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Saturday 18 October 2025 · 15:00 · HT 1-2 · St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham · Referee Ruebyn Ricardo

Birmingham City v Hull City: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Birmingham City's last 4 home games and Hull City's last 4 away games in the Championship before kick-off, both teams scored in 5 of 8, over 2.5 goals in 4 of 8, with 9.4 corners per match (league 10.3) and 4.4 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Birmingham City v Hull City, full match

65%

Possession

35%

2.85

Expected goals (xG)

1.15

29

Shots

14

8

Shots on target

7

9

Corners

7

Fouls

14

4

Yellow cards

7

1

Red cards

0

4

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

16'

Yellow card

Lewie Coyle HUL

20'

Yellow card

David Akintola HUL

27'

Goal

Jay Stansfield BIR

45'

Yellow card

Jay Stansfield BIR

45'

Yellow card

Joe Gelhardt HUL

45+4'

Goal

Regan Slater HUL

54'

Yellow card

James Beadle BIR

59'

Yellow card

Jack Robinson BIR

59'

Second yellow

Jack Robinson BIR

68'

Yellow card

Matt Crooks HUL

76'

Yellow card

Ivor Pandur HUL

82'

Yellow card

John Egan HUL

90+3'

Goal

Joe Gelhardt HUL

90+6'

Penalty

Jay Stansfield BIR

90+8'

Yellow card

Enis Destan HUL

At a glance

Birmingham City

10th in the table

D

L

W

L

Hull City

6th in the table

W

D

L

W

D

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Birmingham City's home games and Hull City's away games in the Championship this season, before kick-off, with players from the lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Birmingham City's last 4 home games and Hull City's last 4 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

63%

5/8 games · League 57%

Over 1.5 goals

63%

5/8 games · League 76%

Over 2.5 goals

50%

4/8 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

38%

3/8 games · League 25%

Over 9.5 corners

50%

4/8 games · League 55%

Over 3.5 cards

63%

5/8 games · League 53%

Birmingham City clean sheet

50%

2/4 games · League 25%

Hull City clean sheet

25%

1/4 games · League 25%

Birmingham City fail to score

0%

0/4 games · League 25%

Hull City fail to score

25%

1/4 games · League 25%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.6

League 2.6

Corners

9.4

League 10.3

Cards

4.4

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Birmingham City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

25

James Beadle

DEFENDERS

4

6

20

24

MIDFIELDERS

8

Seung Ho Paik

12

Marc Leonard

14

Keshi Anderson

FORWARDS

10

Demarai Gray

16

Patrick Roberts

28

Jay Stansfield

SUBSTITUTES

21

5

23

26

7

27

9

17

30

Hull City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Ivor Pandur

DEFENDERS

2

3

4

15

MIDFIELDERS

20

Amir Hadžiahmetović

21

Joe Gelhardt

27

Regan Slater

FORWARDS

9

Oli McBurnie

11

David Akintola

22

Kyle Joseph

SUBSTITUTES

12

6

18

23

24

25

7

19

39

Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo

19 games in the Championship this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

