22 hours Ago By [email protected] (Barry Cooper)
Hull City remain firm outsiders to be relegated from the Championship despite Saturday's potentially damaging 1-0 home defeat to fellow strugglers. One of the most unfortunate own goals in some time from Alfie Jones condemned the Tigers to a first defeat in five games, which leaves them three points above the relegation zone with seven games to go. That cushion will be cut to just one point, however, if Derby County win a fourth game on the spin when they play their game in hand against beaten FA Cup quarter-finalists Preston North End at Pride Park on Wednesday night, which would increase their 20 per cent chance of returning to League One.
As it stands, ahead of that crunch game in the East Midlands, the bottom three remain odds on to be relegated, but Cardiff City and Oxford United are not sitting comfortably, with the pair on the fringes. Despite Stoke City's 3-1 home win over struggling QPR on Saturday, which moved them a point above the Tigers, their chances of relegation remain at 20 per cent, like Ruben Selles' men. City can boost their chances with a positive result at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday as they look for an immediate response to that Luton loss.
Here's the latest odds according to Betfred...
. Plymouth Argyle - 1/66 from 1/20 (98.5% probability from 95.
2%) Luton Town - 4/6 from 1/3 (60% probability from 75%) Derby County - 11/10 from 13/8 (47.6% probability from 38.1%) Cardiff City - 7/4 (36.
4% probability) Oxford United - 7/4 from 2/1 (36.4% probability from 33.3%) Hull City - 4/1 from 14/1 (20% probability from 6.
7%) Stoke City - 4/1 from 15/8 (20% probability from 34.8%) Portsmouth - 25/1 from 10/1 (3.8% probability from 9.
1%) Queens Park Rangers - 33/1 from 100/1 (2.9% probability from 1%) Swansea City - 66/1 from 33/1 (1.5% probability from 2.
9%) “After a crucial victory away at Hull City on Saturday, Matt Bloomfield’s Luton Town have drifted from 1/3 from 4/6 to go down this season, decreasing their probability for relegation by 15 per cent, Betfred 's Robert Ford tells Hull Live. "As a result of Luton’s victory, Hull City have been cut to 4/1 from 14/1 as they’re now just three points above the relegation zone, and those odds could be cut again if Derby County pick up a favourable result against Preston North End on Wednesday night. “Elsewhere in the market, Plymouth have been cut to 1/66 now they’re six points off 21st-placed Cardiff City, as Derby County have seen their probability of relegation grow to 47.
6 per cent as a result of them playing not at the weekend. Cardiff City remain unchanged at 7/4 while Oxford United have joined them at the same price after their defeat late on to Middlesbrough at the Riverside on Saturday. “Stoke City are out to 4/1 from 15/8 after their vital victory over QPR at the weekend, which has resulted in them moving up the table into 18th.
Their opponents have now moved into 33/1 for the drop from 100/1. Portsmouth are now seven points clear of the relegation zone after their win against out-of-form Blackburn Rovers at Fratton Park and they’ve moved out to 25/1 from 10/1. Swansea City’s late equaliser at Leeds United has seen them drift out to 66/1 and they remain big outsiders to go down.
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