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Hull City play host to Arsenal at The KC Stadium at tea-time on Saturday,
The last time the two teams met at Hull City was amazingly over twenty years ago, in September 1988, with Arsenal inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the The Tigers in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 27 Sep | Arsenal | 1 - 2 | Hull City | PREM |
| 1988/1989 | Wed 12 Oct | Arsenal | 3 - 0 | Hull City | LGEC |
| 1988/1989 | Wed 28 Sep | Hull City | 1-2 | Arsenal | LGEC |
| 1977/1978 | Tue 29 Nov | Arsenal | 5 - 1 | Hull City | LGEC |
| 1929/1930 | Wed 26 Mar | Arsenal | 1 - 0 | Hull City | FAC |
| 1929/1930 | Sat 22 Mar | Arsenal | 2 - 2 | Hull City | FAC |
| 1914/1915 | Fri 02 Apr | Hull City | 1 - 0 | Arsenal | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Hull City's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While The Tigers have scored 5, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.
Arsenal's away form is none too clever either, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Gunners have hit 5 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Hull City's 27 points from 21 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position. Arsenal find themselves in a respectable 5th position, courtesy of the 38 points they have accumulated from 21 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hull City | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 |
| Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at The KC Stadium for the The Tigers and the Madmen are unable to see past Arsenal claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hull City | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. |
| Arsenal | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 4 away matches. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |