Our prediction for this Championship match:
Hull City will be aiming to keep their playoffs hopes alive when they welcome Queens Park Rangers to their MKM Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers are six points behind the playoffs berth, meaning that this has to go down as a must-win game for the home side. Forward Liam Delap remains on the sidelines with injury, but the 21-year-old should be the only absentee in the home team.
The Hoops, on the other hand, have been having their ups and downs of late, with the team beating Swansea City on the road, losing to Sheffield Wednesday, while sharing the spoils with Plymouth. QPR have been producing fine performances on the road of late and given Hull City’s difficulties in front of home fans, we predict that the two sides are going to share the spoils at MKM Stadium. All Michael Frey, Jack Colback, Rayan Kolli, and Taylor Richards are sidelined with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Jordan Archer):
Jordan Archer is an English goalkeeper who plays for Millwall in the Championship. Archer started his career in the youth team of Charlton Athletic and he moved to Tottenham Hotspur football academy in 2009. However, he did not see a first-team football at White Hart Lane as he was inmeditely sent on loan to Harrow Bourough (2011).
After ending his loan spells with the likes of Bishop’s Storford, Wycombe Wanderers and Northampton he signed a loan deal with Millwall in 2015 and he was soon offered a permanent contract with the capital club. Jordan Archer made 39 appearances for the Lions in the 2016/2017 League One campaign and it has to be noted that he managed to keep 11 clean sheets n the process.
Millwall secured promotion to the Championship at the end of the season as they defeated Bradford City in the final of the League One play-offs. Jordan Archer was born in Walthamstow, England on April 12, 1993.
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.