Hull City v Norwich City Preview, Tips, and Prediction (24th August)

Hull City v Norwich City
Football : English : Premier League
Saturday 24th August - Kickoff 3:00pm

Hull City

Hull City were given a horrible draw for their opening game back in the Premier League when visiting Europa League Champions Chelsea. Hull lost that game 2-0 but were not disgraced and should remain confident entering this game on Saturday.

Bruce has spent nearly £11m on 9 players this summer including Figueroa, Davies, McGregor, Huddlestone, Livermore and Graham all of whom will play their part as the season goes on.

Against Chelsea, Hull were dominated for the first 25 minutes but after that they steadied the ship and in fact were the better side in the second half. Chelsea had 23 shots at the Hull goal on Sunday but the visitors that day 49% possession which is not an easy task against a Mourinho side.

Norwich City

The Canaries played out an excellent 2-2 draw with Everton last weekend. Norwich went 1-0 up then 1-2 down but a debut goal for Ricky van Wolfswinkel ensured they took at least a point.

Hughton has been very busy this window spending over £19m and I believe his signings will be good enough to keep Norwich in the Premier League this season.

Against Everton, Norwich only had 8 shots but still scored 2 goals. A worry is that they conceded a huge 20 to Everton as well as keeping just 33% ball possession and this was in their own back yard!

Betting Verdict

Bizarrely Hull City are favourites for this game and I can't understand that. Of course they are at home but they are pointless and whilst this is a big game, anxiety will most likely be present here.

Norwich statistically were horrible against Everton but they scored twice and both goals were excellently taken. I expect Norwich to come here and attack and the stat 7 of the last 8 Norwich away league games going over 2.50 testifies to that.

Another stat that I like is that Norwich have scored 2 goals or more in 3 straight league games and man for man I like their matchups with Hull. We could well see a draw in this one but to have a head start on the better side is enough to draw me in and I'll take Norwich +1/4 ball.

Good Luck

The Statistics :

The Pick :

Hull City 1-1 Norwich City