FM Preview: Hull City v Watford 21 Aug 2010

Last updated : 20 August 2010 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Hull City v Watford fixture

Watford pack their bags to visit Hull City at The KC Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Hornets will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 9 and win only 2 of the 17 games.

The previous match played between the two at The KC Stadium was within the last three years, in May 2008, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 4 - 1 thriller, in a Football League Play-Offs (Lvl 2) match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2007/2008Wed 14 MayHull City4 - 1WatfordD1PO
2007/2008Sun 11 MayWatford0 - 2Hull CityD1PO
2007/2008Sat 29 MarHull City3 - 0WatfordCHMP
2007/2008Sat 20 OctWatford1 - 0Hull CityCHMP
2006/2007Tue 24 OctWatford2 - 1Hull CityLGEC
2005/2006Sun 30 AprWatford0 - 0Hull CityCHMP
2005/2006Sat 05 NovHull City1 - 2WatfordCHMP

Recent respective form guides

Hull City have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 7 in the wrong end.

The Hornets have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the Hornets, and 7 goals against.

Hull City see themselves just below half way in the Npower Championship, showing a record of 3 points from their 2 games played so far, Watford's total of 4 points from their 2 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Npower Championship.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Hull City6123495
Watford641115513

FootyMad's prediction ...

Watford are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Hull City No sequences of note
Watford 3 successive away victories.
6 games since last away draw.
6 games since last defeat.