Hull have lost only one of their seven home league games
Portsmouth have failed to win any of their last five away league matches
Recommended bet: Hull to win
Hull will be reeling after they saw their six-match unbeaten run in the Championship come to an end with a 2-1 defeat at Derby on Tuesday, but the Tigers will be optimistic of responding with a home victory over Portsmouth.
The Tigers had won four of their previous five matches to move into playoff contention and they have excelled at the MKM Stadium, where they are unbeaten in five with three victories in that period.
Southampton, Sheffield United, and Leicester have all been beaten on trips to Hull, and that may strike some fear into Portsmouth, who are 20th in the table with just 14 points from as many matches.
Pompey have been plagued on their travels, failing to win any of their last five away games, and Wednesday’s goalless draw at home to Wrexham was the third time in a row in which they had fired a blank.
Team news
Hull remain without star striker Oli McBurnie and he is joined on the sidelines by Mohamed Belloumi, John Lundstram, Eliot Matazo, Liam Millar and Kasey Palmer.
Portsmouth are still dealing with a busy treatment room with Harvey Blair, Jacob Farrell, Callum Lang, Nicolas Schmid, Adrian Segecic, Conor Shaughnessy, Franco Umeh and Thomas Waddingham all missing.
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The stats
Hull are unbeaten in five home league matches, recording three victories in that period.
Portsmouth have failed to win any of their last five away league matches.
Pompey have failed to score in any of their last three league outings.
Four of Portsmouth’s six away league games have gone under 2.5 goals.
Both teams have scored in nine of Hull’s last 11 matches.
No other side has scored in more of their Championship games this season than Hull's total of 12 of 14 matches.
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Prediction
Hull will be desperate to respond to midweek’s disappointing 2-1 defeat away at Derby and there is every chance they can do just that against a travel-sick Portsmouth.
Pompey are notoriously poor travellers. Last season, they lost 15 of their 23 away games and there has been little improvement on the road this term, with them enduring a five-game winless run.
Hull, meanwhile, have lost only one of their seven home league outings, and they have won four of those fixtures, which include victories over two sides from last season’s Premier League, Southampton and Leicester.
The Tigers have scored 23 goals in 14 league games and may simply have too much firepower for the south coast visitors, who are without a goal in three.
