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Hull City and Newcastle meet at Kingston Communications Stadium, Hull, in the quarter-finals of the English League Cup.
The history of clashes between the two teams favors the Hull team: in the last 8 games played, for several competitions, the home team has won 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Hull City
Hull City come to this game with a 1-1 draw against West Bromwich, adding to their second consecutive game without winning in official matches: the only goal of the team was scored by Dawson. To reach this stage of the competition, Hull beat Exeter, Stoke City and last year’s Bristol City squad all away.
For the last 10 games the Hull City team scored an average of 0.9 goals and suffered an average of 2.3 goals per game, that is, it shows great difficulties in the furthest sector. It is worth mentioning that 60% of these games ended with more than two goals in the final score.
Hull City’s worst moment is between 16-30 minutes and 76-90 minutes of play, periods in which they conceded 9 goals and scored just 1 goal. In the only game in which he opened the scoring, in that same game he won in the late 90 ‘. For this game coach Mike Phelan can not count on Bruce, Abel Hernandez, Maloney, Ryan Mason and Will Keane, all injured.
Newcastle
The Newcastle team come to this game with a loss to Blackburn Rovers by 0-1, putting an end to the eleven consecutive games without proving the taste of defeat. In the previous qualifiers of the League Cup, Newcastle beat Cheltenham, Wolverhampton and Preston North End.
Analyzing the last 10 games it is possible to state that the visitors scored on average 2.5 goals and suffered an average of 0.7 goals per game, demonstrating great quality in finishing time. It is worth mentioning that 60% of these games finished with more than 2.5 goals in the final scoreboard.
In addition, Rafael Benítez’s players opened the scoring in 9 of the past 10 games, and in all these games they managed to win winners in the late 90’s. It is important to highlight that the best moment of the team, is in the first half of the game, when they scored 20 goals and conceded 6 goals. It seems that the visiting coach can not count on Robert Elliot and Rolando Aarons, both injured.
Prediction: over 1.5 goals @ 1.30