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 · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Ozan TufanHull City
  • 11'Goal · Liam DelapHull City · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · Aaron ConnollyHull City · 2-0
  • 29'Yellow card · Jake GarrettBlackburn Rovers
  • 33'Goal · Sammie SzmodicsBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 37'Yellow card · James HillBlackburn Rovers
  • 45+3'Goal · Harry PickeringBlackburn Rovers · 2-2
  • 52'Yellow card · Sondre TronstadBlackburn Rovers
  • 58'Yellow card · Dominic HyamBlackburn Rovers
  • 63'Goal · Alfie JonesHull City · 3-2
  • 72'Yellow card · Jean Michaël SeriHull City
  • 74'Second yellow · Dominic HyamBlackburn Rovers
  • 81'Yellow card · Tyler MortonHull City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Hull City 3, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 6.

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