Manchester United vs Hull Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

Manchester United continued in the FA Cup on Sunday as they beat Wigan 4-0 at home after a rather edgy start to the game. This comes after their midweek defeat to Hull in the League Cup, but despite that they booked their place at Wembley thanks to their 2-0 home win over them. They now face off against Hull for the third time this month, this time in the Premier League.

Their last Premier League match required a Wayne Rooney goal incredibly late on to salvage a point from Hull, and prior to that they were fairly lucky to get a point at home to Liverpool. Despite their relative good fortune in recent matches they are definitely a formidable side.

The Red Devils’ draw against Stoke made it 13 games unbeaten for them in the Premier League, although the fact only seven of these have been victories and many of them have been rather lucky will play on Jose Mourinho’s mind a bit. They have won just four of these games by more than a single goal margin and none of them by three or more goals.

Hull’s FA Cup journey came to an end on Sunday as they were battered 4-1 against Fulham, but despite their horrendous performance the signs are encouraging for Marco Silva. Hull have looked a formidable outfit since he took over, and their record of three wins from their last six games is very good, considering they have played Manchester United twice and Chelsea once.

The visitors were maligned for their awful defence not long ago, but in the league at least they seem to have improved greatly recently. The 2-0 loss away to Chelsea was actually quite an unfair scoreline considering their performance, and their defeat to Fulham on Sunday is the only time they have lost by more than two goals in their last eight games in all competitions.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic will still be a huge threat to deal with. Manchester United’s veteran striker has netted 19 goals in his Manchester United career so far, and six of those have come in his ten home Premier League appearances. He is the obvious choice for our anytime goalscorer predictions at 1/2, although if you want more value backing the in form Henrikh Mkhitaryan at 7/5 is a good choice too.

As far as the overall result goes I think there’s some value to be had backing Hull to hold their own. Odds of 2.000 for a Hull +2.0 Asian Handicap look excellent value considering their recent improvements, so I’m going for that along with a 2-1 win for Manchester United at 10/1 for my correct score predictions.