6th feb 2010: Manchester City - Hull City

HULL CITY
Hull, who missed a chance to move out of the bottom three, twice led, firstly through an early Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink effort and then a penalty from Wolves target Stephen Hunt.
"Defensively the lapses have to stop. We have to minimise the mistakes we're making. Having gone in front twice I'm the more disappointed manager I would imagine." - Brown

Hull forward Geovanni will be unavailable to face his former team after suffering a minor medial ligament problem.
Nigeria midfielder Seyi Olofinjana is available after returning from the African Nations Cup while Jimmy Bullard remains around three weeks away from action after a knee problem.

Overall form: DLDLLDDLDD
Home form: LWDWDWDLDD

MANCHESTER CITY
The Blues moved to within a point of fourth spot despite a less than convincing performance that was still enough to overcome Portsmouth, who tried hard enough but were too limited to have any impact.
“We were a little tired after Wednesday's match against Manchester United. In the first half we did not play well, we did not move the ball quickly and were too slow when we lost possession.” - Mancini

Vincent Kompany and Micah Richards both look certain to miss out as Wayne Bridge makes his long-awaited comeback.
Patrick Vieira is set to make his debut after arriving from Inter Milan last month with a calf injury, while fellow new arrival Adam Johnson should also be involved and Joleon Lescott (knee) is fit enough to take a place on the bench.

Overall form: DWDLWWWWLW
Away form: WLDDDDDLWL

HEAD TO HEAD
16/11/2008 Hull 2-2 Man City

VERDICT
Hull's ability to manage to draw against Chelsea and Wolves (nearly a victory) need to be considered, the away form of Manchester City is not impressive and the not impressive performance with a modest Portsmouth give even more doubts on the result.
If we consider only the statistic numbers we'd say Man City to win. But a draw won't be a surprise here