Hull City vs Ipswich Town Predictions

Hull City vs Ipswich Town Preview: Tigers Seek First Win Since August as Tractor Boys Target Away Success. Read on for all our free predictions and betting tips.

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15:00 • Oct 31, 2026

MKM Stadium

Hull City

Ipswich Town

Hull City welcome Ipswich Town to the MKM Stadium on Saturday, 31 October, with both promoted clubs looking to strengthen their Premier League position in Gameweek 9.

Hull City vs Ipswich Town — bet365 Market Snapshot

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Hull City

vs

Ipswich Town

Match Result

Draw Threat

This market requires the match to finish level after normal time.

Hull City

37%

13/8

Draw

28%

12/5

Ipswich Town

35%

17/10

Main Market • 1X2

Result Outlook

Hull City and Ipswich Town bring contrasting strengths, leaving this market finely balanced.

Match Result

Model probability35%—

Correct Score

1-1 Scoreline Lean

Hull City hold one clear edge, but Ipswich Town still carry enough threat to respond.

Correct Score 1-1

Implied probability17%5/1

Performance • Team Form

Score Pattern

Hull City hold one clear edge, but Ipswich Town still carry enough threat to respond.

Correct Score 1-1

Implied probability17%5/1

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Three Punchy Stats

• Hull’s home resilience: The Tigers are unbeaten in four Premier League home matches, drawing their last three at the MKM Stadium.
• Ipswich’s defensive vulnerability: Both teams have scored in eight of Ipswich’s 10 competitive fixtures, with the Tractor Boys still awaiting their first clean sheet.
• Hull’s draw tendency: Four of Hull’s last six Premier League matches have finished level, including three score draws.

Sergej Jakirovic’s Tigers remain unbeaten at home but have not won a league match since August, while Gary O’Neil’s Ipswich arrive with greater attacking momentum but persistent defensive vulnerabilities.

Both sides have collected 10 points, making this first-ever top-flight meeting an important opportunity to gain ground in a tightly contested table.

Hull’s unbeaten home record faces another examination

Hull began their campaign impressively, defeating Manchester United 2-0 before overcoming Coventry City 1-0. However, their early momentum has disappeared, with six consecutive Premier League matches passing without victory.

Four draws during that sequence underline their resilience, but converting competitive performances into wins has become Jakirovic’s biggest challenge.

The Tigers have scored just nine league goals, making them joint-lowest scorers among the division’s top-half clubs alongside Leeds United and Aston Villa.

Their attacking struggles have become particularly apparent recently. Hull failed to score against Fulham before relying on an Oli McBurnie penalty to secure a 1-1 draw against Brentford.

Nevertheless, the MKM Stadium remains a difficult destination. Hull are unbeaten across four home league fixtures, although their last three have ended level.

That combination of defensive organisation and limited attacking output suggests another closely contested encounter.

Ipswich carry attacking threat despite defensive concerns

Ipswich have experienced a more unpredictable campaign, recording victories over Sunderland, Crystal Palace and Fulham while struggling to establish consistency.

Their 3-2 success away to Crystal Palace demonstrated their ability to threaten opponents on their travels, although Axel Disasi’s dismissal helped shape that contest.

O’Neil’s side also pushed Manchester City in a narrow 3-2 defeat, providing further evidence of their attacking potential.

However, Ipswich have yet to keep a clean sheet this season, and both teams have scored in eight of their 10 competitive matches.

Their latest outing, a 1-1 draw against Nottingham Forest, reinforced that pattern.

The Tractor Boys could overtake Hull with victory, potentially climbing as high as sixth depending on other results. Equally, their four-point advantage over the relegation zone highlights how quickly their position could deteriorate.

Team news and key attacking players

Hull face significant selection difficulties, with Eliot Matazo, Matt Targett, Ilyas Ansah, Darko Gyabi and Charlie Hughes unavailable.

Lucas Gourna-Douath, Nobel Mendy and Jack Butland also face late fitness assessments.

Mohamed Belloumi remains their standout attacking contributor, registering three goals and two assists, although he has struggled to influence recent matches.

