📊 Form Guide

Hull City

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Hull City are hoping to win again after their last result, the 0-2 Championship Play-offs triumph versus Millwall.

In that game, Hull City had 34% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. For Hull City, the goalscorers were Mohamed Belloumi (64') and Joe Gelhardt (79'). At the other end, Millwall got 10 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

In their past 6 fixtures, Sergej Jakirović's Hull City have found the net 8 times, an average number of goals per match equal to 1.33.

Middlesbrough

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Southampton in Championship Play-offs action, Middlesbrough and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Middlesbrough had 40% possession and 18 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Middlesbrough was Riley McGree (5'). For their opponents, Southampton had 20 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Ross Stewart (45') and Shea Charles (116') scored for Southampton. The match was won by Southampton in extra time.

Kim Hellberg's Middlesbrough have turned their attacks into goals 11 times in the course of their previous 6 matches. The overall goals that have been scored against them during those matches adds up to 7.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head to head meetings going back to 13/12/2023 shows that Hull City have won 2 of these games and Middlesbrough 3, with the tally of draws being 1.

A combined total of 18 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 7 for The Tigers and 11 created by The Boro. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was Championship match day 24 on 29/12/2025 when it ended Middlesbrough 0-1 Hull City.

On that day, Middlesbrough had 71% possession and 23 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target.

Hull City got 4 shots at goal with 1 on target. Darko Gyabi (12') was the scorer.

The referee was Leigh Doughty.

🗞️ Team News: Hull City

Amir Hadziahmetovic (Knee injury), Darko Gyabi (Groin injury) and Eliot Matazo (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be able to feature for Hull City manager Sergej Jakirović.

It looks as if The Tigers should make use of the 3-4-2-1 formation this time, handing starts to Ivor Pandur, Semi Ajayi, John Egan, Charlie Hughes, Lewie Coyle, Regan Slater, Matt Crooks, Ryan Giles, Joe Gelhardt, Liam Millar and Oli McBurnie.

📰 Team News: Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough manager Kim Hellberg has to choose a team with limited availability. Hayden Hackney (unknown injury), Alfie Jones (Ankle injury) and Darragh Lenihan (Ankle surgery) miss out here.

We believe The Boro will likely elect for a 3-4-2-1 formation with a starting lineup of Solomon Brynn, Luke Ayling, Dael Fry, Adilson Malanda, Callum Brittain, Aidan Morris, Riley McGree, Matt Targett, Morgan Whittaker, Sontje Hansen and David Strelec.

✨ Prediction

In our opinion, Hull City could well find it tough to find the net against this Middlesbrough lineup who we reckon should be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a very even match with a 0-1 advantage for Middlesbrough after 90 minutes.

Let’s see what happens.

Peter Guest, 04:00 23/05/2026