All you need to know ahead of Hull City v Manchester City in the Premier League.

When and where

The game kicks off at 5.15pm (GMT) on Monday 26 December at the KCOM Stadium, and will be shown live on Sky Sports 1 in the UK.

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Injury and suspension news

Hull City: Ryan Mason and Josh Tymon will both come back into the squad for the City game, whilst Allan McGregor is also back in training. Abel Hernandez is still out. 

Man City: Boss Pep Guardiola welcomes Fernandinho back from suspension but Sergio Aguero serves the last match of his ban.Vincent Kompany (knee) is still out and Pablo Zabaleta is a doubt.

The last time

City defeated the Tigers 4-1 in the League Cup in their last meetings, with Wilfried Bony, Kelechi Iheanacho and Kevin De Bruyne (two) on the scoresheet.

The last time the sides met in the Premier League, City needed a last-minute winner from James Milner to rescue a point.

Watch highlights of the League Cup game here

Stats and facts

  • City go into the game in third position, a point behind Liverpool and seven behind Chelsea
  • Hull are bottom of the table with 12 points from 17 games played
  • Kevin De Bruyne is the league’s leading assist maker with nine
  • Hull score 0.82 goals per game on average and concede 2.12
  • City score an average of 2.12 goals and concede 1.18
  • City have won six and lost two of eight away games

 


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