Hull City
- The contrast in styles of Hull City and Queens Park Rangers should make Saturday’s game an interesting matchup as the Tigers look to extend their promotion bid against the mid-table Rs at the MKM Stadium.
- Hull City have won three, drawn one and lost only one of their last five games.
- Sergej Jakirovic has certainly changed Hull’s approach to be more direct and high-tempo with the Tigers pressing aggressively in the first phase and making quick transitions to flood the box.
- When Ilias Chair is on his game, the ball will be played forward at every opportunity with the midfield general’s vision and passing range unlocking defences and creating plenty of goals in the wide channels.
- Jaden Philogene’s pace and creativity on the wing has been a big part of Hull’s build-up, but it is Tyler Morton who has been the linchpin in the middle of the field, providing the energy to keep the system running and making runs in behind to cause havoc for the opposition defence.
- Oli McBurnie is the main scorer, though, with 12 in 22 appearances so far in the Championship and three in his last five.
Queens Park Rangers
- Queens Park Rangers have only won four of 16 away games in the Championship, with six draws and six defeats.
- His philosophy is all about a structured possession-first approach with the full backs wide, plenty of rotation in the central areas and Kenneth Paal’s overlapping runs from the left creating a constant overload on that side.
- Rumarn Burrell leads the scoring charts for the Rs with 10 goals in 26 Championship games and he has been a constant threat in the air or when running onto through-balls from the first attacker.
Head-to-Head
- QPR have won the last two head-to-head Championship meetings between the clubs, including a 3-2 home win two months ago.
- Hull have scored an average of 2.0 goals in their last five home meetings with QPR, who have averaged 1.0 goals as the away side.
Key Players
- Jaden Philogene’s pace and creativity on the wing has been a big part of Hull’s build-up, but it is Tyler Morton who has been the linchpin in the middle of the field, providing the energy to keep the system running and making runs in behind to cause havoc for the opposition defence.
- Oli McBurnie is the main scorer, though, with 12 in 22 appearances so far in the Championship and three in his last five.
- His philosophy is all about a structured possession-first approach with the full backs wide, plenty of rotation in the central areas and Kenneth Paal’s overlapping runs from the left creating a constant overload on that side.
- Rumarn Burrell leads the scoring charts for the Rs with 10 goals in 26 Championship games and he has been a constant threat in the air or when running onto through-balls from the first attacker.
Betting Insights
- While the bookmakers are giving the slight edge to Hull at 2.42, the Rs are available at 2.95 to win this clash.
- The better bet may be to go for BTTS at 1.73 because of the contrasting qualities of the two sides’ attacks.
- QPR have only scored 0.88 goals per game away from home in the Championship this season while conceding 1.38 per match.
- Hull have conceded 23 times in 16 home matches in the second tier.
Prediction
Back the home side to get a hard-fought win in this matchup because Hull have a better recent record of three wins, one draw and one defeat in their last five matches and have scored an average of 2.0 goals in their last five home meetings with QPR, who have averaged 1.0 goals as the away side.
