Premiership - Hull City v Manchester City

6 February 2010

Preview By Tipster Jumbo (New Zealand)

Hull earned a point against Chelsea and will have their tails up heading into this match while City were lucky to get by Portsmouth last weekend, City has the talent but not the form away from home…

The Tigers drew with Chelsea in their last match as you all should know but they haven’t tasted an actual win in their last 11 Matches!! Drawing matches seems to be their preferred option with 3 draws in their last 5 matches and two in a row 1-1 with Chelsea and 2-2 with Wolves, you can take from that the goal scoring as they are at least doing that in their matches, Hull have scored in 3 of their last 5 EPL Matches and at home they have scored in all but one of their last 4 fixtures there racking up 7 goals but allowing 8, they do though need to keep on picking up points and although they would love 3, 1 would do as well just to keep their heads above the relegation zone, Personal wise for the Tigers and Bullard is still out but otherwise they are looking good personal wise.

City beat Portsmouth in their last match but it was hardly a decisive result and they were well held to a certain extent by them, however a win is a win and they do have a wealth of talent on their books, the form of Tevez is great and his efforts in their matches is big, he tries very hard and really stands out, he fights and scraps all game long and that has got to lift his team mates to a certain extent, City sits in 6th spot on the EPl Table but are only 2 points outside the top 4 and so only winning will do for them, City have scored in all but 1 of their last 5 fixtures and away from home have scored in 4 of their last 5 matches, knocking in 9 while allowing 7, picking up 3 wins and 2 losses in their last 5 away fixtures, Personal wise and things are on the up for City with Viera almost ready to play and could be in this weekend while Bellamy and Wright-Phillips are ready for action this weekend.

Recent Results: Played 3, Hull 0, Man City 1, Drawn 2…..Round 14, 28-Nov-2009 at Man City : Man City vs Hull 1 - 1…..Round 19, 26-Dec-2008 at Man City : Man City vs Hull 5 - 1…..Round 13, 16-Nov-2008 at Hull : Hull vs Man City 2 – 2

Hull have drawn 4 games from their last 5 and the draw last time out against Chelsea has to have them in good spirits, they can score goals and they do score goals while the same can be said of City who when at home they are great but away from home they only have 3 wins on the season from 11 fixtures, but they do also have 5 draws and I feel that could be about to happen again, Goals in this match should come and I reckon over 2.5 is a major option, however on here I’ll stick my head out and go for a scoring draw and it could be a high one 2-2 or the like…Good Luck.