Hull City 0-3 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 23 August 2025

Result

Hull City 0-3 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 23 August 2025, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

Hull City · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Hull City 0-3 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Hull City lost to Blackburn Rovers 0-3 in the Championship on Saturday 23 August 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.

Ryan Hedges opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Hull City did not score. Blackburn Rovers scored through Ryan Hedges (18'), Yuki Ohashi (47') and Todd Cantwell (50').

Discipline: Hull City received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hull City were 7th on 4 points from 2 and Blackburn Rovers 22nd on 0 points from 2. Hull City went on to finish that season 6th with 80 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 52.

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 Todd Cantwell of Blackburn Rovers (8.4), ahead of Ryan Hedges (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Hull City wins, 1 draw and 5 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Regan SlaterHull City
  • 18'Goal · Ryan HedgesBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 37'Yellow card · John LundstramHull City
  • 43'Yellow card · Sidnei TavaresBlackburn Rovers
  • 47'Goal · Yuki OhashiBlackburn Rovers · 0-2
  • 50'Goal · Todd CantwellBlackburn Rovers · 0-3
  • 85'Yellow card · Axel HenrikssonBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Oliver McBurnieHull City
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Sean McLoughlinBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Hull City 4, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 5.

Team news

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

Ivor Pandur, Cody Drameh, Cathal McCarthy, John Egan, Ryan Giles, Regan Slater, John Lundstram, Joe Gelhardt, Kasey Palmer, Joel Ndala, Oli McBurnie

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

Balázs Tóth, Ryan Alebiosu, Dominic Hyam, Sean McLoughlin, Yuri Ribeiro, Sondre Tronstad, Sidnei Tavares, Augustus Kargbo, Todd Cantwell, Ryan Hedges, Yuki Ohashi