Hull City vs Birmingham Predictions

Hull should be backed to get a home victory over Birmingham on Saturday, with the visitors having lost their last four Championship away games.

Hull are ninth places above Birmingham in the table, with a 12-point gap separating the two sides. Hull, sixth, have won 20 of their 42 games this season, while Birmingham have won 15.

Scoring has come easily to Hull this season, with an average of 1.62 goals a game in their 21 Championship games against bottom-half teams.

Hull have lost just one of their last ten Championship meetings with Birmingham.

Birmingham have won two of their ten games as an underdog this season, and backing them in those matches would have resulted in a 5.55-unit loss. They are out of form, and backing their opponents during their current run of three defeats in four Championship games would have resulted in a profit of 4.65 units.

The visitors are out of form, with three defeats in Birmingham’s last four Championship games. They have not won any of their last four matches on the road.

Birmingham have been disappointing in front of goal away from home this season, scoring just 16 goals in 21 games – an average of 0.76 goals a game on the road. They have failed to score in three of their last four Championship away games, losing three of those games to nil.

They have struggled defensively in recent games and are on a run of five Championship away days without recording a shutout. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in eight of their last ten matches on the road, conceding 32 goals from 21 away games this season – an average of 1.52 goals per game.

Hull may be able to edge out Birmingham in a close game, with a 2-1 home win the correct-score pick. Hull have won 13 of their 20 Championship wins this season by a single goal, and Birmingham have been beaten by a single goal in three of their last four matches.

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Edited by Mark Langdon