Two clubs in the top half of the Premier League table will do battle today in a league match between Hull City and Manchester City. The first-division clash scheduled for 10 a.m. ET will be held at KC Stadium in Kingston upon Hull and can be live streamed here free.
Hull City manager Steve Bruce had this to offer ahead of today's league encounter (via Manchester Evening News): "It's a concern [our defending]. Of course it is, and it's hugely disappointing. The things we've managed to do in the last couple of years, to get out of the Championship, stay up and get to the FA Cup final, have all been based around the ability to hang on to a lead, the ability to see it through. I can't remember in 16 years of management, or the 30-odd years I've been in football, where we've conceded such goals in the last couple of minutes to cost us."
"But it's our turn," he added. "At West Brom, it's cost us our place in the [league] cup, so we'll have to get back to basics. If that's what it is, the basics. We'll certainly have to defend properly on Saturday against a really outstanding team."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: James Milner's workmanlike efforts will be on display at KC Stadium this afternoon. The 28-year-old has one assist in three appearances and is averaging 5.3 tackles per match.
Hull City's Projected Lineup (4-3-1-2): McGregor; Robertson, Dawson, Davies, Elmohamady; Quinn, Huddlestone, Livermore; Diame; Hernandez, Jelavic
Mancester City's Projected Lineup (4-4-2): Hart; Kolarov, Kompany, Mangala, Zabaleta; Silva, Fernandinho, Toure, Milner; Aguero, Dzeko
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (statistics and lineups via WhoScored).
Standings
|
Rnk |
Team |
MP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
+/- |
Pts |
|||
|
1 |
Chelsea |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
7 |
9 |
13 |
|||
|
2 |
Southampton |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
3 |
6 |
10 |
|||
|
3 |
Aston Villa |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
10 |
|||
|
4 |
Arsenal |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
4 |
9 |
|||
|
5 |
Swansea City |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
9 |
|||
|
6 |
Manchester City |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
|||
|
7 |
Leicester City |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
8 |
1 |
8 |
|||
|
8 |
West Ham United |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
8 |
1 |
7 |
|||
|
9 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
7 |
|||
|
10 |
Hull City |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
6 |
|||
|
11 |
Liverpool |
5 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
8 |
-1 |
6 |
|||
|
12 |
Manchester United |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
8 |
1 |
5 |
|||
|
13 |
Stoke City |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
5 |
|||
|
14 |
Everton |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
13 |
-2 |
5 |
|||
|
15 |
Crystal Palace |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
10 |
-2 |
5 |
|||
|
16 |
West Bromwich Albion |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
-4 |
5 |
|||
|
17 |
Sunderland |
5 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
-1 |
4 |
|||
|
18 |
Queens Park Rangers |
5 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
-8 |
4 |
|||
|
19 |
Burnley |
5 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
-3 |
3 |
|||
|
20 |
Newcastle United |
5 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
11 |
-6 |
3 |
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