Chelsea vs Hull City – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Sreya

Chelsea vs Hull City – Chelsea hosts Hull City at the Stamford Bridge on 22nd January, Sunday for the twenty-second English Premier League fixture of their season.

Chelsea lead the title challenge with fifty two points from seventeen wins – their closest rivals Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool dropped points yesterday – Spurs drawing 2-2 at Manchester City while Liverpool lost to Swansea at home.

The Blues won 3-0 against defending champions Leicester City in their last game in spite of Diego Costa missing out due to a back injury amidst transfer speculations surrounding a move to China.

Hull City are nineteenth in league standings with sixteen points only – their fourth win of the season came against Bournemouth last week. The Tigers must rally to save their season and every point here on would count, should they wish to survive relegation.

Team News

Chelsea do not have any missing players, with Diego Costa recovering from his injury and John Terry returning from suspension.

Robert Snodgrass is a doubt for Hull City with the Tigers already missing the injured Markus Henriksen, Moses Odubajo, Greg Luer, Will Keane and Alex Bruce.

Chelsea Possible Starting Lineup: Thibaut Courtois, Cesar Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Victor Moses, N’Golo Kante, Nemanja Matic, Marcos Alonso, Pedro, Diego Costa, Eden Hazard.

Hull City Possible Starting Lineup: Eldin Jakupovic, Harry Maguire, Curtis Davies, Michael Dawson, Adama Diomande, Tom Huddlestone, Sam Clucas, Ryan Mason, Andrew Robertson, Abel Hernandez, Oumar Niasse.

“If you think this type of game is easy you make a great mistake, and you can pay for it at the end of the season. Hull are a good team. They have changed the coach and usually you have a great reaction from the players.”

– Antonio Conte, Chelsea.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Chelsea vs Hull City H2H Stats, Chelsea have won their last five matches against Hull City in all competitions and are likely to win 2-0 tonight.