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History of the Arsenal v Hull City fixture

Hull City travel to take on Arsenal at Emirates Stadium at tea-time on Saturday, looking to break their duck against the hosts. 60.00% of the past meetings have resulted in a defeat for The Tigers.

The last time the two teams met at Arsenal was well over fifteen years ago, back in October 1988, with Arsenal running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in an League Cup match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
1988/1989	Wed 12 Oct	Arsenal	3 - 0	Hull City	LGEC
1988/1989	Wed 28 Sep	Hull City	1 - 2	Arsenal	LGEC
1977/1978	Tue 29 Nov	Arsenal	5 - 1	Hull City	LGEC
1929/1930	Wed 26 Mar	Arsenal	1 - 0	Hull City	FAC
1929/1930	Sat 22 Mar	Arsenal	2 - 2	Hull City	FAC
1914/1915	Fri 02 Apr	Hull City	1 - 0	Arsenal	CHMP
1914/1915	Sat 26 Sep	Arsenal	2 - 1	Hull City	CHMP

Recent respective form guides

Arsenal could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. In this time, Gunners have rattled up an impressive 17 goals, and conceded 0.

Hull City have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The The Tigers's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.

Arsenal are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 12 points from the 5 games played. Hull City's 8 points from 5 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Arsenal	6	5	1	0	21	2	16
Hull City	6	2	2	2	8	12	8

FootyMad's prediction ...

Hull City have an average recent record on the road, and this could be the reason why Arsenal may poach a narrow victory, according to the Madmen. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Arsenal	Won 6 successive home games. 7 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 6 matches.
Hull City	No sequences of note