EFL Championship will witness Yorkshire derby this week as Hull City welcomes Barnsley at MKM Stadium. Kickoffs on 22nd February 2022 at 22:45 EAT.
Hull City sits 20th in the league table with 34 points from 33 games. After a winless run of five matches hey will be looking to return to winning ways this week to further strengthen their chances of survival in the English second tier. In their last five matches they have two draws and three wins, and both teams scored in two those matches.
The home team comes into this fixture off the back of 1-1 Championship stalemate with Queens Park Rangers. In that game, Hull City had 31% possession, six shots with two of them on target and a goal scored by Marcus Forss (26′). Queens Park Rangers got 13 shots with four of them on target and a goal by Ilias Chair (75′) scored for Queens Park Rangers.
Meanwhile, Barnsley is pinned at the bottom most spot in the table with 17 points and they will be looking to begin picking up points as soon as possible to avoid an impending drop. Coming into this game, Barnsley has picked up 3 points from the last five games both home and away. Both teams scored in only one of those games and Barnsley got two goals.
The Tykes will be looking to bounce back from the 1-0 Championship loss to Coventry City in their last outing. In that game, Barnsley managed 42% possession and six shots with none of them on target. Coventry City got 19 shots on goal with seven of them on target and a goal by Dominic Hyam (93′).
Hull City vs Barnsley head to head
In our records, there have been 21 meetings between Hull City and Barnsley since 2004 where the hosts have won nine of those games, while the visitors have won seven times and there have been five draws.
- Barnsley 0-2 Hull 6/11/21
- Hull 0-1Barnsley 26/02/20
- Barnsley 3-1 Hull 30/11/19
- Barnsley 1-1 Hull 28/07/18
- Hull 1-1 Barnsley 27/02/18
Home
- QPR 1-1Hull
- Sheffield 0-0 Hull
- Hull 0-1 Fulham
- Derby County 3-1 Hull
- Hull 0-1 Preston
Away
- Coventry 1-0 Barnsley
- Barnsley 1-0 QPR
- Luton 2-1 Barnsley
- Huddersfield 1-0 Barnsley
- Barnsley 0-1 Cardiff
Hull City team news
Lewie Coyle, Matt Ingram and Ryan Longman are injured and will be unavailable for this fixture.
Barnsley team news
For the visitors, Victor Adeboyejo, Clarke Oduor, Callum Brittain and Cauley Woodrow will not be available for selection as they recover from injuries.
Prediction and odds
Hull City should has enough reasons to win in this fixture facing an opponent with just one win in 15 league games, losing 10 games in that period.
- Hull City Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
