Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Birmingham City welcomes Hull City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 18.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (32500 seats)

With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Birmingham City fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Hull City.

Birmingham City and Hull City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Birmingham City form and stats

6-5-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Birmingham City so far this season.

Birmingham City's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Reading (placed 14th). Heartbreak before that as Birmingham City lost 0-1 at Leicester City's place.

Birmingham City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at St. Andrew's Stadium with 27 goals in 18 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Birmingham City defense is not exactly impregnable. 29 goals conceded from 18 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Hull City form and stats

5 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Hull City playing as the away team in the Championship this season. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Hull City, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Sheffield Wednesday game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on G. McCann, the Hull City manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Two away games in a row for Hull City, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-5 versus Stoke City in the Championship. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against Leeds United.

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Stoke City was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Hull City have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 18 league away games 22 goals have been scored. Hull City's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 30 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Hull City - Birmingham City 3-0. Birmingham City-Hull City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Birmingham City two wins, Hull City six wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Birmingham CityL. Jutkiewicz
L. Jutkiewicz
12 goals
Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
7 goals
Birmingham City
K. Pedersen
4 goals

Birmingham City missing players

Hull City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Birmingham City Hull City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 18 37
12 6 4 Won W 2 5 11
11 5 0 Drew D 1 5 8
14 7 1 Lost L 3 8 18
48 27 10 Scored S 5 22 49
57 29 6 Conceded C 8 30 63
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 89% 81%
49% 50% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 65%
27% 28% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 32%
19% 22% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 11%
62% 72% 80% BTTS BTTS 50% 61% 54%
16% 11% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 17% 19%
24% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 22% 27%
 
5.1 6 6.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.2 4.7
5.6 4.9 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.7 5.8
1.8 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
442 236 85 Total Shots T S 61 196 434
137 77 32 Shots on Target S O 19 62 135
35% 35% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 35% 36%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Birmingham City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Hull City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hull City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Hull City is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 37 21 8 8 56 30 18 11 4 3 26 13 19 10 4 5 30 17 26 71
2 West Bromwich Albion 37 19 13 5 64 37 18 8 7 3 36 23 19 11 6 2 28 14 27 70
3 Fulham 37 18 10 9 52 38 19 12 2 5 32 21 18 6 8 4 20 17 14 64
4 Brentford 37 17 9 11 64 33 18 10 5 3 36 15 19 7 4 8 28 18 31 60
5 Nottingham Forest 37 16 12 9 48 38 18 8 4 6 20 19 19 8 8 3 28 19 10 60
6 Preston North End 37 16 8 13 50 45 19 11 3 5 35 24 18 5 5 8 15 21 5 56
7 Bristol City 37 15 10 12 51 53 18 7 5 6 25 27 19 8 5 6 26 26 -2 55
8 Millwall 37 13 15 9 44 40 18 8 7 3 25 18 19 5 8 6 19 22 4 54
9 Cardiff City 37 13 15 9 52 50 18 8 8 2 26 17 19 5 7 7 26 33 2 54
10 Blackburn Rovers 37 14 11 12 52 45 19 8 8 3 24 16 18 6 3 9 28 29 7 53
11 Swansea City 37 13 14 10 46 45 19 8 5 6 24 20 18 5 9 4 22 25 1 53
12 Derby County 37 13 12 12 49 49 19 10 7 2 28 13 18 3 5 10 21 36 0 51
13 Queens Park Rangers 37 14 8 15 58 62 19 8 5 6 37 33 18 6 3 9 21 29 -4 50
14 Reading 37 13 9 15 46 42 18 7 2 9 23 24 19 6 7 6 23 18 4 48
15 Sheffield Wednesday 37 13 9 15 46 49 18 7 5 6 16 21 19 6 4 9 30 28 -3 48
16 Birmingham City 37 12 11 14 48 57 18 6 5 7 27 29 19 6 6 7 21 28 -9 47
17 Stoke City 37 12 6 19 49 55 19 8 3 8 29 24 18 4 3 11 20 31 -6 42
18 Huddersfield Town 37 11 9 17 45 58 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 4 4 10 21 33 -13 42
19 Middlesbrough 37 9 14 14 37 47 19 6 8 5 18 19 18 3 6 9 19 28 -10 41
20 Wigan Athletic 37 10 11 16 38 50 18 6 6 6 18 22 19 4 5 10 20 28 -12 41
21 Hull City 37 11 8 18 49 63 19 6 3 10 27 33 18 5 5 8 22 30 -14 41
22 Charlton Athletic 37 10 9 18 44 54 19 7 5 7 25 23 18 3 4 11 19 31 -10 39
23 Luton Town 37 10 5 22 43 71 18 7 4 7 27 27 19 3 1 15 16 44 -28 35
24 Barnsley 37 8 10 19 42 62 19 5 7 7 26 33 18 3 3 12 16 29 -20 34

