Key Stats: Hull City vs Arsenal

After a morale boosting win over their London rivals West Ham at the Emirates last weekend, the Gunners now travel to KC Stadium to take on Steve Bruce’s rejuvenated Hull City. Hull City reached the FA Cup final by beating Sheffield United last week. This game is the dress rehearsal as these two sides take on each other one more time at the Wembley in few weeks time.

Hull City are currently 13th in the Premier League table and are almost safe from the relegation zone with 36 points from 33 matches played. Meanwhile, Arsenal must have seen a ray of hope after their London neighbors Crystal Palace beat Everton in midweek. The equation is simple for the Gunners. Win the rest of the Premier League games and the Champions League spot is guaranteed. We take a look at some interesting match facts & statistics ahead of this game:

Oliver Giroud’s goal against West Ham in midweek was his 25th in the EPL. Only 7 of them have come away from home.

So far this season

HULL CITY		ARSENAL
13	Position	4
33	Matches Played	34
45	Average Possession (%)	56
75.9	Passing Accuracy (%)	85.7
41.8	Shooting Accuracy (%)	54.5
10	Clean Sheets	13
75.39	Tackles Won (%)	73.94
48/4	Yellow/Red Cards	47/4

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Nicklas Bendtner has scored in 3 of his 4 Premier League appearances against Hull City.

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TEAM Performance

	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	GF	GA
Hull City at HOME	17	7	6	4	20	16
Arsenal AWAY from Home	17	9	6	2	27	30

.OPTA Stats

• The Tigers have conceded only five first half goals in their last 13 Premier League outings.
• All but one of Tom Huddlestone’s 11 Premier League goals (eight for Tottenham, three for Hull) have come from outside the box (nine from open play, one direct free-kick)
• All 22 Premier League appearances Alex Bruce has made (16 for Hull this season, six for Birmingham in 2005-06) have come in teams where his father is the manager.
• Arsenal’s Premier League win percentage with Mesut Ozil in the team (59 per cent) is virtually the same as when he has been absent (58per cent) this season.
• Oliver Giroud’s goal against West Ham in midweek was his 25th in the Premier League. Only seven of them have come away from home.
• Hull City have lost nine of their last 10 games against Arsenal in all competitions (W1).
• Nicklas Bendtner has scored in three of his four Premier League appearances against Hull City.
• Arsenal have conceded 15 goals in their last five Premier League away games.
• The Gunners have scored a total of one goal in their last four Premier League away games.
• All of Hull’s league goals since February have come between the 30th and 50th minutes.

.MATCH Officials:

• Referee: Jonathan Moss.
• Assistants: S Long, J Flynn.
• Fourth Official: K Friend.