Hull City 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 24 October 2015
Result
Hull City 2-0 Birmingham City
Championship · Saturday 24 October 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Hull City 2-0 Birmingham City: match report
Hull City won against Birmingham City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 24 October 2015. The half-time score was 2-0.
David Meyler opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Hull City's goals came from David Meyler (36') and Abel Hernández (38'). Birmingham City did not score.
Discipline: Hull City received 2 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Hull City were 4th on 22 points from 12 and Birmingham City 3rd on 23 points from 12. Hull City went on to finish that season 3rd with 89 points, and Birmingham City 10th with 62.
Hull City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Morrison of Birmingham City (7.4), ahead of Jacques Maghoma (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Hull City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Jonathan Grounds
- 36'Goal · David Meyler
- 38'Goal · Abel Hernández
- 39'Yellow card · Stephen Gleeson
- 41'Yellow card · S. Clucas
- 62'Yellow card · Abel Hernández
Head-to-head
Team news
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Hull City expected line-up (3-5-2)
Steve Harper, Michael Dawson, Paul McShane, James Chester, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, S. Quinn, Tom Huddlestone, Robbie Brady, Jake Livermore, Dame N'Doye
Birmingham City line-up (4-3-3)
Tomasz Kuszczak, Paul Caddis, Michael Morrison, Paul Robinson, Jonathan Grounds, Stephen Gleeson, Jonathan Spector, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Jacques Maghoma, Clayton Donaldson, Demarai Gray