Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Hull City welcomes Fleetwood Town

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: KCOM Stadium (25400 seats)

Hull City perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Fleetwood Town can look both up and down from their 13th position.

Insights:
  • Hull City have the most scored goals (71) in League One
  • Fleetwood Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (12) in League One

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!

Hull are battling for top spots and have everything to play for.

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Hull City form and stats

Hull City, who have the most scored goals (71) in League One, have played 20 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 12-3-5 (wins-draws-losses). Hull has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Ipswich Town defeat 52 days ago.

Hull City are confident in defense, having played 204 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Happy days for Hull in their previous game, a League One match away at Plymouth Argyle (placed 16th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Hull won a home game hosting Northampton Town (3-0).

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Hull City, as the League One home game vs Sunderland is only three days away.

Hull has scored 25 league goals at home this season, in 20 matches. Defensively Hull have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (10 in 20 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

6 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses. That’s the product of Fleetwood Town playing as the away team in the League One this season.

Fleetwood have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Alex Cairns. It's been 181 minutes since they last conceded in League One.

Fleetwood go into this game after a win, the home game against Rochdale that ended 1-0. Prior to that result Fleetwood Town won their away game at AFC Wimbledon. The scoreline was 1-0.

After this away game Fleetwood return home for a League One game against Crewe Alexandra. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Fleetwood Town as they have only managed to score 18 times from 19 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Fleetwood have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Fleetwood Town - Hull 4-1, played this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Hull City victories, zero draws and one Fleetwood Town win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hull CityM. Wilks
M. Wilks
18 goals
HullJ. Magennis
J. Magennis
11 goals
Hull CityK. Lewis-Potter
K. Lewis-Potter
11 goals

Hull City missing players

Fleetwood Town missing players

Hull City Fleetwood Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
41 20 7 Played P 6 19 40
24 12 5 Won W 1 6 15
7 3 1 Drew D 2 4 11
10 5 1 Lost L 3 9 14
71 25 10 Scored S 5 18 43
32 10 3 Conceded C 8 19 33
98% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 84% 85%
78% 60% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 53% 52%
44% 20% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 32% 25%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 16% 15%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 11% 10%
37% 20% 29% BTTS BTTS 50% 37% 38%
49% 60% 57% Clean Sheets C S 33% 37% 38%
17% 25% 14% Failed to Score F T 50% 42% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.9 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.2 12 14.1 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 8.5 10.8
4.3 3.9 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.7 3.5
40% 32% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 35% 30%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Fleetwood Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fleetwood Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (12) in League One
  • Fleetwood Town have the most matches under the total-line (27) in League One
  • Hull City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Hull City have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in League One
  • Hull City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in League One
  • Hull City have the most clean sheets (12) at home in League One
  • Hull City have the most clean sheets (20) in League One
  • Hull City have the most scored goals (71) in League One
  • Hull City have the most scored goals in the first half (35) in League One
  • Hull City have the the best goal difference (+39) in League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hull City 41 24 7 10 71 32 20 12 3 5 25 10 21 12 4 5 46 22 39 79
2 Peterborough United 40 23 7 10 70 38 19 14 3 2 44 15 21 9 4 8 26 23 32 76
3 Sunderland 39 19 14 6 60 31 20 9 6 5 28 20 19 10 8 1 32 11 29 71
4 Blackpool 38 18 10 10 52 35 18 9 6 3 26 17 20 9 4 7 26 18 17 64
5 Portsmouth 39 19 7 13 57 42 21 8 5 8 28 23 18 11 2 5 29 19 15 64
6 Lincoln City 38 18 9 11 57 42 20 8 4 8 30 28 18 10 5 3 27 14 15 63
7 Charlton Athletic 39 17 11 11 57 51 18 6 5 7 30 33 21 11 6 4 27 18 6 62
8 Ipswich Town 39 17 9 13 41 38 21 11 4 6 22 17 18 6 5 7 19 21 3 60
9 Oxford United 40 17 8 15 59 48 19 9 4 6 25 17 21 8 4 9 34 31 11 59
10 Gillingham 41 17 8 16 56 54 21 9 4 8 28 28 20 8 4 8 28 26 2 59
11 Doncaster Rovers 38 17 6 15 55 52 20 11 4 5 33 24 18 6 2 10 22 28 3 57
12 Accrington Stanley 39 16 9 14 52 57 20 9 5 6 25 21 19 7 4 8 27 36 -5 57
13 Fleetwood Town 40 15 11 14 43 33 21 9 7 5 25 14 19 6 4 9 18 19 10 56
14 Milton Keynes Dons 40 15 10 15 55 54 20 8 7 5 30 25 20 7 3 10 25 29 1 55
15 Crewe Alexandra 39 15 9 15 47 54 20 9 5 6 28 27 19 6 4 9 19 27 -7 54
16 Plymouth Argyle 41 14 10 17 50 66 21 11 4 6 30 30 20 3 6 11 20 36 -16 52
17 Shrewsbury Town 38 12 14 12 43 42 18 5 7 6 25 23 20 7 7 6 18 19 1 50
18 Burton Albion 39 13 9 17 50 63 19 6 2 11 25 37 20 7 7 6 25 26 -13 48
19 Northampton Town 41 10 10 21 34 58 21 7 5 9 17 23 20 3 5 12 17 35 -24 40
20 AFC Wimbledon 39 9 12 18 41 62 18 4 4 10 19 31 21 5 8 8 22 31 -21 39
21 Wigan Athletic 40 10 8 22 43 67 19 3 5 11 18 36 21 7 3 11 25 31 -24 38
22 Bristol Rovers 41 10 8 23 40 64 20 7 2 11 23 28 21 3 6 12 17 36 -24 38
23 Swindon Town 40 11 4 25 45 72 21 7 1 13 21 35 19 4 3 12 24 37 -27 37
24 Rochdale 39 7 12 20 47 70 19 1 9 9 20 38 20 6 3 11 27 32 -23 33

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.