Hull City 5-1 Rotherham United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 7 May 2016

Result

Hull City 5-1 Rotherham United

Championship · Saturday 7 May 2016, 11:30 UTC · half-time 4-1

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Hull City 5-1 Rotherham United: match report

Hull City defeated Rotherham United 5-1 in the Championship on Saturday 7 May 2016. The half-time score was 4-1.

Lee Frecklington opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Hull City's goals came from Robert Snodgrass (25'), Abel Hernández (27'), J. Livermore (40'), Mohamed Diamé (42') and J. Livermore (59'). Rotherham United scored through Lee Frecklington (16').

Discipline: Hull City received no yellow cards; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Hull City were 4th on 80 points from 45 and Rotherham United 20th on 49 points from 45. Hull City went on to finish that season 3rd with 89 points, and Rotherham United 21st with 49.

Hull City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Rotherham United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Hull City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Rotherham United.

Going into the match Hull City's last five read L-W-D-W-W and Rotherham United's L-D-D-D-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Lee FrecklingtonRotherham United · 0-1
  • 25'Goal · Robert SnodgrassHull City · 1-1
  • 27'Goal · Abel HernándezHull City · 2-1
  • 40'Goal · J. LivermoreHull City · 3-1
  • 42'Goal · Mohamed DiaméHull City · 4-1
  • 59'Goal · J. LivermoreHull City · 5-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Stephen KellyRotherham United

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Hull City 0, draws 0, Rotherham United 1.

Team news

Hull City expected line-up (3-5-2)

Steve Harper, Michael Dawson, Paul McShane, James Chester, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, S. Quinn, Tom Huddlestone, Robbie Brady, Jake Livermore, Dame N'Doye

Rotherham United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Kirk Broadfoot, Joe Skarz, Craig Morgan, Danny Collins, Lee Frecklington, Ben Pringle, Richard Smallwood, Paul Taylor, A. Revell