5.1

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

5.0

Red cards per game

0.21

Fouls per game

22.4

League 21.5

Penalties per game

0.11

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

BIR

HUL

Match

League

Goals per match

2.1

3.3

2.7

2.5

Over 0.5

100%

9/9

89%

8/9

94%

17/18

93%

Over 1.5

67%

6/9

78%

7/9

72%

13/18

70%

Over 2.5

33%

3/9

78%

7/9

56%

10/18

47%

Over 3.5

11%

1/9

56%

5/9

33%

6/18

24%

Over 4.5

0%

0/9

22%

2/9

11%

2/18

8%

Bet

BIR

HUL

Match

League

Yes

44%

4/9

67%

6/9

56%

10/18

56%

Yes and win

11%

1/9

22%

2/9

14%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

22%

2/9

67%

6/9

44%

8/18

38%

Yes and draw

33%

3/9

22%

2/9

28%

5/18

27%

Yes and loss

0%

0/9

22%

2/9

14%

Yes in both halves

11%

1/9

22%

2/9

17%

3/18

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Bet

BIR

HUL

Match

League

Corners per match

8.2

9.7

8.9

9.8

Over 7.5

67%

6/9

67%

6/9

67%

12/18

74%

Over 8.5

33%

3/9

56%

5/9

44%

8/18

64%

Over 9.5

22%

2/9

56%

5/9

39%

7/18

48%

Over 10.5

11%

1/9

44%

4/9

28%

5/18

33%

Over 11.5

11%

1/9

44%

4/9

28%

5/18

29%

Over 12.5

11%

1/9

33%

3/9

22%

4/18

22%

Referee Ruebyn Ricardo: 5.1 cards and 22.4 fouls per game in 19 games this season

Bet

BIR

HUL

Match

League

Cards per match

4.3

4.1

4.2

Over 2.5

78%

7/9

56%

5/9

67%

12/18

78%

Over 3.5

67%

6/9

56%

5/9

61%

11/18

58%

Over 4.5

56%

5/9

44%

4/9

50%

9/18

37%

Over 5.5

22%

2/9

44%

4/9

33%

6/18

28%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Oli McBurnie

8 starts · 0.8 per 90

13%

1/8

63%

5/8

13%

1/8

0%

0/8

Jay Stansfield

8 starts · 0.4 per 90

29%

2/7

38%

3/8

0%

0/8

0%

0/8

Joe Gelhardt

7 starts · 0.3 per 90

29%

2/7

29%

2/7

0%

0/7

0%

0/7

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Birmingham City

Last 5 games before this match

3 Oct

Wrexham

(A)

1-1

D

30 Sep

Sheffield Wednesday

(H)

2-2

D

27 Sep

Coventry City

(A)

0-3

L

20 Sep

Swansea City

(H)

1-0

W

13 Sep

Stoke City

(A)

0-1

L

Hull City

Last 5 games before this match

4 Oct

Sheffield United

(H)

1-0

W

30 Sep

Preston North End

(H)

2-2

D

27 Sep

Watford

(A)

1-2

L

20 Sep

Southampton

(H)

3-1

W

13 Sep

Swansea City

(A)

2-2

D

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Birmingham City and Hull City haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

Championship table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Coventry

46

28

11

7

97

45

+52

95

W

D

2

Ipswich

46

23

15

8

80

47

+33

84

W

D

W

D

3

Millwall

46

24

11

64

49

+15

83

W

D

W

D

4

Southampton

46

22

14

10

82

56

+26

80

W

D

W

5

Middlesbrough

46

22

14

10

72

47

+25

80

D

W

D

L

6

Hull City

46

21

10

15

70

66

+4

73

W

L

D

L

7

Wrexham

46

19

14

13

69

65

+4

71

D

L

W

L

8

Derby

46

20

9

17

67

59

+8

69

L

W

L

W

L

9

Norwich

46

19

8

19

63

56

+7

65

L

D

W

L

10

Birmingham

46

17

13

16

57

56

+1

64

D

W

D

W

11

Swansea

46

18

10

18

57

59

-2

64

W

D

W

L

W

12

Bristol City

46

17

11

18

59

0

62

W

L

D

L

D

13

Sheffield Utd

46

18

6

22

66

0

60

W

L

W

14

Preston

46

15

16

55

62

-7

60

L

W

L

W

15

QPR

46

16

10

20

61

73

-12

58

L

D

16

Watford

46

14

15

17

53

65

-12

57

L

17

Stoke City

46

15

10

21

51

56

-5

55

L

D

18

Portsmouth

46

14

13

19

49

64

-15

55

D

W

L

W

19

West Brom

46

13

14

19

48

58

-10

53

L

D

W

D

20

Charlton

46

13

14

19

44

58

-14

53

L

W

L

D

L

21

Leicester

46

12

16

18

58

68

-10

52

W

D

L

22

Blackburn

46

13

20

42

56

-14

52

L

W

D

L

D

23

Oxford Utd

46

11

14

21

45

59

-14

47

L

W

L

W

24

Sheffield Wed

46

2

12

32

29

89

-60

18

W

L

D

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Birmingham City v Hull City: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Birmingham City

Hull City

Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Birmingham City

Hull City

Head to head

Championship table