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Hull City vs Blackburn Rovers
23 Aug 2025, 12:30 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Tom NieldChampionship 2025/2026 · 23 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Hull CityMin
Blackburn RoversRegan Slater
Yellowcard
Foul
12′- 18′⚽
Ryan Hedges 0-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Augustus Kargbo
Left foot shot
John Lundstram
Yellowcard
Foul
37′- 43′
Sidnei Tavares
Yellowcard
Foul
- 47′⚽
Yuki Ohashi 0-2
Goal
With: Ryan Hedges
Field Goal
- 50′⚽
Todd Cantwell 0-3
Goal · Left foot shot
Left foot shot
- ⇄
Kyle Joseph
Substitution
Off: Kasey Palmer
56′ - ⇄
Babajide David Akintola
Substitution
Off: Joel Ndala
68′ - 69′⇄
Kristi Montgomery
Substitution
Off: Sidnei Tavares
- 70′⇄
Axel Henriksson
Substitution
Off: Augustus Kargbo
- 85′
Axel Henriksson
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⇄
Mohamed Belloumi
Substitution
Off: Regan Slater
85′ - ⇄
Brandon Williams
Substitution
Off: Joe Gelhardt
85′ - 86′⇄
Makhtar Gueye
Substitution
Off: Yuki Ohashi
- 86′⇄
Dion De Neve
Substitution
Off: Ryan Hedges
Oliver McBurnie
Yellowcard
Argument
90+6′- 90+6′
Sean McLoughlin
Yellowcard
Argument
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6.36 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.22 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6.15 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.91 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.28 | |
| 85 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 6.82 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 6.78 | |
| 85 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.93 | |
| 56 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6.43 | |
| 68 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6.53 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.85 | |
| 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.31 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 34 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.51 | |
| 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.55 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.69 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Hull City
Latest: Oxford United · 3–2
Match stats
17 Aug 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Oxford United · 2025/2026
Blackburn Rovers
Latest: West Bromwich Albion · 0–1
Match stats
9 Aug 2025, 15:00 · Away vs West Bromwich Albion · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Hull City’s ground: 11 previous meetings, 3 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Hull City’s home games with Blackburn Rovers’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Hull City
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Blackburn Rovers
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Hull City
Blackburn Rovers
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Hull City
Blackburn Rovers
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Hull City
Blackburn Rovers
Previous meetings
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