Hull City host Swansea on Saturday afternoon for an important game in the battle to avoid relegation from the English Premier League.
Hull City host Swansea on Saturday afternoon for an important game in the battle to avoid relegation from the English Premier League.
With eleven matches left to play in the league, both teams will be desperate to get three points and move a big step closer to avoiding relegation.
In the first week of January, manager Marco Silva’s first match in charge of the Tigers ended in an FA Cup third-round 2-0 victory over Swansea as they showed initial signs of improvement following Mike Phelan’s exit. Since then, Hull have produced some other courageous displays but they have not turned into the points they need to give themselves a good chance of avoiding relegation.
Swansea has played eight Premier league games since Paul Clement became their manager, winning five and losing three - those losses were against Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea.
Home advantage could prove strong for Hull City in this match and influence the result to their advantage. A chance for Swansea to win this clash away from home is pegged at (2.94) with SportyBet while the chances of both teams sharing the spoils after normal regulation period goes for (3.26) by the same firm.
Swansea has made the second most defensive errors in the Premier League (15) and the third most errors leading to goals (six). It could be safe to back The Swans not to keep a clean sheet, priced at odds of (1.26) by SportyBet due to their defensive record.
The Tigers lead the Premier league in both penalties conceded and own goals scored, giving away ten penalties (three more than any other team) and scoring four own goals. With their discipline in defence, Hull City can also be backed not to keep a clean sheet (1.33). The Swans have already lost 2-0 twice to Hull this campaign and a hat-trick of wins for Hull City is priced at (2.48) by SportyBet.
Under 2.5 goals have been scored in eight of the last nine meetings of these clubs and the same can be backed on Saturday once more at (1.69) with SportyBet. Swansea has the worst defensive record in the Premier league (conceding 2.19 goals per game) and Hull the second worst (1.96 goals per game conceded), but both teams will set up defensively and be looking to score a goal and protect it.
Hull City lost their previous game over the weekend against Leicester, with Swansea winning theirs against Burnley. They both have a chance to score anytime in this encounter with SportyBet at (1.75), and the second half of the same meeting will record more goals after 90 minutes at a price of (2.05).
Sigurdsson has 10 assists this season - four of those have set-up Llorente who has scored 11 in total. Sigurdsson and Fernando Llorente are key for Swansea. Fernando Llorente has now scored four braces in the Premier League this season, including scoring one against Burnley in Swansea's last match. His chance of getting on the score sheet is fixed at (2.65) with SportyBet, while Sigurdsson the assist king is fixed at (3.15) to score at anytime.
Hull City stand a chance to draw first blood in the game with SportyBet at a price of (1.88) while Swansea are priced at (2.06) to score first. For The Tigers, Omar Niasse is backed to score for Hull City anytime in the match at (2.75) with Abel Hernandez offered at (2.55) to score for the same team in this encounter.
Form guide:
Hull City: LDLWDL
Swansea: WLWLWW
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