About Match
The table reads 3rd (Hull City, 7 pts) against 2nd (Arsenal, 9 pts), 2 points apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Hull City 1 scored and 0 conceded per game, Arsenal 2 and 0.33, with the league averaging 1.42. A win here leaves Hull City on 10 points and up to 1st, overtaking Arsenal, other results permitting.
Defeat has not touched Hull City in 5 games. Arsenal come in having won four on the spin, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 12 games: 0 Hull City wins, 10 for Arsenal, 2 draws, at 3.08 goals per meeting. Only 42% of these meetings ended in a home win. History points to goals: 67% of the meetings had three or more.
MKM Stadium in Hull, capacity 25,586, hosts the game.