Crystal Palace vs Hull City Prediction

Recent form

Hull's sample mixes Premier League games with a League Cup tie, and it shows a side that draws a lot without conceding too often. Four of their last eight competitive outings have finished level, including draws against Everton, Chelsea and Aston Villa, but they also found a way to beat Manchester United 2-0 earlier in the season.

Crystal Palace: 20 completed matches; Hull City: 20 completed matches.

Crystal Palace

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

26

Conceded

36

Difference

-10

Hull City

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

45% 9 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

23

Conceded

17

Difference

+6

Palace's recent run is harder to read positively. In their last eight fixtures across competitions they've lost to Newcastle at home and been thrashed 5-0 at Brighton, with a solid 3-1 win over Nottingham Forest the standout result. The overall numbers, 7 wins and 10 losses from 20 matches in this wider sample, point to a side short on consistency.

Palace's defensive record is the bigger concern heading into this one.

Comparative Team Statistics: Crystal Palace vs Hull City

Head-to-head

These two have quite a history, though almost all of it comes from 2011 to 2017 across the Championship and Premier League. Crystal Palace won the most recent meeting 4-0 at home back in 2017, but a lot has changed at both clubs since then.

Given the gap since they last played, this history doesn't tell us much about how either side will set up now.

Where they stand

Hull are ninth with nine points from seven games, built on two wins, three draws and two losses. Palace are down in fourteenth with seven points from the same number of matches, having won two, drawn one and lost four.

The gap isn't huge in points, but Palace's goal difference, nine scored and seventeen conceded, is notably worse than Hull's eight for and seven against.

Players to watch

Hull's M. Belloumi has been involved in goals at both ends, with two goals and two assists from five matches. Daichi Kamada has been Palace's main creative outlet, racking up three assists in five games.

Crystal Palace:

Best assist providers:

D. Kamada - 3

Penalty cards:

A. Disasi x 1

Hull City:

Best scorers:

M. Belloumi - 2

Best assist providers:

M. Belloumi - 2

Penalty cards:

O. McBurnie x 3

M. Crooks x 3

On discipline, Hull's O. McBurnie and M. Crooks have both picked up three yellow cards in their recent matches, while Palace's A. Disasi has seen red once in three games. Worth bearing in mind these are partial samples rather than full squad pictures.