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Hull City v Birmingham City : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 18th Apr, 15:00 BST, KCOM Stadium, Hull

Chris Davies pays counterpart Sergej Jakirović a visit on Saturday afternoon in the Championship, as their Birmingham City and Hull City sides face each other at the KCOM Stadium. Stats drive the predictions below for 17 individual betting markets, and flipping between them shows bespoke analysis, including head to head (H2H), form and much more besides. Odds are also provided. Click on the tabs below to see it all.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Hull
47%
--
Draw
25%
--
Birmingham
28%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Hull 1-0
11%
--
Hull 2-1
9%
--
Hull 2-0
8%
--
Birmingham 1-0
8%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Birmingham 2-1
7%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Hull 3-1
5%
--
Birmingham 2-0
4%
--
Hull 3-0
4%
--
Hull 3-2
3%
--
Birmingham 3-1
3%
--
Birmingham 3-2
2%
--
Hull 4-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
--
Home 1st Goal
52%
--
Away 1st Goal
44%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
53%
--
BTTS - No
47%
--
BTTS - Home Win
22%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
13%
--
Home/draw
72%
--
Away/draw
53%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
65%
--
Away DNB
45%
--
Hull win to nil
26%
--
Birmingham win to nil
14%
--
Win / draw / win Championship table

Hull have played 40 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 33 games against teams below in the table, having won 18, drawn 6 and lost 9 matches. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Hull have outscored their opponents by 63 goals to 48 goals.

Home League Performance

Hull have played 20 games at home winning 10, drawing 3 and losing 7 games. They have scored 32 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 32 goals at home.

Birmingham are in 14th position in the Championship on 53 points having played 40 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

12 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 30 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 15 goals in total and failed to score in 9 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

22 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 5 and won 6. Birmingham have conceded 35 goals, scored 27, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Hull
Birmingham
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry4025874283 
Apr 6
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
3-2F
l
 
3-0A
2
Millwall40219101072 
l
 
1-3A
w
 
1-3F
w
 
4-0F
l
 
3-0A
3
M'Boro40201192171 
l
 
1-4A
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-3A
l
 
2-1A
4
Ipswich38191272869 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1F
Apr 6
5
Hull4020713567 
-
-
l
 
2-3A
Apr 18
6
Wrexham40171310964 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2F
Apr 12
d
 
1-1A
7
Southampton391712101563 
w
 
3-1F
w
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-1A
8
Derby4017914760 
w
 
4-2F
l
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
9
Watford40141412356 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-0A
10
QPR4016816-556 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
3-2F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
11
Norwich4016717655 
May 2
w
 
0-2F
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-2F
12
Stoke4015916554 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
13
Bristol C4015916054 
l
 
2-3F
l
 
4-2F
Apr 25
l
 
1-0A
14
Birmingham40141115-253 
Apr 18
w
 
2-3F
-
-
15
Preston40131413-453 
d
 
2-2A
w
 
0-3F
Apr 22
w
 
0-1F
16
Swansea4015817-553 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
17
Sheff Utd4015619051 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 11
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-0A
18
Charlton40121216-1148 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 25
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
19
Blackburn40121018-1246 
l
 
0-3A
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-2A
20
West Brom40111118-1444 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-0A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
21
Portsmouth39101118-1741 
w
 
3-2A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
4-0F
May 2
22
Leicester40111316-940 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 21
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-0A
23
Oxford Utd4091318-1540 
w
 
3-2F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
24
Sheff Wed401930-57-6 
w
 
3-1A
d
 
2-2A
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-2F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Hull 5TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
Birmingham 14TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
5
D
3
Lost
12
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Hull since 2007
Hull
Birmingham
Goals: Scored
25
8
Games: Scored
9 / 11
6 / 11
Clean sheets
5 / 11
2 / 11
HUL
8
D
1
BIR
2
League games at Birmingham since 2006
Birmingham
Hull
Goals: Scored
16
16
Games: Scored
7 / 12
7 / 12
Clean sheets
5 / 12
5 / 12
HUL
4
D
5
BIR
3
Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Birmingham City of late. It has been 7 Championship matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Hull City.

Hull 5th Birmingham 14th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Hull will score 1 or more goals
0
32%
1
37%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 69% probability that Birmingham will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+12
Hull have scored 12% more goals at home than predicted
-33
Birmingham have scored 33% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.6
average goals scored
0.8
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Hull
PG (predicted goals)
Birmingham
1.6
1.1
Attack rating
%
better
HUL
BIR
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
HUL
BIR
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Hull v Birmingham Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Hull Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3913812
I PandurJ GelhardtR GilesM Crooks
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
I Pandur GLK39
6
-
R Slater MID3922
7
-
K Joseph FWD3885
6
-
J Egan DEF362
7
-
C Hughes DEF3611
6
1
A Hadziahmetovic  MID342
1
-
L Coyle DEF334
9
-
J Gelhardt FWD33134
4
-
O McBurnie FWD31137
7
-
R Giles DEF288
6
-
L Millar FWD2723
3
-
M Crooks MID2543
12
-
J Lundstram MID241
9
-
C Drameh DEF201
1
-
D Gyabi MID202
-
D Akintola FWD2012
4
-
S Ajayi DEF1711
-
Belloumi FWD1623
1
-
A Famewo DEF151
1
-
L. Koumas FWD123
-
K Dowell MID101
1
-
P McNair DEF7
1
-
C. McCarthy DEF6
1
-
M Jacob DEF5
-
Y Hirakawa FWD51
-
T. Collyer MID4
2
-
D Phillips GLK1
-
Birmingham Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
381069
T IwataM DuckschJ StansfieldC Klarer
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Iwata MID3921
8
-
J Stansfield FWD3896
8
-
C Klarer DEF372
8
1
S Paik MID374
6
-
T Doyle MID353
1
1
P Roberts FWD3445
2
-
D Gray FWD3254
3
-
M Ducksch FWD31102
1
-
J Beadle GLK29
4
-
K Furuhashi FWD281
1
-
P Neumann DEF262
4
-
B Osayi-Samuel DEF211
5
-
A Cochrane DEF1914
3
-
J Robinson DEF1511
4
2
E Laird DEF151
2
-
I Osman FWD1211
2
-
R Allsop GLK11
2
-
K Wagner DEF111
1
-
J Solís MID11
2
1
C Vicente FWD1111
1
-
A. Priske FWD111
1
-
J Panzo DEF7
1
-
K Fujimoto MID5
-