Hull City vs Wolverhampton Wanderers: Roll out the six pointers
With Hull 19th and Wolves in 17th this is clearly a relegation six pointer - and a win for either would be a serious boost ahead of the run-in.
Hull probably can't wait for Jimmy Bullard to return as in his short time fit in November he helped turn the tide tide that was threatening to engulf the Tigers. Although Bullard has played five games the first was as a second half substitute and in the fifth he picked up a serious injury after 20 minutes. In the three full games that he played in Hull results of 2-1, 3-3 and 1-1 offered a significant improvement on the games where he wasn't available - his two goals didn't hurt either. But whilst Bullard has only an outside shot at playing in this game his infectious return to training may well have given Hull a boost this week.
Wolves travel north in serious relegation danger and with form that is as bad as any team you care to mention. That said Wolves did draw against Liverpool last time out - but Liverpool were lacklustre and it became the fourth consecutive game that Wolves have failed to score in - regardless of of the Doyle eulogies. In fact Wolves haven't scored a league goal since Christmas the last goals coming in the 2-0 win against Burnley that followed the much criticised team selection at Old Trafford. With Wolves' scoring record so abject they simply can't afford to lose the ground that defeat here would result in.
Prediction Panel
Our panel contains both Squarefootball writers and readers, the writers are marked: (sqf).
Dave Blackburn : 0 - 0
Chris Cox : TBC
Graham Enwright : 0 - 0
Sue Gardener : TBC
Chris Goodwin : 1 - 1
Paul Grech (sqf) : TBC
Colin Illingworth (sqf) : 2 - 1
Hugh Larkin (sqf) : TBC
Peter Lee : 1 - 0
Don McMahon : 2 - 2
Antony Melvin (sqf) : 2 - 1
Paul O'Meara (sqf) : TBC
Dave Nash : 0 - 1
Stephen Orford (sqf) : TBC
Tony Ratton : 2 - 2
Peter Rendle : 1 - 1
Dan Taylor : TBC
Andy Wakeman : 1 - 0
Isaac Williams : TBC
Mark Williams : TBC
Panel Verdict
The panel is split with a 1-1 draw the most likely result.
Home: 4; Draw: 6; Away: 1; TBC: 10.
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