LIVE UPDATES. Hull City extends the lead over Blackburn Rovers with a goal from Aaron Connolly in the 18th minute and the result is 2-0

Live updates of the match played between Hull City and Blackburn Rovers on the 29th of December 2023 in Hull during the 25th week of the Championship

LIVE UPDATES. Hull City extends the lead over Blackburn Rovers with a goal from Aaron Connolly in the 18th minute and the result is 2-0

HULL. Hull City and Blackburn Rovers are clashing in the 25th round of the Championship.

Aaron Connolly has scored a goal in the 18th minute. The result is now 2-0 for Hull City over Blackburn Rovers.

Match Statistics

  • ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
  • 21 Total 10
  • 9 On Target 4
  • 8 Off Target 1
  • 4 Shots blocked 5
  • 86 Attack 123
  • 30 Dangerous attack 48
  • 61 Ball safe 81
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 4
Fouls
  • 14 Total 9
  • 3 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 1
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Blackburn Rovers had a strong ball possession 73% while Hull City was struggling with a 27% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Hull City was putting more pressure with dangerous attacks and 4 shots of which 3 were on target.

Hull City shot 4 times, 3 on target, 1 off target. Regarding the opposition, Blackburn Rovers shot 3 times, 1 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

Hull City received 1 yellow card (Ozan Tufan). Talking about the opposition, Blackburn Rovers didn’t receive any yellow card.

Aaron Connolly

Aaron Anthony Connolly

Forwarder, Midfielder

Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland

Age: 24

174 cm

kg

Season 2023/2024
Played 28 17 Missed
Minutes 1209 43.2 Avg
Goals 8 0.3 Avg
Assist 0 0.0 Avg
Attempt 23 0.8 Avg
Passes 163 5.857.9% AvgSucc
Yellow 4 0.1 Avg
Red 0 0.0 Avg

This season he played in total 22 times for 1030 minutes for Championship.

Aaron Connolly scored 8 goals for Hull City. He procured no assists. He received 4 yellow cards and no red cards.

His team is currently 7th in Championship. In the last match Hull City lost 1-0 against Sunderland. The next match in Championship will be against Bradford City.

The last time the teams played each other, the score was 1-0 for Sunderland.

Hull City performance and stats

Hull City

Manager: Liam Rosenior
Rank 7th
Win 19
Draw 13
Loss 13
Goals 68-59
Diff 9

Hull City is currently 7th in the Championship with 36 points.

In the last 24 games, it has won 10 times, drawn 6 times, and lost 8 times. In its last match, Hull City lost 0-1 against Sunderland.​​

It has a positive goal difference after scoring 36 goals and conceding 31.​

Hull City will play the next match in Championship against Sheffield Wednesday on Monday 1st of January in Sheffield. The prediction is Hull City winning the match.​

Blackburn Rovers performance and stats

Blackburn Rovers

Manager: John Eustace
Rank 19th
Win 13
Draw 11
Loss 21
Goals 58-74
Diff -16

Blackburn Rovers is currently 15th in the Championship with 31 points.

In the last 24 games, it has won 10 times, drawn once, and lost 13 times. In its last match, Blackburn Rovers lost 3-0 against Huddersfield Town.​​

It has a negative goal difference after scoring 35 goals and conceding 43.​

Blackburn Rovers will play the next match in Championship against Rotherham United on Monday 1st of January in Blackburn. The prediction is Blackburn Rovers winning the match.​

Commentary

90'
Second Half ended - Hull City 3, Blackburn Rovers 2.
  
Corner - Hull City. Conceded by Harry Pickering.
  
Hand ball by Jean Michaël Seri - Hull City
  
Fouled by Adam Wharton - Blackburn Rovers
  
Allahyar Sayyadmanesh - Hull City - won a free kick in attack.
  
Missed chance. Greg Docherty - Hull City - shot with right foot from the right side of the box missed to the left. Assist - Scott Twine.

88'
Substitution - Hull City. Allahyar Sayyadmanesh for Liam Delap.
  
