Hull vs Stoke Prediction & Betting Tips - Championship

Prediction published on 29/03/2024, 02:20  by Ian John in Championship Predictions

Hull City will face Stoke City on Good Friday (Kick off 3pm) unbeaten in their last seven games, but having drawn all of their last four. Three of those draws have all come at home including two 1-1 draws with WBA and Birmingham followed by a 2-2 draw last time out against second placed Leicester City. Prior to that, the Tigers had won three away games in a row, at Rotherham, Huddersfield and Southampton, all by a 2-1 scoreline. They have lost just one of their last ten games, but that did come at home (against Swansea) and worryingly, they have won just one of their last six games on home soil. Liam Rosenior's team are three points behind Norwich with a game in hand, but with an inferior goal difference (+7 compared to +15 for Norwich). 

Steven Schumacher has seen his Stoke City team dropping dangerously into the relegation battle in the last few months. They have won three and lost eight of their last eleven games and sit in 19th place in the table on 41 points and the third worst goal difference in the league. Despite being 19th, they are just two points off Huddersfield who lie in 22nd and three ahead of Sheffield Wednesday who lie 23rd and who both have better recent form than the Potters. One positive is that they did win their last away game. 2-1 away to Preston North End, but they followed that up with a 3-0 home defeat at the hands of Norwich City just before the international break. With just 35 goals scored, Stoke have the third fewest goals in the division with only Rotherham and Sheffield Wednesday (both with 30) scoring fewer goals in the league this season.