• Midfielder moves to Turf Moor for £500,000
• 26-year-old agrees three-year contract

Burnley have signed the midfielder Dean Marney from Hull City for an undisclosed fee thought to be worth around £500,000.

Marney, 26, has agreed a three-year contract at Turf Moor and is manager Brian Laws’s first new signing of the summer.

Laws said: “It is a good way to start and I am delighted we have got Dean. Midfield is an area we wanted to strengthen and for a young age he has a lot of experience.”

Marney began his career at Tottenham Hotspur. During his time at White Hart Lane he had loan spells with Swindon Town, Queens Park Rangers, Gillingham and Norwich City. He joined Hull four years ago and made 102 league starts for the club, scoring nine goals. He played 17 times as Hull were relegated from the Premier League last season.

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Iain Dowie demanded a “huge response” from his players following the drubbing by Burnley, although St Andrew’s seems an unlikely place for Hull to register their first away win of the season. Birmingham, on course for their highest top flight finish since 1959, are unbeaten at home since September. Alex McLeish’s side have, however, lost their way recently, with last Sunday’s 5-1 thrashing at Manchester City stretching their winless streak to six matches. Birmingham have no fresh injuries but Hull will be without Richard Garcia and Stephen Hunt. Stuart James

Venue St Andrew’s, Saturday 3pm

Tickets £20 (0844 557 1875)

Last season n/a

Referee M Clattenburg

This season’s matches 27 Y78, R5, 3.07 cards per game

Odds Birmingham 4-5 Hull 4-1 Draw 13-5

Birmingham

Subs from Taylor, Fahey, Phillips, Tainio, Míchel, Larsson, Parnaby, Vignal, Mutch

Doubtful None

Injured Carsley (ankle, 25 Apr), O’Connor (hip, 25 Apr), Murphy (hamstring, 1 May)

Suspended None

Form guide LDDLLD

Disciplinary record Y64 R1

Leading scorer Jerome 10

Hull

Subs from Duke, Kilbane, Olofinjana, Marney, Cairney, Barmby, Cooper, Folan, Ghilas, Vennegoor of Hesselink

Doubtful Boateng (concussion), Cooper (ankle), Dawson (leg)

Injured Gardner (ankle, 24 Apr), Zayatte (knee, 24 Apr), Zaki (knee, 3 May), Ashbee (knee, Aug), Garcia (knee, Aug), Hunt (foot, Aug)

Suspended None

Form guide LLWLLL

Disciplinary record Y63 R5

Leading scorer Hunt 6

Match pointers

• Birmingham have lost one of their last 24 home matches against Hull

• Hull took 13 points from their first five away games in the Premier League, but have picked up just 12 more from 31 subsequent matches on the road

• If Birmingham avoid defeat, they will have managed the longest unbeaten run at home in the top flight this season (14 matches)

• Bernard Mendy has committed 30 fewer fouls than team-mate Craig Fagan but has received the same number of cards (six yellow and one red)

• All four of Kevin Phillips’ league goals this season have come as a substitute at home

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• Hunt’s foot injury worse than first expected
• Hull City admit top scorer will not play again this season

Hull City’s survival hopes have been dealt a major blow with the news that their leading scorer, Stephen Hunt, has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a foot injury. The former Reading winger has not played since the 3-0 defeat by West Ham United on 20 February but remains the Tigers’ top scorer with six goals.

Hull were hoping Hunt would be fit to return last month but his recovery has not progressed as hoped and the club have now admitted he will not be available for any of the run-in.

Saturday’s 4-1 defeat by Burnley left Iain Dowie’s side four points from safety with five games remaining.

The 28-year-old midfielder has made 27 appearances for Hull this season.

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