The regularly-mentioned wait for successive wins in the Championship goes on for Bristol City, a statistic which has kept the pressure on Nigel Pearsonthroughout this campaign.
Nevertheless, the Robins have found some form in recent weeks, collecting eight points from a possible 12 and prevailing twice away from home with victories over Stoke City and Derby County.
Both triumphs were impressive in their own right and when you throw a home draw with Sheffield United into the equation, Pearson will be increasingly hopeful that such results will help keep him in a job.
Still, that may be dependent on securing 17th position, something which may be achieved if they can overcome a Hull side who have been equally resurgent of late.
Bristol City have failed to score in just one of their last nine fixtures, an excellent return ahead of playing opponents with the best defensive record in the bottom 12.
Like his counterpart, Hull boss Shota Arveladze has faced a uphill task to convince the club’s owners that he remains the right man to head a promotion bid next campaign.
However, three wins from four games may prove enough to keep the legendary Georgian in the dugout, their only setback during that period coming at Millwall by a 2-1 scoreline.
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Arveladze has now collected 21 points from his 17 games in charge, a respectable effort having taken over a struggling team, but he will aware that he still requires a positive end to the season.
With a relentless Nottingham Forest outfit still to come, facing Bristol City represents a more realistic opportunity to get points on the board at a time when the Tigers are still at risk of ending the campaign as low as 20th.
Keane Lewis-Potter scored a double in last weekend’s 3-0 triumph over Reading, taking his tally to 11 strikes for the campaign.