Substitution - Hull City. Cyrus Christie for Ozan Tufan.

83'
Shot blocked. Liam Delap - Hull City - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked.
  
New attacking attempt. Adam Wharton - Blackburn Rovers - shot with left foot from outside the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Andrew Moran.

81'
Substitution - Hull City. Greg Docherty for Aaron Connolly.
  
Tyler Morton - Hull City - receive yellow card for a foul.
  
Niall Ennis - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.
  
Fouled by Tyler Morton - Hull City

80'
Niall Ennis - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick on the left wing.
  
Fouled by Alfie Jones - Hull City

79'
Shot blocked. Andrew Moran - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Niall Ennis.

77'
Substitution - Hull City. Scott Twine for Adama Traoré.
  
Substitution - Blackburn Rovers. Hayden Carter for Arnór Sigurdsson.

76'
Niall Ennis - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick on the right wing.
  
Fouled by Jacob Greaves - Hull City

74'
Second yellow card to Dominic Hyam - Blackburn Rovers - for a foul.
  
Ozan Tufan - Hull City - won a free kick on the right wing.
  
Fouled by Dominic Hyam - Blackburn Rovers

72'
Jean Michaël Seri - Hull City - receive yellow card for a foul.
  
Andrew Moran - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick on the left wing.
  
Fouled by Jean Michaël Seri - Hull City

71'
Lewie Coyle - Hull City - won a free kick in defence.
  
Fouled by Harry Pickering - Blackburn Rovers

70'
Corner - Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Jacob Greaves.
  
Fouled by Adama Traoré - Hull City
  
Adam Wharton - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in attack.

69'
Missed chance. Adama Traoré - Hull City - shot with left foot from the centre of the box missed. Assist - Liam Delap with a cross.

68'
Fouled by Liam Delap - Hull City
  
Arnór Sigurdsson - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.
  
Substitution - Blackburn Rovers. Niall Ennis for Semir Telalovic.

67'
Substitution - Blackburn Rovers. Adam Wharton for Jake Garrett.
  
Substitution - Blackburn Rovers. Andrew Moran for Dilan Markanday.

64'
Harry Pickering - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.

67'
Offside - Blackburn Rovers. Callum Brittain is in offside.

64'
Fouled by Liam Delap - Hull City

63'
Goal! Hull City 3, Blackburn Rovers 2. Alfie Jones - Hull City - shot with right foot from few metres to the right corner after corner.
  
Corner - Hull City. Conceded by Leopold Wahlstedt.

62'
New attacking attempt. Adama Traoré - Hull City - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
  
Missed chance. Jacob Greaves - Hull City - shot with the head from the centre of the box missed to the left. Assist - Tyler Morton with a cross after corner.
  
Corner - Hull City. Conceded by Harry Pickering.

61'
Missed chance. Jean Michaël Seri - Hull City - shot with right foot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assist - Adama Traoré.

60'
New attacking attempt. Adama Traoré - Hull City - shot with left foot from outside the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Jacob Greaves.

59'
Callum Brittain - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.
  
Fouled by Adama Traoré - Hull City
  
Dominic Hyam - Blackburn Rovers - receive yellow card for a foul.

58'
Ozan Tufan - Hull City - won a free kick in defence.
  
Fouled by Dominic Hyam - Blackburn Rovers

55'
Corner - Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Jacob Greaves.
  
Shot blocked. Sammie Szmodics - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assist - Jake Garrett.

53'
Semir Telalovic - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.
  
Fouled by Jacob Greaves - Hull City
  
Shot blocked. Adama Traoré - Hull City - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked.

52'
Sondre Tronstad - Blackburn Rovers - receive yellow card for a foul.
  
Fouled by Sondre Tronstad - Blackburn Rovers
  
Aaron Connolly - Hull City - won a free kick in attack.

50'
Jacob Greaves - Hull City - won a free kick in defence.
  
Fouled by Semir Telalovic - Blackburn Rovers

47'
Missed chance. Liam Delap - Hull City - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is very close to the goal. Assist - Lewie Coyle.

