Hull City vs. Ipswich Town - prediction, team news, lineups

Winless successful the Premier League since August, Hull City invited Ipswich Town to the MKM Stadium connected Saturday, aiming to extremity their undesirable series successful gameweek nine.

The hosts are the lowest scorers successful the division's apical fractional with 9 goals, highlighting the Tigers' main contented up of 12th-placed Ipswich's sojourn for the clubs' first-ever top-flight meeting.

Match preview

When Hull followed their opening-day 2-0 triumph implicit Manchester United with a 1-0 occurrence against Coventry City, Sergej Jakirovic could person been forgiven for not anticipating that his broadside would hold 2 months for different victory.

However, a drought has followed, with the promoted broadside failing to flooded immoderate of their past six Premier League opponents, oregon 7 crossed each competitions, to participate this play without a triumph since August 29.

Although the Tigers' endurance bid was ever apt to beryllium built connected antiaircraft foundations, their deficiency of accordant attacking wound means that past season's Championship playoff winners person not scored much than doubly successful immoderate of their 10 matches crossed each competitions this term.

Hull present participate Saturday's lucifer without an open-play extremity successful 2 consecutive games since drafting 2-2 with Everton instantly aft the September-October planetary break, having mislaid 1-0 to Fulham successful mid-October earlier requiring an Oli McBurnie punishment to instrumentality the pb against Brentford past clip out.

That leaves Jakirovic's broadside arsenic the joint-lowest scorers successful the apical fractional with 9 goals, level with Leeds United and Aston Villa, but the Tigers anticipation to capitalise connected their beardown grounds astatine the MKM Stadium, wherever they stay unbeaten aft 4 matches, to widen their enactment successful the apical 10.

Those prospects whitethorn beryllium played down fixed that the location broadside person not defeated Ipswich successful immoderate gathering since November 2020 successful League One, marking an astir six-year hold for occurrence successful this fixture.

Gary O'Neil's men person besides tasted triumph much precocious than their hosts, with the Tractor Boys collecting 3 points from this month's 2-1 triumph implicit Fulham for their 3rd top-flight win.

Victories implicit Sunderland, Crystal Palace and Fulham person seen the Suffolk-based nine cod maximum points erstwhile successful each period of the season, but the Tractor Boys anticipation to interruption that signifier by winning again this weekend.

That result whitethorn beryllium connected replicating their show successful a 3-2 triumph implicit Palace astatine Selhurst Park, though that effect was aided by Axel Disasi receiving his marching orders with the people tied astatine 1-1.

Success for O'Neil's men would assistance them supra Hull, with some teams presently level connected 10 points, and perchance arsenic precocious arsenic sixth successful the Premier League table; conversely, they are lone 4 points wide of 18th-placed Nottingham Forest, and different distant decision would permission the promoted broadside looking implicit their shoulders successful the embryonic standings.

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Team News

Hull are dealing with a surfeit of injuries, with Eliot Matazo (knee), Matt Targett (ankle), Ilyas Ansah (back), Darko Gyabi (groin) and Charlie Hughes (groin) each absent; Lucas Gourna-Douath (calf), Nobel Mendy (groin) and Jack Butland (arm) are doubtful and volition beryllium assessed earlier kick-off.

While Mohamed Belloumi remains the location side's starring threat, arsenic evidenced by his 3 goals and 2 assists, the Algerian has been incapable to marque the quality successful the past 2 games against Fulham and Brentford.

McBurnie opened his relationship for the play from the spot past week, and the forward, who scored 17 Championship goals successful 2025-26 and has antecedently recorded 2 six-goal Premier League campaigns, hopes to adhd to his top-flight tally.

Unlike the Tigers, Ipswich person 3 players who person scored much than erstwhile this term, with Zian Flemming, Emersonn and Leif Davis netting doubly apiece heading into gameweek nine.

Flemming, successful particular, has scored some goals distant from home, continuing his singular travelling signifier successful the apical formation aft netting 8 of his 11 strikes for Burnley successful 2025-26 connected the road.

The distant broadside person a comparatively steadfast squad, with lone Jack Taylor decidedly ruled out, portion Sasa Lukic volition beryllium assessed owed to a groin contented earlier Saturday's match.

Hull City imaginable starting lineup:

Tzolakis; Coyle, Ajayi, Egan, Herrington, Giles; Belloumi, Iroegbunam, Slater, Stroud; McBurnie

Ipswich Town imaginable starting lineup:

Walton; Ouattara, O'Shea, Diop, Davis; Palacios, Luis; Fatawu, Enciso, Philogene; Emersonn

We say: Hull City 2-1 Ipswich Town

The Tigers person struggled for attacking fluency, yet remaining unbeaten crossed 4 location matches suggests that Jakirovic's men are comfy successful acquainted surroundings.

Despite their attacking assortment and Flemming's capabilities distant from home, Ipswich person been inconsistent connected their travels, losing 3 of four, and Hull whitethorn yet extremity their winless tally if Belloumi and McBurnie harvester effectively.

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