DomainJava.com – Hull City vs Leeds prediction in the Championship match, Aiming to extend their lead at the top of the Championship standings, Leeds United will make the short trip to the MKM Stadium to face Hull City on Saturday.
The visitors have extended their unbeaten run to seven games and climbed to the top of the division over the festive period, while their hosts dropped back into the relegation zone after defeat on New Year's Day.
Hull City return to the MKM Stadium on Saturday looking to move out of the bottom three of the Championship, having moved into a more competitive position under new management Ruben Selles over the past month.
Following the sacking of Tim Walter and a temporary spell in charge under Andy Dawson, Selles arrived in Yorkshire with the Tigers sitting at the foot of the Championship table with just 15 points from 19 games, and he was initially unable to stem the slump due to a winless record. extended to 13 games in his first two games as coach.
The Spaniard has recorded his fourth and fifth league wins of the season either side of Christmas, with a home win over Swansea City and away success over Blackburn Rovers separated by a Boxing Day defeat to Preston North End.
After Ryan Longman scored the only goal in the trip to Blackburn last Sunday, the Tigers recently hosted Middlesbrough on New Year's Day and looked set to take a good point from a goalless draw, only for Alex Gilbert to break the deadlock and take all three. points for the visitors in the 93rd minute.
Hurt by that painful defeat and as a result, back in the relegation zone, despite being just a point behind Portsmouth, Hull City will now hope to bounce back to winning ways at home and get back out of the bottom three. weekend.
However, they face a very tough test, as their visitors come looking to extend their unbeaten run and extend their lead at the top of the Championship table.
Aiming to win promotion back to the Premier League for the second time under the management of Daniel Farke, Leeds United have enjoyed a strong campaign so far, picking up 52 points from their 25 games so far.
In all those games, the Whites have picked up 15 wins and suffered just three defeats, having won five and drawn two of their seven games since their last defeat at the end of November.
Having picked up just 14 points from their first 10 away league games, Farke's men have now managed back-to-back away wins, beating Stoke City and Derby County 2-0 and 1-0 respectively after Christmas, before last hosting Blackburn Rovers on Sunday. New Year's Day and a point when Danny Batth leveled the score at one goal each in stoppage time after Pascal Struijk broke the deadlock for the Whites in the 88th minute.
With fellow promotion chasers Burnley and Sheffield United also dropping points at the turn of the year, Leeds United are now top of the table, three points clear of Sunderland and Sheffield United and five points ahead of fourth-placed Sunderland, and they will do just that. aim to further strengthen their standing with a 16th league win of the season on Sunday.
Hull City continue to struggle with a long list of absentees, as Oscar Zambrano remains suspended while Carl Rushworth, Charlie Hughes, Mohamed Belloumi, Liam Millar, Kasey Palmer and Ryan Longman are out through injury.
Abu Kamara and Chris Bedia will be in contention to start in attack, after Abdulkadir Omur, Joao Pedro and Mason Burstow were selected for their recent meeting with Hull City.
Elsewhere, Alfie Jones and Sean McLoughlin will continue to play at the heart of the back four, while Regan Slater, Steven Alzate and Gustavo Puerta will hope to retain their places in midfield despite competition from Xavier Simons and Harry Vaughan.
Leeds United remained without defender Junior Firpo and midfield Ilia Gruev through injury on Saturday, while full-backs Jayden Bogle and Sam Byram are doubts for the trip to the MKM Stadium after experiencing concerns of their own.
If Byram is unable to feature, Max Wober will come in on the left side of defence, while Joe Rodon and Pascal Struijk will continue their partnership in the middle and captain Ethan Ampadu could join Ao Tanaka in midfield.
Joel Piroe, who leads the squad with nine league goals this season, should continue to spearhead the attack, while Manor Solomon, Brenden Aaronson, Daniel James, Largie Ramazani and Willy Gnonto will compete for support, with Aaronson contributing by scoring seven goals. and two assists in the Championship, Gnonto scored four and five assists respectively and James added five goals and three assists.
(source: Sportsmole)
Hull City vs Leeds Player Predictions
Hull City: Endurance; Coyle, Jones, McLoughlin, Giles; Slater, Door, Rise; Omar, Bedia, Burstow
Leeds: Meslier; Schmidt, Struijk, Rodon, Wober; Tanaka, Ampadu; Gnonto, Aaronson, James; Piroe
Hull City vs Leeds Score Prediction: 1-2
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