📊 Form Guide

Hull City

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Hull City will be hoping to bounce back here following the 1-3 Championship loss in their previous game against Queens Park Rangers.

In that match, Hull City had 59% possession and 14 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For Hull City, the goals were scored by Paddy McNair (21' Own goal) and Joe Gelhardt (39'). For their opponents, Queens Park Rangers had 12 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Daniel Bennie (84') and Richard Kone (95') scored for Queens Park Rangers.

In their past six games, Sergej Jakirović's Hull City have seen rewards for their attempts on goal 6 times which gives them an average number of goals per match of 1.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Hull City:

• have not beaten Derby County in their last 6 matches in the league.
• have not won at home in their last 3 league games.

Derby County

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After a loss in their previous game against Watford in Championship competition, Derby County and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Derby County had 55% possession and 5 shots at goal with 1 on target. At the other end, Watford had 18 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Luca Kjerrumgaard (5') and Mamadou Doumbia (90') scored for Watford.

In their previous 6 clashes, Derby County have helped themselves to a total of 12 goals. Derby County have also not failed to score on each one of those occasions. During those fixtures, their defenders have seen 4 goals go against them.

Coming into this clash, Derby County haven't been defeated by Hull City when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their past head to head results stretching back to 18/01/2020 reveals that these fixtures have not been happy ones for Hull City. They’ve not managed to come away with any victories at all whereas Derby County have been the better of the two, finishing as winners in 83 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

A sum of 12 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 3 of them for The Tigers and 9 coming from The Rams. The average goals per game has been 2.

The last league game between the two was Championship match day 14 on 04/11/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Derby County 2-1 Hull City.

In that match, Derby County had 44% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The goalscorers were Carlton Morris (27') and Lars-Jørgen Salvesen (83').

For their opponents, Hull City got 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Joel Ndala (50') scored.

The match was refereed by Stephen Martin.

📋 Team News: Hull City

Oli McBurnie (Calf injury), Eliot Matazo (Cruciate ligament injury), Darko Gyabi (Groin injury) and Mohamed Belloumi (Torn thigh muscle) aren’t available for Hull City gaffer Sergej Jakirović.

It seems likely that The Tigers could employ a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game with Ivor Pandur, Lewie Coyle, Patrick McNair, John Egan, Ryan Giles, Amir Hadziahmetovic, Regan Slater, Kieran Dowell, Joe Gelhardt, Liam Millar and Oliver McBurnie.

📋 Team News: Derby County

Derby County manager John Eustace has not got a full squad to pick from. Max Johnston (Hamstring injury), Sondre Langås (Hamstring injury) and Jacob Widell Zetterström (Ill) miss out here.

We’re of the thinking that The Rams could decide to elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation using Josh Vickers, Joe Ward, Dion Sanderson, Matt Clarke, Craig Forsyth, David Ozoh, Lewis Travis, Ben Brereton Díaz, Samuel Szmodics, Rhian Brewster and Carlton Morris.

✨ Prediction

Derby County will likely be able to find the back of the net against this Hull City side, however it might not quite prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We reckon that it will be a narrow 2-1 advantage for Hull City when the full-time whistle blows. We are expecting it to be pretty even.

Renata Leite, 04:05 24/02/2026