We have already mentioned how tight the records of the season so far are in terms of separating these two teams, but the underlying data can give us more clues on what these two are like and how they could match up.

Hull are on a fairly remarkable run at the moment. They have played three away games in a row and won all of them 2-1. The last of the three was by far the most impressive as the Tigers mauled Southampton in the first half before showing great attitude and intent to hold on against a Saints fightback.

However, their xG generated across the season as a whole is only the 11th-best in the league, and they have overperformed their xG by around eight goals.

West Brom have lost seven of 16 away games, this includes losses to Norwich, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, and Southampton in terms of the play-off contenders. However, the Baggies were very impressive last time out away at Plymouth, winning 3-0, and they also drew at Ipswich 2-2 recently.

Carlos Corberan organises his teams very well. West Brom are tied with Leeds for the most clean sheets in the league. West Brom are also one of only three teams who have conceded less than 1 xG per match, albeit Hull are fifth in that metric, only 0.06 xG behind.

With defensive organisation being a key strength of both sides, it could take some high quality attacking work or an exceptional high press to create good chances. Hull executed this excellently against Southampton last time out and they could be the team to side with in a tight encounter.

There is an obvious outlier in the goalscorer odds here that warrants our backing.

The new January addition for Hull on the left of the attack, Anass Zaroury, joined from Burnley. Zaroury had a great season in the Championship last term, scoring seven in 26 90s. The Moroccan opened the scoring against Southampton last time out, following in a rebound from a Fabio Carvalho shot. He also threatened from range, which tends to be Zaroury’s modus operandi.

He is by far the biggest price of the three attackers in behind the front man for Hull, yet he shoots more than Carvalho and almost on a par with Jaden Philogene.

If Tom Fellows starts for West Brom, he is perhaps the best value goalscorer for the Baggies. He has broken into the first team this season having been viewed as a prospect for some time. Fellows has three goals in less than nine 90s and that isn’t far from the xG he has accumulated in that time.

The corner match bet market is very competitive in this fixture. Corners can often rely on gamestate, but as we have said throughout this piece, this should be a fairly tight match throughout.

Hull average more than two corners more than their opponents in the Championship so far this season, 6.31-4.25. This would indicate that perhaps the home side should be favourites, but West Brom also have a net positive corners record away from home, an unusual occurrence in the Championship.

At the prices, West Brom are probably worth a single at odds against, but it is difficult to confidently add this to a bet builder selection.

Instead, we can look at away corners totals as an option with West Brom possibly being slightly underestimated given their over 5.5 corners average away from home.

Cedric Kipre is the first potential bet for a yellow card in the match. The big central defender has seven yellows already, is pretty likely to play the full 90 minutes and is the best value of any regular card-getter for the Baggies. Darnell Furlong is the correct favourite, but the full-back/wing-back has nine yellows now and would pick up a ban for his next one, so he is likely to be more careful.

The best value on the pitch in terms of yellow cards though is definitely Jaden Philogene. The Hull wideman is obviously best known for his dribbling and goalscoring, but he actually has six yellow cards in 18 90s and 22 fouls as well. 6.50 for a card seems like an excellent price.

Fabio Carvalho is probably also worth a mention. He has only played 6.3 90s so far but he has one booking already and 9 fouls committed, so he is being used to press centrally, which can sometimes lead to fouls that deserve a booking.

Finally, there is a team bet that is worth adding if you are looking for shorter odds. Hull are in the top six for yellow cards, and only two off the top, with 78 yellows received. West Brom are down near the bottom of the league on 60. However, home advantage has lead the market to see West Brom as evens favourites for the most cards, this seems possibly too far, making Hull a bet.