It's safe to say that it's been a season to forget for both Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City this season, as they continue to struggle in the second tier. 

Garry Monk's side had previously occupied a spot in the play-off places, but a dismal run of results since the turn of the year has seen them slide down the Championship table at an alarming rate.

The Owls now find themselves sat 15th in the second tier standings, and with only one win to their name in their last ten matches, which doesn't make for impressive reading whatsoever.

Their poor run of form is matched by Hull City though, who were once within touching distance of the play-off places. After selling both Kamil Grosicki and Jarrod Bowen in the January transfer window though, they have fallen to 21st in the second tier standings.

With just nine games to play in this year's campaign, Grant McCann's side will be eager to put together a positive run of form to pull themselves clear of the relegation zone, with the Tigers only two points clear of the bottom-three.

Speaking on Sky Sports' EFL Podcast, David Prutton admitted that he has been surprised by both Sheffield Wednesday's and Hull's struggles since the turn of the New Year.

"I probably didn't see Sheffield Wednesday's slump coming and being as drastic as it has, but it is Hull City that have caught me most by surprise in this table.

"I think how they've been playing since the turn of the year, with the players who have left and the horrendous injury list, and that has to come into it. But when it comes to my predictions I have obviously been operating in a parallel universe where none of that has happened!"

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The Verdict:

They've both been as poor as each other in the second-half of this year's campaign.

Hull City have probably edged it in saying that they've been slightly worse though, and they're in real danger of being relegated into League One this season.

They seem to be in free-fall at the moment, and I just can't see where and how they're going to pick up much-needed points in the battle to survive this term.

I'm still convinced that it would be a completely different story if they had kept hold of Grosicki and Bowen though.