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Oli McBurnie has been a reliable performer for Hull City this season, netting 13 goals across his 26 starts - making him Hull’s joint top scorer in the Championship this season, alongside Joe Gelhardt. 

McBurnie has also registered seven assists in the Championship this season, taking his overall goal contribution tally to 20. No player in the Championship has registered more goal contributions than McBurnie this season, with the forward exceeding his xG + xA of 11.6.

He’s achieved this goal tally from 55 shots (2.09 per 90), 27 of which have managed to find the target (1.02 per 90). Hull have scored 32 goals across their 20 home matches in the Championship this season, so we can expect them to carry an attacking threat in this clash as they look to maintain their playoff spot.

Haji Wright got a bit of a rest on Friday night, as Ellis Simms led the line for Coventry’s 3-2 win over Derby, earning them three points which have really strengthened their chances of clinching the league title. 

Wright is Coventry’s top scorer this season with 16 goals in the Championship. This is particularly impressive as Coventry have quite a lot of firepower, with Wright battling with the likes of Thomas-Asante and Simms week on week for a starting role. 

Wright has taken 86 shots across his 27 starts in the Championship this season (3.40 per 90), seeing 34 of these attempts find the target (1.34 per 90). He should get service here given that Coventry have scored 41 goals across their 20 away matches in the Championship - more than any other side on their travels in the division.

Coventry are often an entertaining watch, and their recent clash against Derby was a good example of the end to end nature of their games in the Championship this season. Coventry ran out 3-2 winners over Derby on Friday, with both sides registering an xG in excess of 2.0 (2.21-2.05). 

Coventry have avoided defeat in 15 of their 20 away matches in the Championship this season, but all of these games have been fought in a similar fashion, with Coventry seeing 66 goals across these matches (3.3 per game), including conceding 25 goals. 

I expect Hull to also get on the scoresheet with their scoring output at home this term. They’ve netted 32 goals across their 20 home games, and interestingly have conceded the exact same amount of goals in front of their own supporters. They also saw BTTS in their Good Friday fixture as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Oxford - marking the fourth occasion across their last five games where they’ve seen BTTS.

The initial league meeting between these sides produced 10 match corners, with Coventry doing most of the heavy lifting on that occasion. Frank Lampard’s side forced eight corners as they tried to break the deadlock, but Hull remained resilient and managed to come away with a 0-0 draw - being one of only a few sides that has stopped Coventry scoring at home this season.

Coventry are seeing 9.95 match corners per game in the Championship this season, with this average increasing slightly when looking at their away matches (10.15 per game). Their style lends itself to a high match corner count with Coventry not being afraid to get involved in end to end matches, trusting their scoring power to get them over the line.

Hull are seeing 9.35 match corners per game at home in the Championship this season, a slight decrease on the 10.20 match corners per game they’re seeing in the Championship overall. However, they should be motivated to contribute to the corner count given the situation they find themselves in, with their playoff spot still far from secure.