Norwich City now know the date they will potentially play their FA Cup fourth round tie, if they can get past Bristol Rovers in the third round replay on Wednesday 17 January.
Premier League Liverpool await the Canaries or Rovers in the last 32 of the competition.
That tie will take place on Sunday 28 January (14.30 GMT) at Anfield.
As long as Hull are sitting in seventh position in the Championship table, it will be perceived that Liam Rosenior is performing beyond realistic expectations.
However, for the first time this season, the Tigers have produced a run of shaky form, only winning one of their last five matches in all competitions.
That was a 3-2 victory over Blackburn Rovers where they gave up a two-goal lead, and a defeat subsequently followed at Sheffield Wednesday to make it three defeats in four second-tier fixtures.
Success over a struggling Birmingham City in the FA Cup third round on Saturday would have been expected, yet it took an 87th-minute equaliser for Hull to secure a replay.
In the grand scheme of things, that leveller felt like an important moment in Hull’s season, and the onus is now on taking advantage of three of their next four league matches taking place on familiar territory.
From Norwich’s perspective, they make the trip to Humberside as another team who have performing poorly of late, putting Wagner in a position where he is fighting to remain in the dugout.
Given the speculation regarding his future, Wagner was seemingly fortunate to remain in charge against Southampton on New Year’s Day, with the Canaries ending a two-game losing run in earning a share of the spoils.
Nevertheless, the 1-1 draw that subsequently followed against Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup has led to further calls that Wagner should be sacked, with the perception now being that it might be last chance saloon.
