The lights are on for Championship and Birmingham City - Hull City. In this super-preview you'll find stats, previous results, analysis, trends and stories!
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hull City have the most conceded goals (41) in Championship
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Birmingham City form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Birmingham City at their home stadium (St. Andrew's Stadium) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Birmingham City lost their last game at Burnley (placed 1st) after a 0-3 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, Birmingham won a home game hosting Reading (3-2).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Birmingham City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Middlesbrough are coming to town in three days.
Birmingham are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games.
Hull City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Hull City have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
Hull's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Blackpool that finished 1-1. The attacker Estupiñán got a match rating of 7.43 in that game. Estupiñán scored one goal and hit the woodwork once.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Sunderland.Hull City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
The schedule is very tough for Hull City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Wigan Athletic is waiting in only three days.
Hull have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 14 goals have been scored. Hull City struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 19 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The latest head-to-head encounter ended Hull City - Birmingham City 0-2, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Birmingham victories, three draws and four Hull City wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Hogan 9 goals |   O. Estupiñán Vallesilla 9 goals |  T. Deeney 5 goals |
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| Birmingham City | Hull City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 26 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 27 |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | 41 |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 73% | 88% |
| 67% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 83% |
| 42% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 55% | 54% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 45% | 29% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 27% | 17% |
| 46% | 58% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 55% | 58% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 12% |
| 38% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 45% | 42% |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.5 | 5 |
| 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.1 | 11.2 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 8.6 | 10.5 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| 37% | 40% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 38% | 36% |
| 11.8 | 10.7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 14.1 | 12.9 |
| 3.4 | 2.9 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hull City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hull City have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Championship
- Hull City have the most conceded goals (41) in Championship
- Hull City have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Championship
- Hull City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Burnley | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 49 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 25 | 50 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 47 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 39 |
| 4 | Watford | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 37 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 35 |
| 6 | Millwall | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 35 |
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| 8 | Reading | 24 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -6 | 35 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
| 10 | Preston North End | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | -1 | 34 |
| 11 | Middlesbrough | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 33 |
| 12 | Luton Town | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 33 |
| 13 | Coventry City | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 33 |
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 32 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 32 |
| 16 | Swansea City | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 20 | -3 | 32 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -4 | 30 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 27 |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 27 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 27 |
| 21 | Hull City | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -14 | 27 |
| 22 | Blackpool | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -9 | 25 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -14 | 24 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -9 | 22 |
- Birmingham City
- Birmingham Mail - (local newspaper)
- Hull City
- Hull Daily Mail - (local newspaper)
