Hull FC vs Wigan Warriors Prediction: Back Warriors to win emphatically – again!

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Hull FC vs Wigan Warriors Odds

Hull FC are 14/1, the draw is 40/1 and Wigan are massive 1/66 favourites.

Team News

Hull FC welcomed back season's top try scorer Lewis Martin into their squad last week, but as predicted it came too soon for the winger to make his playing return in the defeat by Trinity.

A week on and Martin's prospects of returning against Wigan will be better. Interim boss Andy Last names Jed Cartwright again despite a hamstring issue last week that forced him off at half-time.

Good news sees the return of key pair Zak Hardaker and James Bell, with youngster Lennon Clark also included.

Dropping out in the three Hull FC changes are Max Wood, who is back at Warrington after his loan, with injury ruling out Ethan O'Neill and Will Kirby.

Wigan's growing momentum has been fuelled by consistency of selection, and boss Matt Peet again makes just one peripheral change this week. Young forward Lukas Mason is rewarded for a hat-trick on loan at Championship side Halifax, and takes the place of another youngster George Marsden.

I would expect the Wigan matchday 17 itself to be unchanged from that which ran in 13 tries at York last week, although you sense that at some point Bevan French will be put back into the starting team rather than used as impact off the bench.

Handicap 3-way: Wigan -26  @ 21/20

Hull FC stank the place out again last week, making us look a little silly for backing them at home against play-off-hungry Wakefield. I felt Trinity could be undone by a few injuries but ultimately the home side offered absolutely nothing and it was a comfortable Wakefield win.

Wigan on the other hand obliged at York to see both of our selections land in a thumping 72-20 win, easing past our 32 handicap to return at 11/10, with Jai Field not only scoring his customary anytime try but going on to complete a hat-trick.

The Warriors were actually going along at better than a point a minute and at one point were on course to hit a century. All of Wigan's 72 points came in an extraordinary first 55 minutes. Peet won't have been too pleased with how they then took their foot off the pedal and allowed York to score a remarkable 20 unanswered points in the final eight minutes of the match. On another day that kind of lapse would lose you the game.

You can only play what is against you of course, and Wigan look absolutely ravenous for points at the moment, so this could be a painful one for Hull fans I'm afraid.

The injury list is crippling for the Black and Whites but the problems appear to run deeper and this should be a routine away win. The handicap is actually huge at 26 points which tells you all you need to know.

Would you back Hull to stay within 26 of this Wigan team though? At the moment I wouldn't, so I'm happy enough to sit on that sizable Hull start.

Here's the crazy stat: Wigan have scored 200 points in just the last four games, starting with the Cup Final win at Wembley. There is often a tail-off for the Wembley winners in the league, for the Warriors it has served as rocket fuel.

As for Hull's last four games, they have conceded 102 points and scored 56. No real surprise to see them lie down in 10th spot therefore.

This will be a Wigan win, Hull have the capacity to put up a fight - they won two of the four games between the sides last year - but in truth there is a big gulf between these teams right now.

In the game at Wigan earlier in the year, the Warriors won 34-6 - covering this week's handicap. Hull have got worse since that game in February and Wigan have got better.