Sunderland v Hull

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Sunderland will be keen to return to the more familiar surroundings of their Stadium of Light ground for Friday night's clash against Hull City following their recent 2-1 defeat away from home at Ipswich Town, while Hull City will be looking to avoid a third defeat on the trot in the Championship after being handed a 2-1 loss at home to Norwich City.

That defeat to Ipswich Town has seen Sunderland drop out of the play-off pack and down to seventh place but the Black Cats have a great opportunity to set the record straight here on Friday night against a faltering Hull City outfit as the hosts will look to leapfrog Coventry City into sixth spot with all three points here on Friday night.

Sunderland will draw from recent wins against Hull City (away) and a home victory against Preston NE as they look to bounce back with a win here on Friday night and although results overall in recent weeks have been a little patchy, producing just four wins from their last 11 games, three of these four wins have been achieved on home soil at their Stadium of Light.

Five wins out of their last seven home games suggests Sunderland have a decent chance of taking the spoils in this one.

Hull City's promising start to this season's Championship campaign is in real danger of being wiped out as The Tigers have slipped to four defeats within their last five games overall following recent defeats at the hands of Bristol City, Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday and Norwich City respectively and despite picking up a 3-2 home win against Blackburn Rovers, this wasn't enough to prevent Hull City from dropping down into ninth place.

Hull had previously started the Championship season in impressive style as Liam Rosenior's side lost just once in their opening nine games of the new term and collecting four wins but inconsistency has crept in throughout the rest of the season and The Tigers have now managed to capture just three wins from their previous nine matches overall.

The visitors have also been handed six defeats within this nine-match sequence which includes defeats on their travels at QPR, Bristol City and Sheffield Wednesday and having already been beaten by Sunderland at home on Boxing Day, Hull City look to have their work cut out if they are to get a result in the north-east on Friday night.

Sunderland v Hull City Verdict

Sunderland are unbeaten in their previous six meetings against Hull City and although the hosts have actually managed to collect just the two wins within this period, the hosts look the more likely to find a way to win and register an important three points in this clash.

Therefore, our main bet will be Sunderland win @ 1.90

Other side bets worth considering:

Sunderland win & Over 2.5 goals @ 2.87

Correct Score: Sunderland 3-1 @ 15.00