Our prediction for this Championship match:
MKM Stadium will host Saturday’s football game between Hull City and Leicester City, the two top-table sides. The Tigers are eager to stay in the playoffs berth, but they face a tough challenge against the league leaders. Both Aaron Connolly and Liam Delap are sidelined with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team. The Foxes, on the other hand, did well to put an end to their three-game losing run, with the team beating Sunderland thanks to Jamie Vardy’s goal on Tuesday evening.
As important midfielder Wilfried Ndidi has overcome his injury, we predict that the Foxes will give fans yet another reason to celebrate this weekend. In the first half of the season Hull City shocked Leicester City at King Power Stadium, meaning that the visitors are hungry for revenge. All Kasey McAteer, Ricardo Pereira, and Dennis Praet miss out through injuries for the visiting side.
Highlighted Player (Jamie Vardy):
Spending his early career playing no-league football, Jamie Vardy made the headlines when he joined Leicester City in a £1 million deal in 2012, but little did he know that he would go on to become a genuine Premier League star just three years later.
The experienced forward helped the Foxes gain promotion to the elite division and then score more than 20 goals as they mounted an unlikely title bid, earning worldwide acclaim as well as a place in the England squad. Vardy went on to score his first two goals for the Three Lions in March 2016 friendlies, with his back-heel goal against Germany in Berlin seeing him instantly become a fans’ favourite.
Over the years, Vardy has earned a reputation as a striker who never gives up and can be a real menace for opposition defenders, but his excellent goalscoring record and good link-up play are enough to suggest he can be described as a mix of old-style pacey forwards and modern strikers.
Highlighted Team (Hull City):
Hull City are a professional football club that was founded back in 1904. The Tigers used to play their home games at Boothferry Park, but they moved to the KC Stadium in 2002. The stadium capacity is 24,450.
Hull impressed in the 2015/2016 Championship campaign and, as a result, they returned to the English Premier League. Hull City fans consider Leeds United their main rivals, but Sheffield United are regarded as Hull’s fierce rivals as well. Steve Bruce took over the reins at the club in 2012 and the experienced tactician helped the team book a place in the 2013/2014 FA Cup final, but Arsenal proved to be a big catch for the Tigers in the title decider.
Hull City finished the 2013/2014 Premier League campaign in 16th place in the standings to achieve their highest ever top flight finish. It has to be noted that Curtis Davies was named the team’s player of the year in the 2013/2014 season.