Charlton Athletic vs Hull City | Championship Matchday Thread | 25 April 2026

[Admin]

The Valley, London
Kick-off: 12:30 BST
Sky Sports Championship
MATCH PREVIEW
Right then Tigers, The Valley on Saturday and the situation could not be clearer. Win and we go into the final day with everything to play for. Anything less and the play-off dream is effectively over. Charlton have nothing riding on this but that cuts both ways.
Tuesday's 2-2 at Leicester was a frustrating one. We led through Millar, got pegged back twice, then McBurnie hauled us level. Confirmed the Foxes' League One fate which is always nice but a point does nothing for us right now. One win in six and the timing is brutal.
PREDICTED HULL CITY XI (4-2-3-1)

Pandur
Coyle  Ajayi  Egan  McNair
Gyabi   Crooks
Millar  Gelhardt  Belloumi
McBurnie

Predicted only. Confirmed XI around an hour before kick-off.
HULL TEAM NEWS
Amir Hadziahmetovic out for remaining fixtures
John Lundstram suspended (red card vs Leicester)
Cody Drameh season over (quad)
Toby Collyer season over (ankle)
Regan Slater out (ankle)
Ryan Giles out (hamstring)
David Akintola out (ankle)
CHARLTON TEAM NEWS
Harvey Knibbs out (injury)
LAST FIVE
Leicester 2-2 Hull
Sheffield Utd 2-1 Hull
Coventry 0-0 Hull
Oxford 1-1 Hull
Hull 3-1 Sheffield Wed
THE SITUATION
7th on 68 points, level on goal difference with Wrexham in 6th. The Dragons are at Coventry on Sunday so we need to do our job first. The midfield is threadbare with both Hadzi and Lunny unavailable but Gyabi stepped up against Birmingham and will need to do it again. McBurnie needs a goal. Simple as that.

 

[jonowev]

Who's going, then?

 

[DownUnder27]

Amir is out for the season so another fail for the AI.

Belloumi in the 10 would certainly be novel.