Hull City 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Friday 29 December 2023
Result
Hull City 3-2 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Friday 29 December 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-2
Hull City 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Hull City defeated Blackburn Rovers 3-2 in the Championship on Friday 29 December 2023. It was 2-2 at half-time.
Liam Delap opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Hull City's goals came from Liam Delap (11'), Aaron Connolly (18') and Alfie Jones (63'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Sammie Szmodics (33') and Harry Pickering (45+3').
Discipline: Hull City received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Hull City were 7th on 36 points from 24 and Blackburn Rovers 15th on 31 points from 24. Hull City went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 53.
Hull City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alfie Jones of Hull City (8.8), ahead of Jacob Greaves (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Hull City wins, 1 draw and 6 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Ozan Tufan
- 11'Goal · Liam Delap
- 18'Goal · Aaron Connolly
- 29'Yellow card · Jake Garrett
- 33'Goal · Sammie Szmodics
- 37'Yellow card · James Hill
- 45+3'Goal · Harry Pickering
- 52'Yellow card · Sondre Tronstad
- 58'Yellow card · Dominic Hyam
- 63'Goal · Alfie Jones
- 72'Yellow card · Jean Michaël Seri
- 74'Second yellow · Dominic Hyam
- 81'Yellow card · Tyler Morton
Head-to-head
Team news
Hull City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Matt Ingram, Lewie Coyle, Alfie Jones, Jacob Greaves, Regan Slater, Tyler Morton, Jean Michaël Seri, Liam Delap, Ozan Tufan, Adama Traoré, Aaron Connolly
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Leopold Wahlstedt, Callum Brittain, James Hill, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Sondre Tronstad, Jake Garrett, Dilan Markanday, Sammie Szmodics, Arnór Sigurdsson, Semir Telalovic