Hull City are hoping to take advantage of some underwhelming results from promotion rivals Middlesbrough and Millwall.
Hull City have an outside chance of leapfrogging Middlesbrough and Millwall to claim third place in the Championship table as Coventry City and Ipswich Town look on their way to landing the two automatic promotion places.
As it stands, Coventry have one foot in the Premier League after they moved 12 points clear at the top of the table and Ipswich sit in second place, level on points with Boro and the Lions but with the benefit of holding two games in hand of their promotion rivals. Hull are sitting in fifth place and are four points behind the three sides immediately above them in the table and their margin for area is now wafer thin as they head into the final five games of the season.
However, the Tigers have proven their quality by battling their way to a goalless draw with champions elect Coventry and they still believe they can make a late push for an automatic promotion place as they prepare to visit Sheffield United this weekend. Striker Oli McBurnie believes Middlesbrough and Millwall have had ‘a bit of a wobble’ in recent weeks and urged his team-mates to keep pushing between now and the end of the regular season.
Speaking after the draw with Frank Lampard’s side, the 16-times capped Scotland international said: “I thought it was a very good Championship game. I would have liked a bit more, a few more chances at the top end, but they're at the top of the league for a reason, they're a top team. They've been excellent this season. Disappointed that we didn't nick the goal in the end but a clean sheet against the top of the league at home could be important come the end of the season.
“We've had that belief all season when maybe others hadn't about us and we're looking up as well, you know, it's tight at the top of the table, a few teams are having a bit of a wobble. So the more points you can get on the board, who knows what'll happen. A good point [against Coventry], there's that tinge of disappointment, but something good to build on going into next week.”
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