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Hull City are ready to welcome Hartlepool United to The KC Stadium on Tuesday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 17 of the 24 contests.
The previous match played between the two at The KC Stadium was within the last three years, in December 2002, with Hull City running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a League Division Three match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 02 Oct | Hartlepool U. | 2 - 0 | Hull City | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 28 Sep | Hartlepool U. | 3 - 3 | Hull City | AM |
| 2002/2003 | Thu 26 Dec | Hull City | 2-0 | Hartlepool U. | LGE2 |
| 2002/2003 | Mon 26 Aug | Hartlepool U. | 2 - 0 | Hull City | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 05 Feb | Hull City | 1 - 1 | Hartlepool U. | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 06 Nov | Hartlepool U. | 4 - 0 | Hull City | LGE2 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 14 Apr | Hartlepool U. | 0 - 1 | Hull City | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Hull City have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 7.
The Pool have had a decent run of form away from home recently, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. Just 5 goals have scored in these games, though to be fair only a measly 2 have been let in at the wrong end.
Hull City are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola League One, and have accumulated 69 points from the 35 games they have played so far. Hartlepool U.'s total of 58 points from their 34 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola League One.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hull City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 |
| Hartlepool U. | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Both teams are displaying reasonable form at the moment, and for that reason, the Madmen predict the game will end in stalemate. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hull City | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Hartlepool U. | 4 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |