Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Nottingham Forest (4th, 80 pts) held a 29-point advantage over Hull City (19th, 51 pts). Hull City had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 10th in the league over the last five rounds against 19th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Hull City 0.89 scored and 1.17 conceded per game, Nottingham Forest 1.59 and 0.87, with the league averaging 1.25.
16 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Hull City 8, draws 2, Nottingham Forest 6, at 2.31 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 25% of those meetings.
The match was played at KCOM Stadium in Hull (capacity 25,400). S. Hooper took charge of the match — our records show 100 games refereed with an average of 2.2 yellow cards per game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-1 full-time score.