Arsenal vs Hull City Prediction, Tips and Odds | Premier League

Arsenal are three points clear at the top of the Premier League when they host Hull City at 3pm on Saturday, but defender Ezri Konsa is a doubt after a knee problem in midweek.

Sergej Jakirovic's Hull are 11th after drawing five of their first nine league games, and they travel to the Emirates Stadium without a win in their last five.

Arsenal vs Hull City preview and form guide

Arsenal's only league defeat so far was a 3-0 defeat at Brighton on 19 September, and they have won four league games in a row since.

The latest of those was a 1-0 win at Liverpool on 1 November, a result that took Arsenal to 24 points from nine games.

Midweek brought a 2-1 win at Slavia Prague in the Champions League, with Noni Madueke scoring early before Konsa came off with a knee problem.

Their last five games in all competitions also include a 2-2 draw at Bayern Munich and a 1-1 draw at Fleetwood on 27 October that ended in a League Cup penalty shootout defeat.

At the Emirates Stadium Arsenal have won all four league games and conceded only twice, which gives Mikel Arteta a settled platform even with changes at the back.

Expected goals back up the table, with Arsenal's total of 15.7 sitting above the 14 they have actually scored, so there is no sign that their finishing has been lucky.

Without Bukayo Saka, Madueke and Christos Tzolis started on the wings at Liverpool, with Kai Havertz up front and Martin Odegaard in between.

Hull are back in the top flight for the first time since their relegation in 2017, having beaten Middlesbrough in the play-off final at Wembley.

They have drawn five of their nine league games, a tally that Brentford and Leeds also have, and four of those five draws came at home.

Hull are winless in their last five games, with three draws and two defeats, and they have conceded eight goals without a clean sheet over that run.

Away from home Hull have won once, at Coventry, drawn once, at Chelsea, and lost twice, at Newcastle and Fulham.

Mohamed Belloumi has scored two of Hull's four league goals on the road, while Oli McBurnie is one yellow card away from a suspension.

After the 2-2 draw with Ipswich, in which they had trailed, Jakirovic's view was that not losing matters when winning is out of reach.

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Team news and predicted lineups for Arsenal vs Hull City

Arsenal team news

Bukayo Saka is out with a left thigh injury suffered in the 2-2 draw with Bayern Munich on 21 October, with a return projected for early December.

Max Dowman is serving the second game of a three-match ban after his red card in the League Cup at Fleetwood on 27 October, and Arsenal's appeal was rejected.

Konsa is a doubt after coming off in Prague, where Cristhian Mosquera replaced him, and Arteta said afterwards that “he had some issues and we decided to take him off”.

William Saliba has recovered from a back problem, trained fully this week and was on the bench in Prague, with Arteta saying he is ready to play.

Riccardo Calafiori, Declan Rice, Madueke and Tzolis are all fit after earlier doubts, and each of them started at Liverpool.

Arsenal predicted lineup vs Hull City

Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Rice, Bruno Guimaraes; Madueke, Odegaard, Tzolis; Havertz

Hull City team news

Matt Crooks is suspended for one match after collecting a fifth yellow card in the 2-2 draw with Ipswich on 31 October.

Darko Gyabi and Charlie Hughes are both out with groin injuries until late November, while Matt Targett is not expected back from an ankle problem until mid-December.

Eliot Matazo is out until early February with a cruciate ligament injury, and Lucas Gourna-Douath is expected to miss out with a calf problem.

Jack Butland is back in full training after an elbow injury that needed surgery and played 90 minutes for the under-21s, but Konstantinos Tzolakis remains first choice in goal.

Hull are expected to name the same XI that drew with Ipswich, which leaves Tim Iroegbunam and Regan Slater in the middle of a thin midfield.

Hull City predicted lineup vs Arsenal

Tzolakis; Coyle, Ajayi, Egan, Mendy, Giles; Belloumi, Iroegbunam, Slater, Stroud; McBurnie

Head-to-head: Arsenal vs Hull City

Arsenal have won 18 of the 26 meetings between the sides, with Hull winning three and five games drawn, and the goals read 54-22 in Arsenal's favour.

The last meeting was a 2-0 Premier League win for Arsenal on 11 February 2017, and the game before that, in September 2016, was a 4-1 Arsenal win at Hull.

Hull's last league win over Arsenal was 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium in September 2008, while Arsenal won the 2014 FA Cup final between the clubs 3-2.

Arteta and Jakirovic have never faced each other as managers, so this fixture comes with little recent evidence either way.

Our Arsenal vs Hull City prediction and betting tips

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