Hull City vs Middlesbrough Prediction: Middlesbrough is struggling with their poor away performance this season

Hull City is set to host Middlesbrough this Tuesday at MKM Stadium. Middlesbrough has lost in two of their last three league visits against Hull. Would Middlesbrough be able to beat Hull this time?

Hull City’s Form

Hull’s home performance looks decent this season as they managed (W4 L5) to win on 4 occasions out of 9. Despite getting a good start Hull has lost its momentum and lost two home games in a row against Birmingham (0-2) and Blackburn (0-1) recently. In their nine home league games, Hull scored 9 goals against their visitors and conceded 15 in return.

Their away performance is a matter of concern as they managed (L4 D2 W2) to win on two occasions out of eight. With 20 points in 17 games, Hull is sitting in the 18th position. They have netted 20 goals this season and conceded 32 in return.

Oscar Estupinan is the team’s top scorer with 8 goals followed by Ozan Tufan (3) and Ryan Longman (2) respectively 2nd and 3rd positions.

Hull’s possible lineup

Baxter; Christie, Figueiredo, Jones, Greaves; Seri, Woods; Slater, Pelkas, Docherty; Longman.

Middlesbrough’ Form

Middlesbrough's away performance is a matter of concern this season as they managed (W1 D1 L6) to win on one occasion out of eight. They lost their last away game against Preston (1-2) to register their 6th defeat of the season.

In their eight away league games, Middlesbrough scored 10 goals against their visitors and conceded 14 in return.

Middlesbrough's home performance seems awesome this season as they managed (W3 D4 L2) to win on three occasions out of nine. With 17 points in 17 games, Middlesbrough is sitting in the 21st position. They have netted 20 goals this season and conceded 23 in return.

Chuba Akpom is the team’s top scorer with 5 goals followed by Duncan Watmore (4) and Isaiah Jones (2) respectively 2nd and 3rd positions.

Middlesbrough’s possible lineup

Steffen; Smith, Fry, Lenihan, Giles; Jones, Howson, Hackney, McGree; Akpom, Muniz.  

Hull vs Middlesbrough expert tips

Middlesbrough is struggling with their poor away performance this season. On the other end, Hull’s home performance looks good. After analyzing all the facts, we are anticipating Hull to win the game or the game to end in a draw. In this match, we can expect more than 2.5 goals as historically both teams have scored more than 3 goals in a face-off.