Sports Mole previews Tuesday’s friendly clash between Hull City and Fiorentina, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
Hull City and Fiorentina continue their preparations for the upcoming season with a friendly matchup at the MKM Stadium on Tuesday.
Both teams will be looking to bounce in this one off the back of respective defeats in their most recent involvements.
Match preview
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Hull City were simply no match for Premier League outfit Newcastle United as they fell to a 2-0 defeat in Saturday’s meeting between the teams.
First-half goals from Alexander Isak and Jacob Murphy saw Tim Walter‘s men come away empty-handed from yet another outing.
It is now three straight defeats for The Tigers who are also winless in their last six matches since the final week of April when they defeated Coventry City 3-2.
With just one warm-up fixture left after Tuesday’s affair, the hosts are desperate to get themselves back on track before Championship action gets underway.
Hull boast just one win from 10 home matches leading up to this one and now go in search of a much-needed pick-me-up in front of their fans.
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Fiorentina fell to a 2-1 defeat against Preston North End when the teams locked horns at Deepdale on Saturday afternoon.
Raffaele Palladino‘s men went behind to Liam Lindsay‘s opener but wasted no time in drawing level through Rolando Mandragora before Will Keane decided the game in the penultimate minute of the first half.
That brought an end to a four-game unbeaten streak for La Viola dating back to last season’s Serie A finale against Atalanta.
Fresh off the back of a first away loss since early May, Tuesday’s visitors will be aiming to avoid consecutive defeats on enemy territory.
Hull City friendly form:
Fiorentina friendly form:
Team News
New arrival Cody Drameh will be pushing for his debut in this one having been named on the Hull City bench against Newcastle.
Twenty-seven-year-old Oscar Estupinan has returned from his loan spell at Bahia and is on course to start a second straight game for the hosts.
Christian Kouame missed a golden opportunity to score in a second consecutive start for Fiorentina when he fluffed his lines from 12 yards last time out but the forward is expected to retain his place in the XI.
Andrea Colpani recently joined the away side on loan from Monza and could be handed a first outing for his new employers here.
Hull City possible starting lineup:
Pandur; Coyle, McLoughlin, Jones, Jacob; Simons, Slater; Longman, Omur, Giles; Estupinian
Fiorentina possible starting lineup:
Christensen; Baroncelli, Pongracic, Dodo; Parisi, Amatucci, Mandragora, Kayode; Sottil, Munteanu, Kouame
We say: Hull City 1-3 Fiorentina
Despite a mini bump in the road last time out, Fiorentina will be confident of getting the better of Hull City and we can see them claiming a relatively routine win at the end of the 90 minutes.
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