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Hull FC will hope to cause an upset here as they take on an out-of-sorts St. Helens side that are seriously out of form and will need to buck their ideas up or face dropping out of the top six.
START DATE/TIME: UK – Saturday 3rd August, 2024 – 3:00pm / AUS – Sunday 4th August, 2024 – 12:00am / US EST – 10:00am / US PST – 7:00am
HOW TO WATCH ON TV: UK – This match will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Action / AUS – This match will be broadcast live on Fox League / US – This match will be broadcast live on Fox Sports
HOW TO WATCH ONLINE: UK – This match will be streamed on SuperLeague+ and SkyGo / AUS – This match will be streamed on Kayo Sports / US – This match will be streamed on SuperLeague+
HULL FC FORM: HULL FALL SHORT IN FRANCE
It was another solid showing from Hull but they did not do enough to overcome Catalans Dragons on their trip to Perpignan and despite some improved efforts of late, they need to find a way to secure more wins.
LAST FIVE: LLLWL
ST. HELENS FORM: FIVE LOSSES IN-A-ROW FOR SAINTS
St. Helens were humiliated by Leigh Leopards last week as they were downed for a fifth successive contest. That 46-4 loss left a lot to be desired from Saints and they are under real pressure to stop the rot here.
LAST FIVE: LLLLL
HULL FC TEAM NEWS: SAO SUSPENDED
Following his red card in last week’s loss, Ligi Sao has been handed a two-game ban so will sit this out while Liam Sutcliffe and King Vuniyayawa are injured as their list of unavailable players continues to grow.
21-MAN SQUAD: Tuimavave, Trueman, Ese’ese, Fash, Lane, Smith, Gardiner, Barron, Martin, Jebson, Balmforth, Laidlaw, Walker, Moy, Charles, Chamberlain, Briscoe, Aydin, Chan, Kirby, Ruan
ST. HELENS TEAM NEWS: LOMAX BANNED; WELSBY INJURED
Like Hull, Saints are also suffering from a lack of important players available to them with Jonny Lomax joining that list after he was handed a ban while Jack Welsby is injured. Mark Percival is also out but Morgan Knowles and Joe Batchelor make welcome returns.
21-MAN SQUAD: Makinson, Blake, Bennison, Dodd, Clark, Lees, Batchelor, Knowles, Mbye, Bell, Sironen, Paasi, Whitley, Davies, Royle, Burns, Ritson, Roberts, Vaughan, Stephens, Robertson
HULL FC VS ST. HELENS PREDICTION
St. Helens’ loss last week was their fifth in succession, the first time that has happened to them in Super League. There will have been a lot of soul searching on the back of such a poor display against Leigh Leopards but they pressure is really on here and they must now do without two key men in the shape of Jonny Lomax and Jack Welsby. Hull FC are in even worse shape in terms of their unavailable players but their recent efforts suggest they can make a contest of this and they are fancied with the aid of a start on the handicap.
HULL FC VS ST. HELENS TIP: HULL FC +10.5