Football match preview: Stoke City vs Hull City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 11.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

Stoke City are believing in their home following to help them to win this game versus Hull City. Who wins at Bet365 Stadium?

Insights:
  • Stoke City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Hull City have won significantly less corners away then at home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Stoke City form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Stoke City have to build on here at Bet365 Stadium in the Championship.

Stoke City faced defeat in their previous match, away at Luton Town (0-1). Wilmot, defender, was given a rating of 7.42/10 in that game, top of the team. Wilmot won 12 of 20 duels.

Preceding that result, a home win hosting Stevenage in the FA Cup. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Stoke City handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Huddersfield Town in only four days. This game is also played here at Bet365 Stadium.

The Stoke City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 14 matches. Stoke's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Hull City form and stats

5-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hull City in their Championship matches away.

266 minutes! That's how long the Hull City goalkeeper Matt Ingram and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Christie scored in Hull's previous match, the home game against Cardiff City that ended 1-0. Ingram (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.23. Ingram saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Queens Park Rangers.

We have checked recent matches where Hull City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Hull City manager Rosenior as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Norwich City.

Hull City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 14 games (in the league). As for defending, Hull rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The 4 latest fixtures featuring these opponents have all ended as Stoke City wins. Another one?

This was the scoreline when the participants met previously this season; Hull City - Stoke City 0-3.

Top Goalscorers

Hull CityO. Estupiñán Vallesilla
O. Estupiñán Vallesilla
12 goals
Stoke CityT. Campbell
T. Campbell
5 goals
StokeL. Baker
L. Baker
5 goals

Stoke City missing players

Hull City missing players

Stoke City Hull City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 6 14 30
9 4 1 Won W 5 5 11
6 3 1 Drew D 0 4 7
14 7 3 Lost L 1 5 12
33 17 5 Scored S 15 19 37
38 18 5 Conceded C 8 21 44
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 79% 90%
72% 71% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 64% 77%
45% 43% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 50%
31% 36% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 43% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 29% 17%
41% 36% 20% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 53%
28% 21% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 29% 20%
34% 43% 60% Failed to Score F T 17% 43% 37%
 
5.3 6.1 7.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.7 4.8
5.5 5 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.5 5.3
1.9 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.4 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.6 13.6 15.4 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 9.3 10.6
4.3 4.6 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.2 3.1
27% 26% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 58% 42% 39%
 
10.7 9.2 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 12.9 12.1
3.4 3.1 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 4.5 4.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Hull City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Stoke City haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 29 19 8 2 58 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 14 8 4 2 26 14 32 65
2 Sheffield United 29 17 7 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 15 8 4 3 18 11 24 58
3 Middlesbrough 29 13 6 10 44 35 14 7 5 2 20 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 9 45
4 Luton Town 28 12 9 7 36 29 14 4 7 3 19 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 7 45
5 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 8 9 39 30 15 7 4 4 21 14 14 5 4 5 18 16 9 44
6 Watford 29 12 8 9 34 31 14 7 3 4 20 13 15 5 5 5 14 18 3 44
7 Blackburn Rovers 28 14 1 13 31 35 13 9 0 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 43
8 Norwich City 29 12 6 11 40 34 15 5 4 6 19 19 14 7 2 5 21 15 6 42
9 Millwall 27 12 6 9 33 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 42
10 Sunderland 28 11 8 9 41 32 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 9 41
11 Preston North End 28 11 7 10 26 31 14 3 4 7 8 18 14 8 3 3 18 13 -5 40
12 Swansea City 28 10 9 9 40 38 13 6 2 5 20 16 15 4 7 4 20 22 2 39
13 Coventry City 29 10 8 11 31 32 15 7 4 4 19 14 14 3 4 7 12 18 -1 38
14 Queens Park Rangers 29 10 8 11 31 37 14 5 4 5 17 18 15 5 4 6 14 19 -6 38
15 Hull City 29 10 7 12 36 44 15 5 3 7 17 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -8 37
16 Reading 28 11 4 13 31 42 13 8 2 3 20 14 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 37
17 Bristol City 28 8 9 11 37 38 15 5 4 6 19 17 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 33
18 Stoke City 28 9 6 13 33 37 14 4 3 7 17 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -4 33
19 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 35 15 4 5 6 18 18 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 32
20 Rotherham United 29 7 11 11 33 40 14 5 5 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 32
21 Cardiff City 29 7 8 14 21 32 15 4 5 6 11 13 14 3 3 8 10 19 -11 29
22 Huddersfield Town 27 7 5 15 25 35 14 5 2 7 13 14 13 2 3 8 12 21 -10 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 28 6 7 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 13 4 4 5 16 19 -22 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.