Hull City vs Birmingham City: How to Watch, Betting Odds & Prediction

Sixth-placed Hull City look to maintain their push towards Premier League promotion against a struggling Birmingham City side on Tuesday evening.

How to Watch Hull vs Birmingham in the UK:

UK viewers can watch the mate live on the Sky Sports Football Red Button. Kick-off is set for 7:45pm at the MKM Stadium.

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Hull head into the match after a 0-0 draw away to promotion rivals Preston North End. The result made it three league games without a win for Liam Rosenior's side, who drew 1-1 with West Brom and lost 2-1 away to Southampton in their two previous fixtures. All three results have however came against teams in-and-around the play-off places in matches expected to be tight affairs.

The same cannot be said for Tuesday's match when Hull face a Birmingham side in 20th place and who are out of the relegation places merely on goal difference. The Blues were unfortunate not to get a point against Southampton at the weekend after Joe Aribo's 96th minute secured a last-gasp victory for the Saints. Birmingham were also reduced to ten men with just under half an hour remaining after Dion Sanderson was dismissed on 62 minutes.

Home wins over Blackburn Rovers and Sunderland boosted Birmingham's prospects of survival in February before consecutive losses to Ipswich Town and Southampton.

Team News:

Hull will be without loanee forward Liam Delap who is expected to be out until mid-April with a knee injury.

Birmingham manager Tony Mowbray will continue to be absent from the dugout after taking time out for medical treatement. Defender Sanderson is suspened following his red card at the weekend, while midfielder Alfie Chang (knee) and Krystian Bielik (groin) also miss out.

Betting Odds:

The home side predictably enter the match as strong favourites. vBet offer the Tigers to bag the three points at 5/6, carrying an implied probability of 54.55%. Bet365 offer Birmingham to land the upset win at 15/4 (an implied probability of 21.05%.

vBet offer the draw at 43/15, carrying an implied probability of 25.86%.

Prediction:

OddsNow expect Hull to continue their push for a spot in next season's Premier League with a comfortable home victory over struggling Birmingham.

OddsNow's Pick: Hull to win with 3.5+ goals scored (4.54/1 @ PaddyPower)