Open game expected at KCOM Stadium: Hull City vs Sunderland preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 20.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: KCOM Stadium (25400 seats)

A key match in League One as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Hull City in 1st position and Sunderland placed 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Hull City have the fewest conceded goals (33) in League One
  • Sunderland have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in League One

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Hull and Sunderland.

The season is still full of potential for Hull as they can still win the whole League One. Sunderland are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Hull City form and stats

42 points is a decent return from 21 League One games here at KCOM Stadium for Hull City. The data says 13 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. Hull haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Ipswich Town, 55 days ago. Two home wins in a row for Hull bring valid hopes of a third.

A nice win for Hull last time playing, versus Fleetwood Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Josh Magennis and Keane Lewis-Potter scoring for the victors. In the game before, an away victory match versus Plymouth Argyle with a 3-0 scoreline.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hull have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 18 matches with the results: Won six, drawn three and lost nine.

There will be little rest for Hull after this match as they are travelling to Lincoln City for a League One game in only four days.

The Hull fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 27 in 21 matches. From these home matches, Hull have conceded only 11 goals.

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Sunderland form and stats

The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (12) away in League One, are W10-D8-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League One. Recent form does not give Sunderland much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Hull City will be a tough nut to crack. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Sunderland are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Sunderland are travelling again after losing away to Blackpool in their previous match (0-1). A 1-2 defeat away at Wigan Athletic before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Sunderland in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Sunderland, three draws and five defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Accrington Stanley in just four days.

Sunderland are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 33 times in 21 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (14 so far).

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Sunderland - Hull City 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Hull wins - draws - Sunderland wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SunderlandC. Wyke
C. Wyke
24 goals
HullM. Wilks
M. Wilks
18 goals
Hull CityJ. Magennis
J. Magennis
13 goals

Hull City missing players

Sunderland missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hull City Sunderland
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
42 21 6 Played P 6 21 41
25 13 2 Won W 3 10 19
7 3 2 Drew D 2 8 14
10 5 2 Lost L 1 3 8
73 27 6 Scored S 9 33 61
33 11 5 Conceded C 2 14 34
98% 95% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 90% 95%
79% 62% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 76% 76%
45% 24% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 38% 39%
19% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 19% 20%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 2%
38% 24% 33% BTTS BTTS 17% 38% 51%
48% 57% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 57% 44%
17% 24% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 14% 10%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.5 1.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
12.2 11.9 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 13.8 13.3
4.2 3.8 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.9 4.6
41% 34% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 32% 32%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Hull City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Hull City have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in League One
  • Hull City have the fewest conceded goals (33) in League One
  • Hull City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (13) 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 in the first half (35) in League One
  • Hull City have the the best goal difference (+40) in League One
  • Hull City is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • Sunderland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Sunderland have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in League One
  • Sunderland have the most clean sheets (12) away 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 42 25 7 10 73 33 21 13 3 5 27 11 21 12 4 5 46 22 40 82
2 Peterborough United 41 24 7 10 73 39 20 15 3 2 47 16 21 9 4 8 26 23 34 79
3 Sunderland 41 19 14 8 61 34 20 9 6 5 28 20 21 10 8 3 33 14 27 71
4 Lincoln City 40 20 9 11 62 42 21 9 4 8 34 28 19 11 5 3 28 14 20 69
5 Blackpool 40 19 11 10 53 35 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 9 4 7 26 18 18 68
6 Oxford United 42 19 8 15 66 51 21 11 4 6 32 20 21 8 4 9 34 31 15 65
7 Portsmouth 41 19 8 14 57 43 21 8 5 8 28 23 20 11 3 6 29 20 14 65
8 Charlton Athletic 40 17 12 11 57 51 19 6 6 7 30 33 21 11 6 4 27 18 6 63
9 Ipswich Town 41 17 10 14 41 41 21 11 4 6 22 17 20 6 6 8 19 24 0 61
10 Doncaster Rovers 40 18 6 16 57 55 21 11 4 6 33 27 19 7 2 10 24 28 2 60
11 Gillingham 42 17 8 17 58 57 21 9 4 8 28 28 21 8 4 9 30 29 1 59
12 Milton Keynes Dons 42 16 10 16 56 58 21 9 7 5 31 25 21 7 3 11 25 33 -2 58
13 Accrington Stanley 41 16 10 15 53 60 20 9 5 6 25 21 21 7 5 9 28 39 -7 58
14 Fleetwood Town 41 15 11 15 44 35 21 9 7 5 25 14 20 6 4 10 19 21 9 56
15 Crewe Alexandra 41 15 10 16 47 56 21 9 6 6 28 27 20 6 4 10 19 29 -9 55
16 Plymouth Argyle 42 14 11 17 51 67 21 11 4 6 30 30 21 3 7 11 21 37 -16 53
17 Burton Albion 41 14 10 17 54 64 20 6 3 11 26 38 21 8 7 6 28 26 -10 52
18 Shrewsbury Town 40 12 14 14 44 48 19 5 7 7 25 25 21 7 7 7 19 23 -4 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 41 11 12 18 48 63 20 6 4 10 26 32 21 5 8 8 22 31 -15 45
20 Wigan Athletic 42 12 8 22 47 68 21 5 5 11 22 37 21 7 3 11 25 31 -21 44
21 Northampton Town 42 10 10 22 35 61 21 7 5 9 17 23 21 3 5 13 18 38 -26 40
22 Rochdale 41 9 12 20 52 72 21 3 9 9 25 40 20 6 3 11 27 32 -20 39
23 Bristol Rovers 42 10 8 24 40 65 21 7 2 12 23 29 21 3 6 12 17 36 -25 38
24 Swindon Town 42 11 4 27 47 78 21 7 1 13 21 35 21 4 3 14 26 43 -31 37

