Hull vs Blackburn

29 December 2023 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee Matt Donohue

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–2

Liam Delap 11’
Aaron Connolly 18’
Alfie Jones 63’

Sammie Szmodics 33’
Harry Pickering 45+3’

Match summary

Hull beat Blackburn 3-2. It was 2-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Liam Delap put Hull ahead in the 11th minute, Aaron Connolly made it 2-0 in the 18th minute, Sammie Szmodics pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 33rd minute, and Harry Pickering equalised in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Alfie Jones won it from a corner in the 63rd minute.

The chances backed that up: Hull created 1.65 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Blackburn's 0.92 from 10. Blackburn had a player sent off.

Match stats

21 Shots 10

9 Shots on Target 4

4 Corners 4

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 1

1.65 xG 0.92

1.65 Non-penalty xG 0.92

Key events

Hull Blackburn

Kick-off

Liam Delap

1-0

11’

Aaron Connolly

2-0

18’

33’

Sammie Szmodics

2-1

45+3’

Harry Pickering

2-2

Half-time2-2

Alfie Jones

3-2

63’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Hull

Tyler Morton
Jean Michaël Seri
Ozan Tufan

Blackburn

Dominic Hyam
James Hill
Sondre Tronstad
Jake Garrett

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Hull 1.65 xGBlackburn 0.92 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Blackburn attacking Hull attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Players15 players


Matt Ingram	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lewie Coyle	90′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Alfie Jones	90′	1	–	1	0.26	–	–	–
Jacob Greaves	90′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
Regan Slater	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tyler Morton	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jean Michaël Seri	90′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–
Liam Delap Taken off	88′	1	–	6	0.31	–	–	–
Ozan Tufan Taken off	88′	–	–	2	0.38	–	–
Adama Traoré Taken off	77′	–	–	4	0.22	–	–	–
Aaron Connolly Taken off	81′	1	–	4	0.37	–	–	–
Scott Twine Came on as a substitute	13′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Greg Docherty Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Cyrus Christie Came on as a substitute	2′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Allahyar Sayyadmanesh Came on as a substitute	2′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Leopold Wahlstedt	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Callum Brittain	90′	–	–	3	0.11	–	–	–
James Hill	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dominic Hyam Sent off	74′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harry Pickering	90′	1	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Sondre Tronstad	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jake Garrett Taken off	67′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dilan Markanday Taken off	68′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Sammie Szmodics	90′	1	–	2	0.48	–	–	–
Arnór Sigurðsson Taken off	76′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Semir Telalović Taken off	68′	–	–	1	0.09	–	–	–
Adam Wharton Came on as a substitute	23′	–	–	1	0.09	–	–	–
Andrew Moran Came on as a substitute	22′	–	–	1	0.08	–	–	–
Niall Ennis Came on as a substitute	22′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hayden Carter Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Hull win 52% Avg odds 1.83

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.06

Blackburn win 25% Avg odds 3.87

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Hull L W W L L

Blackburn L W L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Blackburn 1-2 Hull, 19 Aug 23 Next meeting: Hull 0-1 Blackburn, 07 Dec 24 All Hull vs Blackburn meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.