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 37 21 8 8 56 30 18 11 4 3 26 13 19 10 4 5 30 17 26 71
2 West Bromwich Albion 37 19 13 5 64 37 18 8 7 3 36 23 19 11 6 2 28 14 27 70
3 Fulham 37 18 10 9 52 38 19 12 2 5 32 21 18 6 8 4 20 17 14 64
4 Brentford 37 17 9 11 64 33 18 10 5 3 36 15 19 7 4 8 28 18 31 60
5 Nottingham Forest 37 16 12 9 48 38 18 8 4 6 20 19 19 8 8 3 28 19 10 60
6 Preston North End 37 16 8 13 50 45 19 11 3 5 35 24 18 5 5 8 15 21 5 56
7 Bristol City 37 15 10 12 51 53 18 7 5 6 25 27 19 8 5 6 26 26 -2 55
8 Millwall 37 13 15 9 44 40 18 8 7 3 25 18 19 5 8 6 19 22 4 54
9 Cardiff City 37 13 15 9 52 50 18 8 8 2 26 17 19 5 7 7 26 33 2 54
10 Blackburn Rovers 37 14 11 12 52 45 19 8 8 3 24 16 18 6 3 9 28 29 7 53
11 Swansea City 37 13 14 10 46 45 19 8 5 6 24 20 18 5 9 4 22 25 1 53
12 Derby County 37 13 12 12 49 49 19 10 7 2 28 13 18 3 5 10 21 36 0 51
13 Queens Park Rangers 37 14 8 15 58 62 19 8 5 6 37 33 18 6 3 9 21 29 -4 50
14 Reading 37 13 9 15 46 42 18 7 2 9 23 24 19 6 7 6 23 18 4 48
15 Sheffield Wednesday 37 13 9 15 46 49 18 7 5 6 16 21 19 6 4 9 30 28 -3 48
16 Birmingham City 37 12 11 14 48 57 18 6 5 7 27 29 19 6 6 7 21 28 -9 47
17 Stoke City 37 12 6 19 49 55 19 8 3 8 29 24 18 4 3 11 20 31 -6 42
18 Huddersfield Town 37 11 9 17 45 58 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 4 4 10 21 33 -13 42
19 Middlesbrough 37 9 14 14 37 47 19 6 8 5 18 19 18 3 6 9 19 28 -10 41
20 Wigan Athletic 37 10 11 16 38 50 18 6 6 6 18 22 19 4 5 10 20 28 -12 41
21 Hull City 37 11 8 18 49 63 19 6 3 10 27 33 18 5 5 8 22 30 -14 41
22 Charlton Athletic 37 10 9 18 44 54 19 7 5 7 25 23 18 3 4 11 19 31 -10 39
23 Luton Town 37 10 5 22 43 71 18 7 4 7 27 27 19 3 1 15 16 44 -28 35
24 Barnsley 37 8 10 19 42 62 19 5 7 7 26 33 18 3 3 12 16 29 -20 34

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