Hull City vs Ipswich Prediction, H2H Stats & Statistical Bets 31 October 2026
🔊 Two ambitious sides who came up through the Championship meet at Hull City, where the hosts take on Ipswich Town. Both clubs have collected 10 points in the opening stretch of the season and sit comfortably in the middle of the table. Hull are known for their ability to set up defensively and sustain long unbeaten runs at home, while Ipswich play a far more open and risky style of football, which promises a lively and unpredictable tactical contest from start to finish.
Ipswich Town's recent run of form
📊 Recent head-to-head statistics favour the visitors: Ipswich won both meetings last season in the Championship, 1-0 at home and 2-0 away. Generally, matches between these two sides have been tight and hard-fought, and home advantage for Hull City in this fixture has historically stopped being any guarantee of easy points, making each game a physical contest.
Head-to-head statistics Hull City - Ipswich
Hull City: Playing for Results and Home Fortress
Hull City, under Sergej Jakirović, sit 10th in the table with 10 points. The team rely on total discipline and pragmatic, physical football, which has helped them maintain an impressive run of 11 home matches without defeat across all competitions. The Tigers concede an average of just one goal per game and are adept at setting up a compact defensive block and drawing opponents onto their own half.
Hull City have gone two months without a win, which is taking its toll on confidence within the squad. Although the opening rounds went well - victories over Manchester United and Coventry - a prolonged run of draws (four draws in their last six league rounds) highlights that the team sometimes lack the attacking aggression to finish off opponents, as well as the composure on their own half of the pitch; in three of those drawn matches it was Hull City who opened the scoring.
Match Results: Hull City
Ipswich Town: Uncompromising Attacking Pragmatism
The visitors come into the ninth round in 12th place, also on 10 points. Unlike their pragmatic neighbours in the table, Ipswich play in a considerably more open fashion: the team score an average of 1.5 goals per match but regularly suffer from defensive lapses, conceding around two goals per game. The Tractor Boys are not afraid to play on the front foot even in difficult away fixtures.
That open style could cause problems for the visitors, as Hull know how to punish sides that try to force the issue against them. At Hull, Ipswich will face a compact defence, so it will be important for them not to get bogged down in midfield and to be clinical when chances arrive. To take anything from this game, the Tractor Boys need to reconsider their approach, because an open style of play is unlikely to bring three points here.
Match Results: Ipswich Town
Latest news
Hull City
❌ Ilyas Ansah (back injury) is showing encouraging signs in his recovery but will still be unable to feature in Saturday's match. Matt Targett (ankle injury) is expected to be out for around two months. Eliot Matazo has suffered a second anterior cruciate ligament injury, this time to his right knee, and is likely to return only towards the very end of the year.
❓ According to head coach Sergej Jakirović, Nobel Mendy (groin injury) has returned to training with the squad and will be included in the squad for Saturday's match against Ipswich Town. Jack Butland (elbow injury) returned to training with the squad this week, but his availability has not yet been determined. Lucas Gourna-Douath remains unavailable - the midfielder returned to training with the squad ahead of Sunday's match against Brentford and had been expected to return, but his absence from the squad suggests he still needs more time.
Ipswich Town
❌ Jack Taylor has still not featured for the first team this season following knee surgery carried out in the summer.
❓ Sasa Lukic's availability will depend on his recovery progress. The midfielder had initially been expected to return for the match against Nottingham Forest, but Ipswich decided not to rush him back in order to avoid aggravating the problem.
⚽ Goals Prediction
Despite Ipswich's attacking philosophy, breaking down Hull's defensive structure at their ground is no straightforward task. The Tigers are well capable of keeping things tight, and the average scoring rate in Hull's home matches this season in the Premier League points towards a low-scoring outcome. In their four home matches, Hull have conceded just three times. The prediction is Ipswich Town Team Total - Under 1.5, priced at 1.59*.
🚩 Corners Prediction
Ipswich Town will see plenty of the ball and attack down the flanks methodically, which against Hull's low defensive block traditionally forces defenders to concede corners. The hosts will contribute their own set pieces from counter-attacks and should accumulate 3-4 corners of their own. The prediction is Total Corners - Over 8.5 at 1.53*.
🟨 Yellow Cards Prediction
Hull City's physical style and Ipswich Town's aggressive high press should produce plenty of hard challenges in midfield. The hosts will regularly use tactical fouls to break up active wide runs, while the visitors tend to commit a high number of fouls away from home. All of this points to a match with plenty of bookings. The prediction is Total Yellow Cards - Over 3.5, priced at 1.80*.
*Odds are approximate and may vary across different bookmakers.
⭐️ Editorial Prediction
Hull City will sit in their familiar low block, deliberately letting Ipswich have the ball and denying them space to build momentum. Faced with organised resistance, Ipswich Town won't throw caution to the wind when a point on the road would be so valuable to them in the table. Expect academic, tight, closed football with plenty of midfield battles and very few clear-cut chances at either end. The trends also support the pattern of low scoring at Hull City's ground. The main prediction is Total Goals - Under 3. Predicted score: 1-1.
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