Matchday

Championship 25/26 · 31 Jan 2026

Blackburn Rovers 0–1 Hull City

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Dec 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
2.2 – 0.9
Actual xG
0.5 – 1.3
Goals
0 – 1

Footybot made Blackburn Rovers favourites at 68%.

Hull City won and made the better chances: 1.3 xG to 0.5.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Ivor Pandur, 58.9 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Akin Famewo +10.1.

Well below it: Eiran Cashin −25.5, Lewis Miller −25.1, Ryan Alebiosu −18.4.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Blackburn Rovers

24 Jan 2026D 1–1v Watford Championship
20 Jan 2026L 1–3at Swansea City Championship
17 Jan 2026L 0–3at Ipswich Town Championship
4 Jan 2026D 2–2v Charlton Athletic Championship
1 Jan 2026L 0–2v Wrexham Championship

Hull City

24 Jan 2026W 2–1v Swansea City Championship
20 Jan 2026W 3–0at Preston North End Championship
17 Jan 2026W 2–1at Southampton Championship
1 Jan 2026L 0–1v Stoke City Championship
29 Dec 2025W 1–0at Middlesbrough Championship

Head to head

23 Aug 2025Hull City 0–3 Blackburn Rovers Championship

Blackburn Rovers

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Balázs Tóth Goalkeeper9000–52.4+2.7
Sean McLoughlin Defender9000–44.1−2.1
Sondre Tronstad Midfielder90000.0342.5−0.5
Ryoya Morishita Midfielder66000.0338.8+3.5
Connor O'Riordan Defender9000–38.8+3.8
Mathias Jørgensen Forward90000.1536.0−4.2
Andri Guðjohnsen Forward2400–34.8–
Dion De Neve Midfielder2400–32.8–
Adam Forshaw Midfielder57000.0131.6−8.8
Yuki Ohashi Forward66000.0431.5−6.2
Todd Cantwell Midfielder90000.0425.3−10.7
Ryan Alebiosu Midfielder45000.0720.6−18.4
Moussa Baradji Midfielder33000.1418.0–
Eiran Cashin Defender9000–14.9−25.5
Lewis Miller Defender4500–0.0−25.1

Hull City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Lewis Koumas Forward13100.26100.0–
Ivor Pandur Goalkeeper9000–58.9+5.3
Matty Jacob Defender1900–45.9–
Charlie Hughes Defender90000.0243.7+3.7
John Egan Defender9000–42.8+0.2
Yu Hirakawa Forward2900–42.3–
Oliver McBurnie Forward7700–41.8−2.8
Akin Famewo Defender7100–41.4+10.1
Kieran Dowell Midfielder29000.1040.1–
Kyle Joseph Forward13010.4037.1–
Amir Hadžiahmetović Midfielder90000.1536.9−1.1
Regan Slater Midfielder90000.0234.3−2.9
Joe Gelhardt Midfielder77000.2331.2−15.3
Liam Millar Midfielder61000.1630.6−6.6
John Lundstram Midfielder6100–30.0−8.5
Lewie Coyle Defender9000–29.9+4.0