• Hull have won at Southampton and Preston in their last two games

• Swansea have only lost one of their last five in the Championship

• Recommended bet: Hull to win and under 3.5 goals

Hull City welcome Swansea City to the MKM Stadium on Saturday afternoon and will be aiming to make it three wins in a row to keep the pressure on the top two in the Championship.

The Swans have won three of their last five league games under Vitor Matos which has seen the Welshmen move away from the danger zone.

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Team news

Hull welcomed back Joe Gelhardt after a six-week injury lay-off at Preston and the striker can expect to start on from the bench again here.

David Akintola should be available after going off with cramp in the win at Deepdale, while John Egan is also expected to feature, but, Ryan Giles, Eliot Matazo and Brandon Williams are all out until February.

Swansea will be unable to call on Ethan Galbraith while Adam Idah, Ishe Samuels-Smith and Zeidane Inoussa are also sidelined.

Joel Ward could deputise for the Swans at right-back.

The stats

Hull have won seven of their last 10 Championship matches, losing just twice.

Swansea striker Zan Vipotnik is the top scorer in the Championship with 13 goals in 26 games.

Hull are the third-top scorers in the second tier, having found the net 45 times in 27 matches – only Coventry and Ipswich have scored more goals.

Swansea have lost six of their seven games away from home – no team in the Championship has lost as many games on the road since the start of November.

Hull have picked up 19 out of a possible 24 points from their last eight Championship matches and are just five points off the automatic promotion spots.

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Prediction

Swansea are struggling on their travels in the Championship and now come up against a Hull side in strong form.

The Swans have certainly improved since Matos replaced Alan Sheehan in the dugout and have moved to the safety of mid-table.

However, the club from South Wales have lost six of their last seven away games and that run is likely to continue on Saturday.

The Tigers have won seven of their last 10 league games and will be aiming for a push at promotion in the second half of the campaign.

Hull should be too strong for Swansea and will be favourites to make it three victories in a row.

Backing under 3.5 goals may be a savvy pick as each of Hull's last five games have featured three goals or fewer.

Only two of Swansea's last 11 matches have seen four goals or more.

Back Hull to win and under 3.5 goals at 1.7/1 with LiveScore Bet