Tigers have huge platform to build on for the season

It's been quite the start to the new Championship season for Hull City, who occupy fifth place in the Championship after 15 games of the fledgling campaign.

- By BARRY COOPER

The 3-2 win over Portsmouth, which saw City come back from a goal down to claim a fifth win in seven games, lifted the Tigers into the top six for the first time since a period when Liam Rosenior was boss in the 2023-24 campaign.

City's upturn in fortunes is a far cry from their well-documented struggles of last season, which saw the club battle against relegation, needing help from others to secure their final day survival on goal difference after a 1-1 draw at Portsmouth.

Under Sergej Jakirovic, the Tigers are a different beast and have claimed some big scalps in the early weeks of the season, beating the likes of Southampton, Sheffield United and Leicester City, while becoming the first Tigers side to win at Norwich City in 15 years.