Hull City 1-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 18 April 2026

Result

Hull City 1-1 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 18 April 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Hull City 1-1 Birmingham City: match report

Hull City drew with Birmingham City 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 18 April 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.

Joe Gelhardt opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Hull City's goal came from Joe Gelhardt (24'). Birmingham City scored through Tomoki Iwata (77').

Discipline: Hull City received 4 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hull City were 6th on 68 points from 42 and Birmingham City 15th on 56 points from 42. Hull City went on to finish that season 6th with 80 points, and Birmingham City 10th with 64.

Hull City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tomoki Iwata of Birmingham City (7.7), ahead of Christoph Klarer (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Hull City wins, 3 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Joe GelhardtHull City · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · Patrick James Coleman McNairHull City
  • 55'Yellow card · Semi AjayiHull City
  • 55'Yellow card · Jay StansfieldBirmingham City
  • 67'Yellow card · Joe GelhardtHull City
  • 77'Goal · Tomoki IwataBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Kieran DowellHull City
  • 86'Yellow card · Demarai GrayBirmingham City
  • 88'Yellow card · Phil NeumannBirmingham City
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Marvin DuckschBirmingham City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Hull City 6, draws 3, Birmingham City 1.

Team news

Hull City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ivor Pandur, Lewie Coyle, Semi Ajayi, John Egan, Paddy McNair, Amir Hadziahmetovic, Matt Crooks, Mohamed Belloumi, Joe Gelhardt, Liam Millar, Oli McBurnie

Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)

J. Beadle, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Phil Neumann, Christoph Klarer, Kai Wagner, Jhon Solís, Tomoki Iwata, Carlos Vicente, Jay Stansfield, Ibrahim Osman, August Priske Flyger