Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Hull City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 19 August 2023

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Hull City

Championship · Saturday 19 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Blackburn Rovers · Hull City · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Hull City: match report

Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Hull City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 19 August 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Sam Gallagher opened the scoring in the 74th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Sam Gallagher (74'). Hull City scored through Aaron Connolly (81') and Aaron Connolly (88').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Hull City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 6th on 4 points from 2 and Hull City 13th on 3 points from 2. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Hull City 7th with 70.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hull City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aaron Connolly of Hull City (8.5), ahead of Jean Michaël Seri (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 2 for Hull City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Red card · Harry PickeringBlackburn Rovers
  • 41'Yellow card · Jacob GreavesHull City
  • 43'Yellow card · Adama TraoréHull City
  • 67'Yellow card · John BuckleyBlackburn Rovers
  • 67'Yellow card · Jason LokiloHull City
  • 74'Goal · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 81'Goal · Aaron ConnollyHull City · 1-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers
  • 88'Goal · Aaron ConnollyHull City · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 6, draws 2, Hull City 2.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Aynsley Pears, Joe Rankin-Costello, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, Adam Wharton, Ryan Hedges, Sammie Szmodics, Tyrhys Dolan, Harry Leonard

Hull City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Matt Ingram, Lewie Coyle, Alfie Jones, Sean McLoughlin, Jacob Greaves, Regan Slater, Jean Michaël Seri, Adama Traoré, Ozan Tufan, Scott Twine, Liam Delap