45'
Second Half starts Hull City 2, Blackburn Rovers 2.
  
First Half ended - Hull City 2, Blackburn Rovers 2.
  
New attacking attempt. Lewie Coyle - Hull City - shot with left foot from outside the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal.
  
Shot blocked. Liam Delap - Hull City - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Jean Michaël Seri.
  
Goal! Hull City 2, Blackburn Rovers 2. Harry Pickering - Blackburn Rovers - shot with left foot from the left side of the box to the left corner. Assist - Arnór Sigurdsson.
  
Missed chance. Liam Delap - Hull City - shot with right foot from outside the box goes high. Assist - Ozan Tufan following a fast break.

42'
New attacking attempt. Aaron Connolly - Hull City - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Ozan Tufan.

45'
Jake Garrett - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick on the right wing.
  
Fouled by Adama Traoré - Hull City
  
Missed chance. Ozan Tufan - Hull City - shot with right foot from the right side of the six yard box missed to the left. Assist - Jean Michaël Seri.
  
Shot blocked. Aaron Connolly - Hull City - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Liam Delap.

42'
Fouled by Dilan Markanday - Blackburn Rovers
  
Adama Traoré - Hull City - won a free kick in defence.

41'
Shot blocked. Dilan Markanday - Blackburn Rovers - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  
Corner - Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Alfie Jones.

40'
Jake Garrett - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in attack.
  
Fouled by Jacob Greaves - Hull City

39'
New attacking attempt. Ozan Tufan - Hull City - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Tyler Morton.

38'
Ozan Tufan - Hull City - won a free kick in attack.

36'
Ozan Tufan - Hull City - won a free kick in attack.

38'
Fouled by Sondre Tronstad - Blackburn Rovers

37'
James Hill - Blackburn Rovers - receive yellow card for a foul.

36'
Fouled by James Hill - Blackburn Rovers

33'
Goal! Hull City 2, Blackburn Rovers 1. Sammie Szmodics - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.

32'
Fouled by Dilan Markanday - Blackburn Rovers
  
Adama Traoré - Hull City - won a free kick in defence.

30'
Delay over. They are ready to continue.

29'
Delay in match - injury Aaron Connolly - Hull City
  
Jake Garrett - Blackburn Rovers - receive yellow card for a foul.
  
Jacob Greaves - Hull City - won a free kick on the left wing.
  
Fouled by Jake Garrett - Blackburn Rovers

26'
Missed chance. Callum Brittain - Blackburn Rovers - shot with left foot from the right side of the box missed to the left.
  
Shot blocked. Callum Brittain - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assist - Semir Telalovic.
  
New attacking attempt. Callum Brittain - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Arnór Sigurdsson.

21'
New attacking attempt. Liam Delap - Hull City - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Ozan Tufan.

20'
Missed chance. Aaron Connolly - Hull City - shot with right foot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assist - Adama Traoré.

18'
Goal! Hull City 2, Blackburn Rovers 0. Aaron Connolly - Hull City - shot with right foot from the left side of the box to the right corner. Assist - Jacob Greaves with a through ball.

16'
Sondre Tronstad - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.
  
Fouled by Tyler Morton - Hull City

13'
Corner - Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Alfie Jones.
  
Shot blocked. Semir Telalovic - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Dilan Markanday.

11'
Goal! Hull City 1, Blackburn Rovers 0. Liam Delap - Hull City - shot with left foot from a diffucult position on the right to the centre of the goal. Assist - Alfie Jones.
  
Fouled by James Hill - Blackburn Rovers
  
Aaron Connolly - Hull City - won a free kick in defence.

9'
Semir Telalovic - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in attack.
  
Fouled by Jean Michaël Seri - Hull City

6'
Corner - Hull City. Conceded by Callum Brittain.

5'
Ozan Tufan - Hull City - receive yellow card.

4'
Jake Garrett - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in attack.
  
Fouled by Jean Michaël Seri - Hull City