Hull City AFC vs Birmingham City FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Hull City AFC vs Birmingham City FC — Championship at The MKM Stadium.
- Hull City AFC 46 games · 73 pts (2025/26)
- Birmingham City FC 46 games · 64 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Stephen Martin (England)
- Assistant 1 Jacob Graham (England)
- Assistant 2 Carl Fitch-Jackson
28 games this season 🟨 0.9/game ⚽ 4.8 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 18 Apr Birmingham City FC H 1–1 D 11 Apr Sheffield United FC A 1–2 L 06 Apr Coventry City FC H 0–0 D 03 Apr Oxford United FC A 1–1 D 21 Mar Sheffield Wednesday FC H 3–1 W 14 Mar West Bromwich Albion FC A 0–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 18 Apr Hull City AFC A 1–1 D 12 Apr Wrexham AFC H 2–0 W 06 Apr Ipswich Town FC A 1–2 L 03 Apr Blackburn Rovers FC H 0–1 L 21 Mar Derby County FC A 0–1 L 14 Mar Sheffield United FC H 1–1 D Season Stats
Hull City AFC Birmingham City FC #6 Position #10 73 Points 64 46 Played 46 21 / 10 / 15 W / D / L 17 / 13 / 16 70 Scored 57 66 Conceded 56 +4 GD +1 1.59 PPG 1.39 46% Win % 37% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)36% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history29% Clean Sheets
Hull City AFC this season22% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this seasonHull City AFC are 6th (73 pts). Birmingham City FC are 10th (64 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Hull City AFC0-152/116-303/231-451/–46-60–/261-753/176+2/3■ Scored ■ ConcededBirmingham City FC0-152/116-303/231-451/246-601/–61-751/176+1/1■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Hull City AFCOliver McBurnie 18 G 8 A Joe Gelhardt 15 G 3 A Kyle Joseph 8 G 5 A Birmingham City FCJay Stansfield 10 G 6 A Marvin Ducksch 10 G 2 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Birmingham City FC kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 10' Liam Millar needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 15' Marvin Ducksch has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 20' Birmingham City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 24' GOAL! Joe Gelhardt scores on 24.
- 29' The referee calls foul for Paddy McNair. He receives a card.
- 34' Hull City AFC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 39' Birmingham City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 39.
- 44' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Birmingham City FC that had 383 games and scored 417 goals.
- 49' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 50' Another change for Birmingham City FC made on 50 minute. Bright Osayi-Samuel leaves to be changed by Ethan Laird.
- 55' It’s gonna be a card for Jay Stansfield.
- 60' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 63' The supporters are chanting for Marvin Ducksch. He replaces Jay Stansfield on 63 minute.
- 67' A meaty challenge results in booking for Joe Gelhardt on 67.
- 72' Hull City AFC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Joe Gelhardt scoring 1 goals.
- 75' The whistle greets Liam Millar as he departs to be replaced by Lewis Koumas.
- 77' What an equalizer from Tomoki Iwata!
- 82' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Birmingham City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 83' Another change for Hull City AFC made on 83 minute. Paddy McNair leaves to be changed by Ryan John Giles.
- 85' Hull City AFC receives a card for a hard tackle on 85.
- 86' It’s gonna be a card for Demarai Gray.
- 87' It is a substitution in Hull City AFC team. Amir Hadziahmetovic is replaced by Kyle Joseph on 87 minute.
- 88' Phil Neumann is having his name booked by the referee on 88.
- 90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Marvin Ducksch on 90.
- 90' The Birmingham City FC manager makes a substitution. Carlos Vicente departs to be replaced by Seung-Ho Paik.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.
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Lineups
Hull City AFC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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- 15
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37
Paddy McNair ↓ Ryan John Giles 83'
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- 6
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21
Joe Gelhardt ↓ Kieran Dowell 75'
- 1
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7
Liam Millar ↓ Lewis Koumas 75'
- 20
- 25
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10
Mohamed Belloumi ↓ Yu Hirakawa 83'
Bench
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26
Kieran Dowell ↑ 75'
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3
Ryan John Giles ↑ 83'
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- 23
- 8
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22
Kyle Joseph ↑ 87'
- 4
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36
Lewis Koumas ↑ 75'
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13
Yu Hirakawa ↑ 83'
Coach Sergej JakirovićBirmingham City FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 26
- 5
- 31
- 24
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28
Jay Stansfield ↓ Marvin Ducksch 63'
- 4
- 25
- 14
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29
August Priske ↓ Alex Cochrane 90'
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17
Ibrahim Osman ↓ Demarai Gray 63'
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23
Carlos Vicente ↓ Seung-Ho Paik 90'
Bench
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10
Demarai Gray ↑ 63'
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- 21
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33
Marvin Ducksch ↑ 63'
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20
Alex Cochrane ↑ 90'
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Ethan Laird ↑ 50'
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8
Seung-Ho Paik ↑ 90'
Coach Chris Davies -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Che Adams 3 Lukas Jutkiewicz 2 Kamil Grosicki 2 Fraizer Campbell 2 Jarrod Bowen 2 Gary Gardner 2 Josh Magennis 1 Ozan Tufan 1 Head to Head
Hull City AFC Form
2026-04-18 Hull City AFC 1–1 Birmingham City FC D 2026-04-11 Sheffield United FC 2–1 Hull City AFC L 2026-04-06 Hull City AFC 0–0 Coventry City FC D 2026-04-03 Oxford United FC 1–1 Hull City AFC D 2026-03-21 Hull City AFC 3–1 Sheffield Wednesday FC W 2026-03-14 West Bromwich Albion FC 3–0 Hull City AFC LBirmingham City FC Form
2026-04-18 Hull City AFC 1–1 Birmingham City FC D 2026-04-12 Birmingham City FC 2–0 Wrexham AFC W 2026-04-06 Ipswich Town FC 2–1 Birmingham City FC L 2026-04-03 Birmingham City FC 0–1 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2026-03-21 Derby County FC 1–0 Birmingham City FC L 2026-03-14 Birmingham City FC 1–1 Sheffield United FC D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.5 Hull City AFC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.17 Birmingham City FC xGI would bet for: Hull City AFC or Birmingham City FC 72%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.67Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 91% 9% ± 1.5 74% 26% ± 2.5 49% 51% ± 3.5 28% 72% ± 4.5 14% 86% Double Chance
Hull City AFC or Draw 72%Draw or Birmingham City FC 55%Hull City AFC or Birmingham City FC 72%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Hull City AFC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual1 – 0 9.5%0 – 0 9%2 – 1 8.8%2 – 0 7.6%0 – 1 7.1%1 – 2 6.8%2 – 2 5.2%0 – 2 4.6%3 – 1 4.4%3 – 0 3.7%1 – 3 2.7%Asian Handicap — Hull City AFC
Handicap Hull City AFC covers Push Birmingham City FC covers -2.5 9% — 91% -2 9% 13% 78% -1.5 22% — 78% -1 22% 21% 57% -0.5 43% — 57% +0.5 72% — 28% +1 72% 16% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 8% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Hull City AFC keeps clean sheet 32% ✓Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.