Hull City 1-3 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 31 October 2017

Result

Hull City 1-3 Middlesbrough

Championship · Tuesday 31 October 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Hull City 1-3 Middlesbrough: match report

Hull City were beaten by Middlesbrough 1-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 31 October 2017. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Martin Braithwaite opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Hull City's goal came from Kamil Grosicki (72'). Middlesbrough scored through Martin Braithwaite (13'), Britt Assombalonga (36') and Grant Leadbitter (85', penalty).

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

Going into the game Hull City were 17th on 16 points from 14 and Middlesbrough 12th on 20 points from 14. Hull City went on to finish that season 18th with 49 points, and Middlesbrough 6th with 77.

Hull City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Stewart Downing of Middlesbrough (7.5), level with Martin Braithwaite (7.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Martin BraithwaiteMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 36'Goal · Britt AssombalongaMiddlesbrough · 0-2
  • 56'Yellow card · Daniel AyalaMiddlesbrough
  • 72'Goal · Kamil GrosickiHull City · 1-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Jonathan HowsonMiddlesbrough
  • 83'Red card · Michael HectorHull City
  • 85'Penalty goal · Grant LeadbitterMiddlesbrough · 1-3
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Kamil GrosickiHull City
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Jackson IrvineHull City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Hull City 4, draws 1, Middlesbrough 5.

Team news

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

Allan McGregor, Michael Hector, Michael Dawson, Max Clark, Fikayo Tomori, Jackson Irvine, David Meyler, Sebastian Larsson, Jarrod Bowen, Kevin Stewart, Fraizer Campbell

Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)

Darren Randolph, Fábio, Yuki Takahashi, Ben Gibson, Cyrus Christie, Grant Leadbitter, Martin Braithwaite, Jonathan Howson, Stewart Downing, Marcus Tavernier, Britt Assombalonga