Hull City 4-1 Burton Albion: result and report

Championship · Saturday 12 August 2017

Result

Hull City 4-1 Burton Albion

Championship · Saturday 12 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Hull City 4-1 Burton Albion: match report

Hull City beat Burton Albion 4-1 in the Championship on Saturday 12 August 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Abel Hernández opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Hull City's goals came from Abel Hernández (7'), Kamil Grosicki (51'), Abel Hernández (54') and Abel Hernández (68'). Burton Albion scored through Jackson Irvine (33').

Discipline: Hull City received 2 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Hull City went on to finish that season 18th with 49 points, and Burton Albion 23rd with 41.

Hull City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Burton Albion in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Abel Hernández of Hull City (9.9), ahead of Michael Hector (7.8).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Abel HernándezHull City · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · Jackson IrvineBurton Albion
  • 33'Goal · Jackson IrvineBurton Albion · 1-1
  • 38'Second yellow · Jackson IrvineBurton Albion
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Tom NaylorBurton Albion
  • 51'Goal · Kamil GrosickiHull City · 2-1
  • 54'Goal · Abel HernándezHull City · 3-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Markus HenriksenHull City
  • 68'Goal · Abel HernándezHull City · 4-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Fraizer CampbellHull City

Team news

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

Allan McGregor, Michael Hector, Michael Dawson, Max Clark, Ola Aina, Kamil Grosicki, Sam Clucas, Jarrod Bowen, Markus Henriksen, Abel Hernández, Fraizer Campbell

Burton Albion line-up (3-5-2)

Stephen Bywater, Kyle McFadzean, Tom Naylor, Jake Buxton, Stephen Warnock, Luke Murphy, Matthew Lund, Hope Akpan, Jackson Irvine, Lucas Akins, Marvin Sordell