Hull vs Ipswich prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2024-04-26 19:00.
[p]Saturday night’s Championship action sees matters of promotion take centre-stage. Hull City missed a crucial opportunity to cut the gap to the top-six as they played out a goalless draw last weekend, although a resurgent midweek 3-2 win over Coventry in midweek saw them remain mathematically in with a chance of reaching the play-offs, with boss Liam Rosenior echoing that sentiment by saying “we’re still in with a shout.”[/p]
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[p]A perceptive Hull fan may tell you they have already swindled themselves out of a top-six spot by winning just two of the previous ten league games (D6, L2). Perhaps even more concerning is the fact that Hull relinquished leads in four of those six draws, whilst the other two were drab scoreless stalemates, an arguably worse spectacle for the paying fans. [/p]
[p]Visitors Ipswich won’t want to settle for a bore draw here as they travel knowing that automatic promotion remains in their own hands, which is quite incredible given they’ve failed to win any of their last three games (D2, L1). Newly crowned Championship Manager of the Season Kieran McKenna was grateful that his men have had two weeks to prepare for this clash, but he is certain that their race for automatic promotion is “going to the last week.”[/p]
[p]A haul of 89 points is already a new record for any promoted side in the Championship, and perhaps entering this clash on the back of an away defeat is a positive omen given that they’re yet to lose consecutive away league games this season. Yet trips to these parts aren’t always fruitful, with Ipswich failing to win eight of their last nine away H2Hs (W1, D2, L6), albeit the only victory in that sequence was their most recent visit. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: After scoring and assisting in his last home appearance, Hull’s Ozan Tufan is one goal shy of hitting double figures for league strikes for the first time in his career. Ipswich’s ever dependable Leif Davis provided two of his 17 league assists before half-time in the reverse, which has contributed to him making the official EFL Team of the Season, as well as Flashscores’ highest rated player in two of his last four appearances![/p]
[p]Hot stat: Hull are yet to defy the odds to win as a pre-match betting outsider at home this Championship season (D3, L2). [/p]