Hull City Championship Odds: Relegation big price for chaotic Tigers

The new Championship season usually brings promise and hope for teams up and down the division, but for Hull City, it’s been another summer of turmoil. 

Once again the Tigers are starting a new season with a new manager at the helm and after another summer of squad churn, you have to feel it will be a season of struggle. Below you can find the Hull City Championship Odds, as we preview their upcoming 2025/26 campaign. 

Acun Ilicali’s time in charge of Hull has been slowly descending into chaos. This time last year he had just dismissed Liam Rosenior for failing to get them into the play-offs, and his replacement Tim Walter was a complete disaster - winning just three of 18 games in charge. 

Ruben Selles came in to rescue the situation and kept the Tigers up on the final day, but once again Ilicali pulled the trigger. Interesting to note that Sheffield United jumped at the chance to appoint the former Hull boss, while the Tigers have chosen Sergej Jakirovic - who has managed Dinamo Zagreb and Kayserispor recently - to take the reigns on Humberside. 

He has a big task on his hands to get this squad to improve on the 49-point total they posted last term, with anything less surely ending in relegation given the strength of the newly-promoted teams on paper. 

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Transfer business:

In: Gustavo Puerta (£3m), Reda Laalaoui (£200k), Enis Destan, Semi Ajayi, Akin Famewo, Dillon Phillips (all free), Joel Ndala (loan), John Lundstram (loan). 

Out: Steven Alzate and Alfie Jones (Both undisclosed), Sean McLoughlin (£500k), Marvin Mehlem (£475k), Xavier Simons (£300k), Joao Pedro, Dogukan Sinik, Brandon Flemming, Nordin Amrabat, Callum Jones (all free). 

It’s been a strange summer on the transfer front as you would expect at the MKM Stadium. Alfie Jones is the biggest loss as he joins Middlesbrough after five years at the club while the departures of Sean McLoughlin and Xavier Simons will also be felt. 

Gustavo Puerta makes his loan move from Bayer Leverkusen permanent for a sizable fee while I do like the defensive additions of Semi Ajayi from West Brom and Akin Famewo, formerly of Sheffield Wednesday. They both possess Championship experience, as does John Lundstram, who FPL managers will remember fondly from his time at Sheffield United. Joel Ndala is an exciting prospect from Man City but will have to shine in his first senior season and it doesn’t look like there is loads of money left lying around to be spent before the window closes.

Key Player: Liam Millar

The one thing that may give Hull a boost this season is the return of some key players from long-term injuries. Both Liam Millar and Mohamed Belloumi suffered ACL injuries last term which impacted Hull’s progress, but they should both be fit to play a key part this term. 

Millar suffered his ACL back in October so should be raring to go this term, and he’s shown glimpses when he was fit that he can be a top wide player at this level. I like Belloumi a lot too, but Steven Alzate's departure leaves a hole in midfield that needs filling. I’ll pick out the Canadian as Hull’s key player this term though. They only scored 44 goals in 46 matches last term - the lowest total in the entire division - and he will need to step up to the plate as a goalscorer and a provider if they are to escape the drop.

Prediction: 22nd

Sorry Hull fans, I just can’t see you escaping the drop this season. I’m seriously concerned about the man in charge of your club and all the good intentions he once held have now been lost amid a myriad of managerial sackings. Hull would be in a better place if Rosenior was still in charge. Hull would probably be in a better position if Selles was left in his position. 

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It feels like they are taking backwards steps and although you can attribute some of last season’s struggles to the massive amount of injuries they picked up - I don’t think they have made massive improvements over the summer. Alarm bells ring in my head when I see the lowest goalscorers in the Championship fail to add any proven quality in the number nine position - with a lot riding on Enis Destan’s shoulders. 

He didn’t score in 18 Super Lig matches for Trabszonspor last term, so I’m unwilling to think he’s going to become an elite Championship goalscorer overnight. The manager could be a miracle worker, but it’s far more likely that he will end up on Ilicali’s scrapheap, just like Walter did last year. Hard to see them getting out of danger, with the relegation price of 11/4 looking like great value before a ball is kicked. 

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