Championship

Championship | Gameweek 25

Dec 29, 2023 at 7.45pm UK

KCOM Stadium

Hull City
3 - 2
Blackburn

Delap (11'), Connolly (18'), Jones (63')
Tufan (5'), Michael Seri (72'), Morton (81')

FT(HT: 2-2)

Szmodics (33'), Pickering (45+3')
Garrett (29'), Hill (37'), Tronstad (52'), Hyam (58')
Hyam (74')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Friday's Championship clash between Hull City and Blackburn Rovers, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Hull City

All competitions

Last Game: Hull City 0-1 Sunderland
Tuesday, December 26 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Blackburn Rovers

All competitions

Last Game: Huddersfield 3-0 Blackburn
Tuesday, December 26 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Hull City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Confidence is in limited supply in both camps at the minute, but given Blackburn's ongoing defensive frailties on the road, the Tigers of Hull ought to rediscover their offensive bite on home turf. The hosts made hard work of their success over a 10-man Blackburn side in August, and while Tomasson's men should avoid a repeat of their Huddersfield humbling, we have faith in Hull to get their playoff charge back on track. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Hull City win with a probability of 50.28%. A win for Blackburn Rovers had a probability of 26.39% and a draw had a probability of 23.3%.

The most likely scoreline for a Hull City win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.61%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.84%) and 2-0 (7.84%). The likeliest Blackburn Rovers win was 1-2 (6.63%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.82%). The actual scoreline of 3-2 was predicted with a 3.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Hull City would win this match.

Result
Hull City	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
50.28% ( 0.12)	23.32% ( -0.04)	26.39% ( -0.09)

Both teams to score 58.65% (

0.04)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

57.67% (

0.09)

42.32% (

-0.1)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

35.27% (

0.09)

64.73% (

-0.1)

Hull City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

83.04% (

0.08)

16.95% (

-0.08)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

52.96% (

0.14)

47.04% (

-0.15)

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.62% (

-0.02)

29.37% (

0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

34.64% (

-0.02)

65.36% (

0.02)

Score Analysis

Hull City 50.28%

Blackburn Rovers 26.39%

Draw 23.32%

Hull City	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
2-1 @ 9.61% ( 0.01) 1-0 @ 8.84% ( -0.01) 2-0 @ 7.84% ( 0.01) 3-1 @ 5.68% ( 0.02) 3-0 @ 4.64% ( 0.02) 3-2 @ 3.48% ( 0.01) 4-1 @ 2.52% ( 0.02) 4-0 @ 2.06% ( 0.01) 4-2 @ 1.55% ( 0.01) Other @ 4.07% Total : 50.28%	1-1 @ 10.82% ( -0.02) 2-2 @ 5.89% ( 0) 0-0 @ 4.98% ( -0.02) 3-3 @ 1.42% ( 0) Other @ 0.21% Total : 23.32%	1-2 @ 6.63% ( -0.02) 0-1 @ 6.1% ( -0.03) 0-2 @ 3.74% ( -0.02) 1-3 @ 2.71% ( -0.01) 2-3 @ 2.4% ( -0) 0-3 @ 1.53% ( -0.01) Other @ 3.28% Total : 26.39%