Hull City vs Manchester City – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Sreya

Hull City vs Manchester City – Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City travel to KC Stadium on 26th December, Monday to face Hull City in a relatively straight-forward English Premier League fixture.

Manchester City are third in league standings with thirty six points from their eleven wins. With two wins in their last two games, which included a 2-1 comeback victory over Arsenal in the last match, have helped stem the rot which meant City had lost two consecutive games to league leaders Chelsea and defending champions Leicester City.

Hull City have not won any of their last six English Premier League fixtures and are at the bottom of the league standings with twelve points.

Team News

Abel Hernandez, Will Keane, Moses Odubajo, Alex Bruce and Greg Luer are sidelined through injuries for Hull City while Allan McGregor and Brian Lenihan are unfit.

Manchester City will be without the injured Vincent Kompany and Ilkay Gundogan. Although Fernandinho returns from suspension, Sergio Aguero will serve the last game of his suspension.

Hull City Possible Starting Lineup: David Marshall, Harry Maguire, Michael Davies, Curtis Dawson, Ahmed Elmohamady, Jake Livermore, Tom Huddlestone, Sam Clucas, Andrew Robertson, Robert Snodgrass, Diumerci Mbokani.

Manchester City Possible Starting Lineup: Claudio Bravo, Pablo Zabaleta, John Stones, Nicolas Otamendi, Aleksandar Kolarov, Fernandinho, Yaya Toure, David Silva, Kevin de Bruyne, Raheem Sterling.

“I think they [Manchester City] are an excellent team, the Premier League is a high-pressure league but they are exceptional. We have to approach the game the same way as we’ve approached the last half a dozen games. Hopefully we can get some results.”

– Mike Phelan, Hull City.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Hull City vs Manchester City H2H Stats, the last five English Premier League encounters have resulted in three wins for Manchester City, one win for Hull City and one draw.

Pep Guardiola’s side are likely to win 3-1 in this game.