Dewsbury-Hall
2 goals

Leicester City missing players

Hull City missing players

Leicester City Hull City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
4 2 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
7 4 0 Scored S 1 3 8
3 2 0 Conceded C 2 3 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 75%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
75% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.8 7.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6 6.2
5.5 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 9 5.5 4.2
2.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 4 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.8 17.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 14 14
6.5 6.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4 6
27% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 38% 33%
 
12.8 15 0 Shots against (avg) S A 28 21 16.5
3.5 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.5 4.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Hull City have the most points from losing position (6) in Championship
  • Leicester City is in the best form (4-0-0) in Championship
Leicester City Last season Hull City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   1 1
9 5   Won W   0 0
7 4   Drew D   1 1
22 10   Lost L   0 0
51 23   Scored S   1 1
68 27   Conceded C   1 1
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
79% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 100%
63% 63%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   0% 0%
34% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 0%
16% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
55% 47%   BTTS BTTS   100% 100%
18% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 0%
32% 42%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
3.6 3.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3 3
6.2 5.9   Corners against (avg) C A   3 3
1.7 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 0
2 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.1 11.1   Shots (avg) S (   4 4
4 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2 2
34% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   50% 50%
 
15 13.1   Shots against (avg) S A   8 8
4.7 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3 3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leicester City 4 4 0 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 4 12
2 Norwich City 4 3 1 0 13 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 8 4 7 10
3 Birmingham City 4 3 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 10
4 Southampton 4 3 1 0 10 7 2 1 1 0 6 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 10
5 Preston North End 4 3 1 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 10
6 Ipswich Town 4 3 0 1 8 5 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 9
7 West Bromwich Albion 4 2 1 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 7 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 7
8 Hull City 4 2 1 1 8 6 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 7
9 Blackburn Rovers 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 7
10 Stoke City 4 2 0 2 5 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 6
11 Millwall 4 2 0 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 6
12 Coventry City 4 1 2 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 5
13 Leeds United 4 1 2 1 7 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 5
14 Bristol City 4 1 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 -1 5
15 Watford 4 1 1 2 4 2 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 4
16 Plymouth Argyle 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
17 Cardiff City 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 4
18 Sunderland 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
19 Queens Park Rangers 4 1 0 3 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 3 7 -5 3
20 Swansea City 4 0 2 2 5 7 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 3 5 -2 2
21 Rotherham United 4 0 1 3 5 10 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 2 6 -5 1
22 Middlesbrough 4 0 1 3 3 9 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 7 -6 1
23 Huddersfield Town 4 0 1 3 2 9 2 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 -7 1
24 Sheffield Wednesday 4 0 0 4 4 9 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 2 3 6 -5 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 38 28 5 5 94 33 19 17 1 1 60 17 19 11 4 4 34 16 61 89
2 Arsenal 38 26 6 6 88 43 19 14 3 2 53 25 19 12 3 4 35 18 45 84
3 Manchester United 38 23 6 9 58 43 19 15 3 1 36 10 19 8 3 8 22 33 15 75
4 Newcastle United 38 19 14 5 68 33 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 8 8 3 32 19 35 71
5 Liverpool 38 19 10 9 75 47 19 13 5 1 46 17 19 6 5 8 29 30 28 67
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 18 8 12 72 53 19 10 4 5 37 21 19 8 4 7 35 32 19 62
7 Aston Villa 38 18 7 13 51 46 19 12 2 5 33 21 19 6 5 8 18 25 5 61
8 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 6 14 70 63 19 12 1 6 37 25 19 6 5 8 33 38 7 60
9 Brentford 38 15 14 9 58 46 19 10 7 2 35 18 19 5 7 7 23 28 12 59
10 Fulham 38 15 7 16 55 53 19 8 5 6 31 29 19 7 2 10 24 24 2 52
11 Crystal Palace 38 11 12 15 40 49 19 7 7 5 21 23 19 4 5 10 19 26 -9 45
12 Chelsea 38 11 11 16 38 47 19 6 7 6 20 19 19 5 4 10 18 28 -9 44
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 11 8 19 31 58 19 9 3 7 19 20 19 2 5 12 12 38 -27 41
14 West Ham United 38 11 7 20 42 55 19 8 4 7 26 24 19 3 3 13 16 31 -13 40
15 AFC Bournemouth 38 11 6 21 37 71 19 6 4 9 20 28 19 5 2 12 17 43 -34 39
16 Nottingham Forest 38 9 11 18 38 68 19 8 6 5 27 24 19 1 5 13 11 44 -30 38
17 Everton 38 8 12 18 34 57 19 6 3 10 16 27 19 2 9 8 18 30 -23 36
18 Leicester City 38 9 7 22 51 68 19 5 4 10 23 27 19 4 3 12 28 41 -17 34
19 Leeds United 38 7 10 21 48 78 19 5 7 7 26 37 19 2 3 14 22 41 -30 31
20 Southampton 38 6 7 25 36 73 19 2 5 12 19 37 19 4 2 13 17 36 -37 25

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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.