Hull City entertain Birmingham City in the Championship tonight
Hull City entertain Birmingham City in the Championship tonight
Hull City entertain Birmingham City at the MKM Stadium and as such, now is an excellent time to register with any of our featured UK betting sites where you may pick up some exclusive Hull City free bets and other Championship offers ahead of this midweek affair.
Kick-off: 7.45pm UK Time, Tuesday 5th March 2024
Hull City and Birmingham City lock horns tonight in a match which could have sizeable ramifications at opposite ends of the Championship table.
Play-off berths
A win over Preston North End at Deepdale would have been the fifth in succession for Hull City away from home, however the best they could manage was a share of the spoils and as things stand they sit in sixth position in the Championship standings. The Tigers hauled themselves into the play-off berths on the back of wins over Rotherham, Huddersfield and Southampton as well as draws with West Bromwich Albion and Preston, however the side will be in no doubt as to the importance of tonight’s meeting with Birmingham City, coming as it does just a few days before a clash with top-of-the-table Leicester City.
Disastrous spell
Birmingham City have been facing up to the possibility that relegation to the third tier for the first time since the early 1990s is a distinct possibility. A disastrous spell under Wayne Rooney has been followed by an unconvincing set of performances under Tony Mowbray and the Blues currently find themselves sitting in 20th position in the division, goal difference alone keeping them above the bottom three. Indeed, Birmingham’s away form leaves much to be desired with just eleven points collected from their 17 games on the road this term and it’s hard to envisage the West Midlands side returning home with anything in the bag here.
Return to winning ways
Hull will be eager to return to winning ways ahead of the visit of table-topping Leicester City this weekend and given the visitors’ dreadful away form, we’ll be siding with the Tigers to outgun the Blues in the East Riding this evening.