A peek at the Championship table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but that's not all you need to know. Read our Birmingham City - Hull City match guide!
- Birmingham City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Championship
- Hull City have the most points from losing position (9) in Championship
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Birmingham City and Hull City.
Birmingham City form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 6 Championship games here at St. Andrew's Stadium for Birmingham City. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Two home wins in a row for Birmingham bring valid hopes of a third.
Birmingham City lost their last game at Middlesbrough (placed 13th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Ruddy had a busy but productive day in the Middlesbrough match. Despite making ten saves the loss could not be prevented.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against West Bromwich Albion.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Birmingham City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 5.
There will be little rest for Birmingham after this match as they are travelling to Southampton for a Championship game in only three days.
The Birmingham City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Birmingham City have conceded only 4 goals.
Hull City form and stats
As the visiting team in Championship matches, Hull City have produced an overall stat of 3-1-2 so far.
Hull failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Southampton (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Late heartbreak for Hull City in the Southampton match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime. Philogene-Bidace got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, top player of the team. Philogene-Bidace served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Millwall that ended 2-2.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hull City playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 3 Hull City wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Take note! Both teams have scored at least one goal in 9 of this club's last 12 league matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Preston North End in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Hull's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Hull City have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Birmingham won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Hull City managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Connolly 5 goals |  O. Tufan 4 goals |   S. Dembele 3 goals |
Birmingham City missing players
Hull City missing players
| Birmingham City | Hull City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 83% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 83% | 58% |
| 17% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 17% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 17% |
| 4 | 5.3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 6.3 | 6.2 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.7 | 5.7 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.8 | 12.3 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.5 | 13.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 33% | 48% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 35% | 31% |
| 11.8 | 11.2 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 16.7 | 14.8 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
- Birmingham City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Birmingham City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Birmingham City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Championship
- Birmingham City have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Championship
- Birmingham City have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Championship
- Birmingham City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Hull City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hull City have the most points from losing position (9) in Championship
- Hull City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Hull City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leicester City | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 19 | 33 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Leeds United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Preston North End | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 5 | Southampton | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 7 | Birmingham City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Bristol City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 10 | Norwich City | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Hull City | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | Millwall | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 16 |
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 16 | Coventry City | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 17 | Swansea City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 18 | Huddersfield Town | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 19 | Watford | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 20 | Stoke City | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 22 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -13 | 8 |
| 23 | Rotherham United | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -12 | 6 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -14 | 3 |
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