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Last updated : 13 August 2005 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Wolverhampton Wanderers v Hull City fixture

Hull City travel to take on Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 26 games played, Tigers have recorded 8 wins, and Wolves have come away with 12 victories.

The last time the two teams met at Wolves was more than a decade ago, in April 1991, when they played out a goalless draw in a Second Division match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
1990/1991Sat 20 AprWolves0 - 0Hull CityCHMP
1990/1991Sat 20 OctHull City1 - 2WolvesCHMP
1990/1991Tue 09 OctWolves1 - 1Hull CityLGEC
1990/1991Tue 25 SepHull City0 - 0WolvesLGEC
1989/1990Mon 16 AprHull City2 - 0WolvesCHMP
1989/1990Tue 26 DecWolves1 - 2Hull CityCHMP
1976/1977Sat 26 MarWolves2 - 1Hull CityCHMP

Recent respective form guides

Wolverhampton Wanderers are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Wolves, with 4 goals against.

Hull City have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Tigers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.

Wolves lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca Cola Championship, picking up 4 points from their 2 games so far. Hull City find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 2 points from their 2 matches.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Wolves642012614
Hull City6033383

FootyMad's prediction ...

With Hull City not hitting the right notes away from home at the moment, the Madmen safely assumes that Wolves will ease to victory over the Tigers. Home win

Sequence statistics:
WolvesWon 4 successive home games.
5 games since last home draw.
Unbeaten run of 18 matches.
Hull CityNot won in previous 3 away matches.
Drawn each of the last 2 games.
No win in the 6 most recent games.