Following the sacking of Steven Schumacher this week, Alex Morris and Ryan Shawcross take interim charge of Stoke City for their EFL Championship clash with Hull City on Friday night.
Stoke and Hull have faced one another on 76 different occasions throughout their history.
It is this weekend’s hosts, Stoke, that have the advantage having won 35 of those games to Hull’s 21 wins. In that time there have also been 20 draws.
In fact, The Tigers have won just 1 of the last 7 meetings with Stoke. Can they break that curse in this game?
Stoke City will be without four players coming into this game. Lynden Gooch, Bosum Lawal, Sam Gallagher and Ben Pearson are all out with injury.
Similarly, Hull will most likely remain without Ryan Longman, Harvey Cartwright, Thimothee Lo-Tutala, and Dogukan Sinik. All of which are injured.
Stoke City - Viktor Johansson, Junior Tchamadeu, Ben Wilmot, Ben Gibson, Eric Junior Bocat, Souleymane Sidibe, Wouter Burger, Million Manhoef, Joon-ho Bae, Emre Tezgel, Thomas Cannon
Hull City - Ivor Pandur, Lewie Coyle, Finley Burns, Sean McLoughlin, Ryan Giles, Alfie Jones, Abdulkadir Omur, Mohamed Belloumi, Abu Kamara, Marvin Mehlem, Chris Bedia
In a season that has already been filled with ups and downs for Stoke City it is Million Manhoef that has been a standout player for the Potters.
Manhoef has already managed 1 goal and 2 assists in the EFL Championship. This, making him Stoke’s top scorer and assister so far this season. Considering how Stoke have performed as a whole this is very impressive.
Expect him to impact this game as well.
Neither of these teams have been overly impressive this season so far however it is Hull City’s awful form - especially away from home - that is concerning.
Their long period without a win as well as their record against Stoke as a whole make us feel as though the hosts are destined to come away with a win in this match.
That is why our team of tipping experts are backing Stoke City To Win in this game. And at odds of 23/20, £10 has the potential to return up to £21.50.
This game is set to get underway at 20:00 pm on Friday 20th September 2024 and you can check out all of the action live on Sky Sports Football.
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