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Hull City are two matches away from Ruben Selles' dream Championship scenario

City go into their final four games of the Championship season desperate for points

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Lincoln rises high to head the ball on during Monday's draw with Coventry City (Image: Greig Cowie/REX/Shutterstock)

The outcome of Hull City's season will be decided over the next two weeks, with just four games remaining for Ruben Selles and his players to secure safety.

The Easter weekend often goes a long way to dictating what happens in the final reckoning, and it will be no different this year with only two games left once it's come and gone.

Monday night's battling draw with a Coventry City side chasing a place in the play-offs could yet prove crucial, and was badly needed given the two 1-0 defeats to Luton Town and Watford in their previous three games.

City will now head to South Wales to take on Swansea City with a three-point cushion over their bitter rivals Cardiff City, plus a vastly superior goal difference, which is worth another point should it come down to that.

Swansea had looked in some danger a few weeks ago, but three wins on the spin, including big successes over Derby County and Sunderland, mean they can look forward to next term with optimism and Luca Modric in the boardroom.

Mid-table Preston North End then arrive on Easter Monday in City's penultimate home game of what has been a miserable campaign on home soil, in a game that really must provide three points.

Of course, at this juncture, it remains a big if, the Tigers can do something they have not looked like doing since the Autumn and win two games on the spin, they would just about make themselves safe. It's hard to imagine Cardiff getting to 51 points from where they are now so that would likely be sufficient.

Should they find a way to get two wins over this weekend, and the Bluebirds were to lose at Sheffield United on Friday and then lose at home to a resurgent Oxford United side, with Luton and Plymouth dropping points, then their safety would be confirmed before that visit of Derby County and then what at this stage, looks a daunting trip to Fratton Park on the final day.

Naturally, all the above is laden with ifs and buts. And this season, City have been flaky, frustrating and wholly unpredictable, but they still have the ability to pull wins out of the hat when they've needed them. Sheffield United, Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday and so on.

While they have huge problems in front of goal, they have shown that they have the ability to get results. And the Easter weekend offers them a chance to take all the stress, worry, and unpredictability away from the final two games, and we know what can happen on the final day.

Selles' side cannot afford to be in a position where they go to Portsmouth on the final day needing anything to survive, because that would be perilous, and also suggest the three games before that haven't gone well.

If ever there was a time in the season to string back-to-back wins together, then this would be it, because if they did that, they'll be playing Championship football next season.

Don't miss the latest 1904 Club episode looking ahead to the pivotal Easter weekend

[Barry Cooper]

Barry Cooper

Barry is the Hull City correspondent, and previously covered Nottingham Forest for the Nottingham Post/Nottinghamshire Live prior to his summer transfer window move from the City Ground to the MKM Stadium. Barry has reported on Hull City's League One title success and Championship campaigns for the past six years. Up and down the country, he follows the fortunes of the Tigers home and away, as well as covering overseas trips involving City. Barry is also the host of the City podcast, the 1904 Club, with Kathryn Batte, David Prutton, David Burns and James Fletcher. He's also an award-winning travel writer, putting together a host of features on the USA, Maldives, Singapore and more.

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