West Brom vs Hull prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2023-11-03 15:00.
A run of just one defeat in nine Championship games (W4, D4) means West Bromwich Albion are very much part of the growing peloton looking to capitalise on any slip-ups by runaway top-two Ipswich Town and Leicester City. The Baggiesâ 2-0 victory at Coventry City on Monday was their seventh clean sheet during that spell, a joint-league high haul of shutouts shared with Ipswich and Leicester themselves heading into this round.
That triumph in the West Midlands came shortly after Carlos CorbĂ©ranâs one-year anniversary as manager, and since the Spaniard took the helm, only Michael Carrick has racked up more wins as a head coach in Englandâs second tier. West Brom have also enjoyed an excellent recent record against Hull City, heading into this meeting on a run of seven straight H2H victories at the Hawthorns, with five of those seeing the hosts score at least three times!
Hull travel south sitting below their opponents only on goal difference and off the back of consecutive wins âto nilâ for the first time since February. Another positive omen the Tigers can draw inspiration from is their 2-0 win in the previous H2H, the first meeting between CorbĂ©ran and their boss Liam Rosenior, who will oversee his 45th game for his current employers – a period which has seen 19 draws!
Only Coventry have had to settle for a stalemate on more occasions than Hull (D5) in the Championship this term, a predicament that could prove costly in their push for a top-six berth. But the Yorkshire outfit have proven to be plucky underdogs, recording a joint league-best four wins as pre-match outsiders (D3, L3) this Championship season.
Players to watch: After failing to register a goal involvement in his first five Championship clashes this season, Grady Diangana has since collected three in four games for West Brom (G2, A1), including strikes in the last two fixtures. Jaden Philogene-Bidace has five goal contributions (G3, A2) in just four Hull encounters, netting after the 65th minute to help his team win their last two outings.
Hot stat: No Championship side picked up more points from losing positions this campaign heading into the weekend than Hull (W2, D3, L3).