Birmingham City v Hull City
Championship | St Andrew's Stadium
Wednesday, 25 October 2023 @ 7.45pm
Birmingham City host Hull City on Wednesday at St Andrew's in the Championship.
In their last league match, on Saturday, Birmingham lost to Middlesbrough 1-0 away.
Hull also lost, 2-1 at home against Southampton, with Liam Delap scoring their goals.
In the last 10 years, Birmingham and Hull have played each other on 12 occasions. Birmingham won three of them, Hull six, and they drew three times.
On average, the Blues scored 1.1 goals and the Tigers 1.8 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on December 30, when Hull won 1-0 away.
With 15 goals in 12 games so far this season, Birmingham are scoring at below the league average rate with 1.2 goals per game. But they are conceding fewer than average too, letting in 12 goals at a rate of 1.0 per game.
Hull, meanwhile, are average scorers, with 1.4 goals per game. They have conceded 1.3 goals per game.
Hull City's Jaden Philogene-Bidace is among the league's most creative players, racking up four assists in seven appearances so far this season, and holding second spot in the Championship's assist charts.
For Birmingham City, Ivan Šunjić and Koji Miyoshi have set up the most goals, having laid on two assists apiece to date.
The Blues are seventh in the table after 12 games, of which they have won five and drawn three, earning 18 points.
he Tigers are four places behind the hosts in 11th, with four wins and five draws putting them on 17 points.
Birmingham are in mixed form in the Championship, with two wins and a draw from their last six games.
With a win and three draws over that period, the away team's form is slightly less good – they have taken six points from 18, compared to Birmingham's seven.
Wednesday's match will be refereed by John Busby, who has taken charge of eight Championship games so far this season, issuing one red card and booking 47 players. He has awarded two penalties.
The last Birmingham game Busby refereed was a 2-1 home win against Plymouth Argyle on August 26. His last Hull match was their 1-0 win away at Leicester City on September 2.