The EFL Championship 2025/2026 play-offs is about to begin its final battle that will decide the third team to qualify for the Premier League promotion. On 23 May, Hull and Middlesbrough will come together at the Wembley Stadium in London for the final match. The kick off time is 3:30 pm. In the UK, you can watch it on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Football, and Sky Sports Ultra HDR.
Hull City defeated Millwall in the semifinals 2 – 0 on aggregate (0 – 0 leg 1 and 2 – 0 leg 2). Middlesbrough initially lost against Southampton 1 – 2 on aggregate (0 – 0 leg 1 and 1 – 2 leg 2) but after the Spygate scandal and Southampton’s expulsion from the play-offs qualified for the final. The winner of the match will advance to the Premier League 2026/2027 along with this season’s top two EFL Championship teams, Coventry City and Ipswich Town.
Hull City vs Middlesbrough – Betting Odds
Below we will take a look at Hull City vs Middlesbrough betting odds on some of the most popular betting markets 7bet has to offer for the match.
1X2 Betting Odds
At 7bet, we currently offer the following 1×2 Hull City vs Middlesbrough odds:
| Hull City (1) | Draw (x) | Middlesbrough (2) |
| 3/1 | 5/2 | 5/12 |
This betting market is also often called straight win, as it’s directly focused on the match outcome. As a punter, you’re trying to predict how the match will end and placing your bet on a corresponding option. This bet is usually recommended to newbie bettors as a good way to gain experience and understand odds.
While this betting market exists in almost every sport, its betting options differ depending on the rules of the game. In football, you can choose from the following: the home team wins (1), the away team wins (2), or the match ends in a draw (x). If you make a correct prediction, you’ll be eligible for a payout proportional to the offered odds and your stake size.
Double Chance Odds
At 7bet, we currently offer the following double chance Hull City vs Middlesbrough odds:
| Hull City or draw (1x) | Hull City or Middlesbrough (12) | Draw or Middlesbrough (x2) |
| 4/5 | 3/11 | 2/9 |
If you’d like to bet on the match outcome but with lower risks, this betting market gives you the opportunity to do just that.
Your task here is to predict how the match will end. However, this time your stake covers two options out of three at once. This means that either of them brings you a win if they happen on the field. So your risk of making a wrong prediction goes significantly lower.
To balance out lower risks, bookmakers typically offer lower odds on this betting market, so if you do win, your payout will be lower than straight win.
In football, you get the following betting options:
- Either the home team wins or the match ends in a draw (1x)
- Either the home team or the away team wins (12)
- Either the away team wins or the match ends in a draw (x2)
Handicap Betting Odds
At 7bet, we currently offer the following handicap Hull City vs Middlesbrough betting odds:
| Hull City +0.5 | Middlesbrough -0.5 |
| 8/9 | 11/14 |
It can happen more often than you’d think that two teams meeting on the field aren’t equally matched, with one of them having an obvious advantage in the game due to stronger skills or experience. Not only are such matches not too interesting to watch but betting also becomes pointless because the result is too easy to predict.
This is where handicap bets come in. Created specifically to balance out opponent strengths, they impose certain conditions on how the win has to be achieved. If these conditions aren’t met, the win still counts for the team, but not for your bet. In other words, it’s not only about who wins, but how they do it.
Handicap bets vary per sport depending on the game rules and possible outcomes. In football, you can bet on a number of handicaps, while the most popular one is the goal difference.
Let’s take a look at a practical example. You place a bet that Team A, who has an obvious advantage in the match, will win with a goal difference of -1.5. This means that by the end of the game they need to have scored at least two goals more than their opponent. If they achieve a bigger difference, it still works for you, but if they win by a lower number of goals, you lose.
This, however, doesn’t require you to predict the correct score, as it has no bearing on the bet. Any score compliant with the bet conditions works in your favour (for example, scores like 2 – 0, 3 – 1, 4 – 1, or similar).
Under handicaps, you can also bet on the weaker team. For example, you place a wager that the underdog Team B will lose with a +2 goal difference. This means they can only allow their opponents to have one goal more than them (scores like 0 – 1, 2 – 3 or similar), otherwise your wager will be lost.
Other popular handicap lines include:
| Hull City | Draw | Middlesbrough | |
| Starts 3 – 0 | 1/13 | 7/1 | 14/1 |
| Starts 2 – 0 | 2/7 | 4/1 | 6/1 |
| Starts 1 – 0 | 7/8 | 5/2 | 7/3 |
| Starts 0 – 1 | 9/1 | 13/3 | 1/5 |
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Both Teams to Score (BTTS) Odds
This betting market allows you to bet on whether both teams will score at least one goal during the match. As it is not directly focused on the match outcome, it is considered low risk and suitable for beginners.
Your betting options are as simple as “yes” and “no”. You place your stake on “yes” if you think that each team will send the ball into their opponent’s goal at least once during the match. The “no” option is reserved for cases where your assessment tells you that either one or both teams will spend the game without a single successful attack resulting in a goal.
Remember that predicting the exact final score or even the winner of the match isn’t your task for this betting market.
At 7bet, we currently offer the following both teams to score Hull City vs Middlesbrough betting odds:
| Yes | No |
| 13/15 | 4/5 |
Goal Total (Over/Under) Odds
This betting market continues the low risk category. Your task is to predict if the sum of all goals scored by both sides in the match will amount to be higher (over) or lower (under) than the number specified by the bookie in the betting offer.
Let’s say, you place a wager that the match will end with a goal total of over 2.5. For your wager to win, the sum of both sides of the scoreboard should be 3 goals or more. If it is lower, your wager will lose.
What works in your favour is that you don’t actually need to predict the correct score or the match winner. As long as the final score fulfills the bet requirements, it counts towards your win (scores like 2 – 1, 0 – 3, 2 – 2, or similar). However, if the goal total is lower than 2.5, you will lose your wager (scores like 2 – 0 or 1 – 1, both total of 2).
At 7bet, we currently offer the following goal total Hull City vs Middlesbrough odds:
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 |
| 19/20 | 3/4 |
Correct Score Odds
Your task for this betting market is to predict the exact final score. Simple as this may sound, this bet is considered high risk and is recommended for more experienced bettors with good knowledge of the game.
Theoretically, a football match can end with virtually any score, that’s why you run a high risk of making the wrong prediction.
At 7bet, we currently offer the following correct score Hull City vs Middlesbrough odds for some of the most popular scorelines:
| Hull City | Middlesbrough | Odds |
| 0 | 0 | 8/1 |
| 1 | 0 | 9/1 |
| 0 | 1 | 5/1 |
| 1 | 1 | 5/1 |
| 2 | 0 | 19/1 |
| 0 | 2 | 13/2 |
| 1 | 2 | 7/1 |
| 2 | 2 | 15/1 |
Please note that the odds are accurate as per the publishing time of the article. Make sure to check the latest odds before placing a bet.
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