Hull City and Blackburn Rovers will be involved in a vital relegation six-pointer at the KC Stadium on Sunday with both teams attempting to hit back after losing their last games.Those results left Rovers entrenched in the relegation zone - they have won only five matches so far this term - while the free-falling Tigers are now just six points above the drop-zone.
Hull's blistering start to the season is now a distant memory and, after winning six of their first nine league matches, they have tasted victory only once, against Middlesbrough, in their last 17 games.Phil Brown has admitted that inexperience has cost his team dear during that dismal run but Hull are still in a much better position than most pundits predicted last August
However, while Sam Allardyce's side pushed leaders Manchester United all the way at Old Trafford before eventually losing 2-1, the Tigers were beaten by a Tottenham side that had started Monday's game below them in the table, by the same scoreline.