Hull City:
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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 Hull City 42 25 7 10 73 33 21 13 3 5 27 11 21 12 4 5 46 22 40 82
2 Peterborough United 41 24 7 10 73 39 20 15 3 2 47 16 21 9 4 8 26 23 34 79
3 Sunderland 41 19 14 8 61 34 20 9 6 5 28 20 21 10 8 3 33 14 27 71
4 Lincoln City 40 20 9 11 62 42 21 9 4 8 34 28 19 11 5 3 28 14 20 69
5 Blackpool 40 19 11 10 53 35 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 9 4 7 26 18 18 68
6 Oxford United 42 19 8 15 66 51 21 11 4 6 32 20 21 8 4 9 34 31 15 65
7 Portsmouth 41 19 8 14 57 43 21 8 5 8 28 23 20 11 3 6 29 20 14 65
8 Charlton Athletic 40 17 12 11 57 51 19 6 6 7 30 33 21 11 6 4 27 18 6 63
9 Ipswich Town 41 17 10 14 41 41 21 11 4 6 22 17 20 6 6 8 19 24 0 61
10 Doncaster Rovers 40 18 6 16 57 55 21 11 4 6 33 27 19 7 2 10 24 28 2 60
11 Gillingham 42 17 8 17 58 57 21 9 4 8 28 28 21 8 4 9 30 29 1 59
12 Milton Keynes Dons 42 16 10 16 56 58 21 9 7 5 31 25 21 7 3 11 25 33 -2 58
13 Accrington Stanley 41 16 10 15 53 60 20 9 5 6 25 21 21 7 5 9 28 39 -7 58
14 Fleetwood Town 41 15 11 15 44 35 21 9 7 5 25 14 20 6 4 10 19 21 9 56
15 Crewe Alexandra 41 15 10 16 47 56 21 9 6 6 28 27 20 6 4 10 19 29 -9 55
16 Plymouth Argyle 42 14 11 17 51 67 21 11 4 6 30 30 21 3 7 11 21 37 -16 53
17 Burton Albion 41 14 10 17 54 64 20 6 3 11 26 38 21 8 7 6 28 26 -10 52
18 Shrewsbury Town 40 12 14 14 44 48 19 5 7 7 25 25 21 7 7 7 19 23 -4 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 41 11 12 18 48 63 20 6 4 10 26 32 21 5 8 8 22 31 -15 45
20 Wigan Athletic 42 12 8 22 47 68 21 5 5 11 22 37 21 7 3 11 25 31 -21 44
21 Northampton Town 42 10 10 22 35 61 21 7 5 9 17 23 21 3 5 13 18 38 -26 40
22 Rochdale 41 9 12 20 52 72 21 3 9 9 25 40 20 6 3 11 27 32 -20 39
23 Bristol Rovers 42 10 8 24 40 65 21 7 2 12 23 29 21 3 6 12 17 36 -25 38
24 Swindon Town 42 11 4 27 47 78 21 7 1 13 21 35 21 4 3 14 26 43 -31 37

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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.