Match Report
The table gap was wide: 27 points between Hull City (6th, 73 pts) and Leicester City (23rd, 46 pts). On recent form Hull City sat only 16th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 6th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Leicester City 1.26 scored and 1.48 conceded per game, Hull City 1.52 and 1.43, with the league averaging 1.3.
A win had eluded Leicester City for 6 matches.
GioScore's database holds 16 meetings between the two: 7 for Leicester City, 4 for Hull City and 5 drawn, at 2.38 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 38% of meetings won. Recent editions have opened up: 3.2 goals per game across the last five meetings against 2.38 historically.
The referee was T. Kirk, with 100 matches in our database and 2.4 yellows per game on average. The match was played at King Power Stadium (capacity 32,312). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Hull City led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-2.
Goal scorers
Leicester City: Luke Thomas (54'), Jordan James (52') · Hull City: Liam Millar (18'), Oliver McBurnie (63')
Key stats
Possession: Leicester City 52% · Hull City 48% · Total shots: 20-13 · On target: 4-4 · Corners: 9-8