Hull City start life in the Premier League with a clash against Manchester United on Saturday afternoon.
The Tigers defied the odds last season in not only avoiding relegation but reaching the play-offs and then securing the most unlikely passage to the Premier League.
Sergej Jakirovic will want more reinforcements if his side are to have a fighting chance of avoiding the drop, and a meeting with Manchester United is perhaps not the best start to the season for Hull.
Mark Stinchcombe is expecting a dominant Manchester United performance, while bet365's Steve Freeth is looking at a goalscoring defender.
Hull City v Manchester United Prediction
Best Bet: Manchester United over 16.5 shots @ Evs
"It's going to be lots of Hull defending, lots of United attacking, so I think I've landed on quite a nice bet actually, and that's looking at Manchester United to rack up the shots," said Mark.
"Hull did concede the third most shots in the Championship last season at 14.8 per game and coincidentally Manchester United averaged the most shots in the Premier League last season at 15.7, so with that step up in class for Hull, you would imagine that 14.8 is only going to go one way and that's north.
"We can get Manchester United to have over 16.5 shots at Evs and I quite like that, that feels to me as if that's really achievable based on the averages. and maybe for a bigger price if it takes United longer to break that deadlock, there's an opportunity they might rack up the shots really high, so you can back over 22.5 shots at 11/2, and worth noting Bruno Fernandes at 13/8 for an assist."
Alternative Bet: Harry Maguire 1+ shots on target @ 2/1
Steve said: "I can understand why people will back them to win at Hull; I've looked at a different angle. We're expecting Manchester United to have a lot of possession, we're expecting Hull to defend and defend tigerishly -- no pun intended -- and give away free-kicks and corners and in Bruno Fernandes you've got the best assist maker in the Premier League, and that brings up Harry Maguire who returns to his former side.
"He's already scored in pre-season; for me, he doesn't score enough goals, but he does get his head on a few and also he's right foot, left foot, so I'm not going to back him to have a header on target. I'm going to stay a little bit safe and have Maguire to have at least one shot on target at 2/1."
Key Match Stats
Hull are unbeaten in their previous two meetings with Manchester United
Manchester United had five players last season who recorded double figures for goal contributions
Oli McBurnie top scored for the Tigers last season with 17 goals
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