McBurnie, meanwhile, will hope his penalty against Brentford provides the confidence to rediscover the scoring form that produced 17 Championship goals last season.

Ipswich have fewer injury concerns. Jack Taylor is ruled out, while Sasa Lukic remains doubtful with a groin problem.

Zian Flemming, Emersonn and Leif Davis have each scored twice this season, giving O’Neil several attacking options.

Flemming’s away record is particularly noteworthy. Both his Ipswich goals have come on the road, continuing a trend established at Burnley, where eight of his 11 Premier League goals last season arrived away from home.

Match prediction: Hull City 1-1 Ipswich Town

Hull’s unbeaten home record provides a strong foundation, but their shortage of open-play goals makes victory difficult to anticipate.

Ipswich possess enough attacking quality to exploit opportunities, particularly given Hull’s injury problems, yet their inability to keep clean sheets remains a substantial weakness.

With Hull drawing four of their previous six league matches and Ipswich sharing the points against Nottingham Forest last weekend, another stalemate appears a plausible outcome.

Both teams have demonstrated enough attacking potential to score, but neither has consistently shown the balance required to control matches.

🎯 Pick 1: The Draw @ 12/5

Hull City’s persistent inability to turn competitive performances into victories makes the draw the most coherent selection at the MKM Stadium. Sergej Jakirovic’s side have navigated six consecutive Premier League fixtures without a win, relying instead on a rigid defensive organisation that has produced four draws during that sequence. Their resilience is particularly evident on their own pitch, where they remain unbeaten across four league matches. However, with their last three home games ending level, Hull clearly lack the decisive attacking quality required to put opponents away consistently.

That blunt attacking edge meets an Ipswich Town side defined by the exact opposite characteristics. Gary O’Neil’s visitors carry genuine forward momentum, having scored away against Manchester City and Crystal Palace, but they remain entirely incapable of securing a clean sheet. With both teams scoring in eight of Ipswich’s 10 competitive matches this season, their defensive vulnerability gives Hull a clear route to goal. Yet, because Hull possess the joint-lowest scoring record among top-half clubs with just nine league goals, they appear ill-equipped to exploit those Ipswich gaps heavily enough to secure all three points.

While Ipswich demonstrated they can edge tight away fixtures with their 3-2 victory at Selhurst Park, Hull’s home organisation presents a different challenge. The interaction between Hull’s robust but creatively limited setup and Ipswich’s expansive but fragile approach points directly towards a stalemate. The Tigers lack the open-play firepower to dominate, while Ipswich lack the defensive discipline to hold a lead on the road.

Risk Factor: Ipswich Town have shown they can win tight away games, as in their 3-2 victory at Crystal Palace.

⚔️ Pick 2: Hull City vs Ipswich Town 1-1 @ 5/1

The 1-1 correct scoreline balances Hull City’s severe shortage of open-play goals with Ipswich Town’s established inability to keep a clean sheet. To justify the home side’s single goal, we must look at Ipswich’s defensive record. The Tractor Boys have conceded in all 10 of their competitive fixtures this season. Even a Hull attack that recently failed to score against Fulham and required an Oli McBurnie penalty to breach Brentford should find a breakthrough against such a porous backline. However, Hull’s wider attacking struggles—managing just nine league goals so far—make it incredibly difficult to support them scoring twice.

On the other side of the scoreline, Ipswich possess the attacking tools to guarantee their own goal. Zian Flemming has already scored twice on the road this season, continuing a pattern from his time at Burnley where the majority of his output arrived away from home. Ipswich netted three times at Crystal Palace and twice at Manchester City, proving their travelling threat. Yet, they face a Hull defence that remains unbeaten at the MKM Stadium and has restricted visitors sufficiently to secure three consecutive home draws.

Both clubs arrive following 1-1 stalemates—Hull against Brentford and Ipswich against Nottingham Forest. While historical precedent does not guarantee a repeat, it provides strong context for teams that consistently find themselves locked in tight, low-scoring contests. The 1-1 draw represents the precise intersection of Ipswich’s attacking consistency and Hull’s home resilience.