Hull take on Portsmouth at the MKM Stadium on Saturday afternoon, and the hosts will be looking for a vital win to bolster their play-off claims after falling to defeat against Derby in midweek. The visitors are struggling at present; they’ve endured a poor run, which has seen them pick up just one win in the last ten games. A win could create some crucial daylight between them and the drop zone. 

It’s been a turbulent period for Hull over the last couple of years, after the extremely unfortunate sacking of Liam Rosenior at the end of the 2023/24 season, two more managers have come and gone. However, under the stewardship of Sergej Jakirovic, things are beginning to look brighter.

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📈 Hull v Portsmouth Form & Stats

Hull currently find themselves in 8th position, just one point off the play-offs. Their season record is six wins, four draws, and four defeats. There is perhaps a feeling that Hull are occupying a slightly deceiving position in the league; their underlying data across the season has seen a big overperformance on xGF and xGA. Those numbers have remained pretty poor despite a favourable run of results since the start of October. 

After finishing 16th last season, but only avoiding relegation by five points, Portsmouth will be hoping to escape the drop again this season. Despite a promising start to the season where they weren’t losing many games, it’s turning into a painful run of results, which has seen them pick up just one win in their last ten games, that’s included defeats in three out of their last four matches. 

Portsmouth are posting underlying numbers that are slightly better than their league position suggests, currently sitting on 2.6 xPTS less than their current points tally. Portsmouth sit 17th in the xG table, three places above their actual position.

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