Hull City

Recap

Hull City promoted to Premier League after late win over Middlesbrough in playoff final

Hull City emerged from the chaos of the Championship playoffs to beat Middlesbrough in the 'spygate' final at Wembley and seal a return to the Premier League.

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Commentary

• ·Match ends, Hull City 1, Middlesbrough 0.
• 90'+15'Second Half ends, Hull City 1, Middlesbrough 0.
• 90'+14'Attempt blocked. Matt Crooks (Hull City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yu Hirakawa.
• 90'+12'Cruz Ibeh (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 90'+12'Foul by Semi Ajayi (Hull City).
• 90'+11'Offside, Middlesbrough. Dael Fry is caught offside.
• 90'+8'Substitution, Hull City. Paddy McNair replaces Lewie Coyle.
• 90'+8'Substitution, Hull City. John Lundstram replaces Regan Slater.
• 90'+7'Substitution, Middlesbrough. Jeremy Sarmiento replaces Alan Browne.
• 90'+7'Substitution, Middlesbrough. Cruz Ibeh replaces Matt Targett.
• 90'+6'Oliver McBurnie (Hull City) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
• 90'+5'Goal! Hull City 1, Middlesbrough 0. Oliver McBurnie (Hull City) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.

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Match Leaders

League Table · 2026-27 English League Championship

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	Pts	Form
1	Swansea	8	5	2	1	+7	17
2	West Ham	8	4	3	1	+11	15
3	Boro	8	4	3	1	+4	15
4	Wolves	7	4	2	1	+5	14
5	West Brom	8	4	2	2	+2	14
6	QPR	8	3	4	1	+3	13
7	Stoke	8	4	1	3	+1	13
8	Bristol City	8	4	1	3	-1	13
9	Charlton	8	3	3	2	-3	12
10	Birmingham	8	2	5	1	+1	11
11	Millwall	8	3	2	3	0	11
12	Lincoln City	8	3	2	3	-1	11
13	Southampton	8	4	2	2	+9	10
14	Wrexham	8	2	4	2	-3	10
15	Bolton	8	3	1	4	-4	10
16	Blackburn	8	2	3	3	0	9
17	Norwich City	8	3	0	5	-1	9
18	Sheffield Utd	8	2	3	3	-2	9
19	Portsmouth	7	2	2	3	-1	8
20	Watford	8	2	2	4	-3	8
21	Cardiff	8	1	4	3	-2	7
22	Derby	8	1	2	5	-7	5
23	Preston	8	1	1	6	-7	4
24	Burnley	8	0	4	4	-8	4

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Key Events

Scoring

Team Stats

Box Score

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Starting Lineups

Full lineups and substitutes

Hull City

1. #1 Ivor PandurG
2. JE #15 John EganCD
3. CH #4 Charlie HughesCD-L
4. SA #6 Semi AjayiCD-R
5. MC #25 Matt CrooksCM-L
6. RS #27 Regan SlaterCM-R
7. RG #3 Ryan GilesLM
8. LC #2 Lewie CoyleRM
9. OM #9 Oliver McBurnieF90'+5'
10. LM #7 Liam MillarCF-L
11. MB #10 Mohamed BelloumiCF-R

Substitutes · 5 used

• JG #21 Joe Gelhardt 63' for Liam Millar
• LK #36 Lewis Koumas
• DP #12 Dillon Phillips
• KD #26 Kieran Dowell
• AH #20 Amir Hadziahmetovic
• CD #18 Cody Drameh 76' for Mohamed Belloumi
• PM #37 Paddy McNair 90'+8' for Lewie Coyle
• YH #13 Yu Hirakawa 76' for Ryan Giles
• JL #5 John Lundstram 90'+8' for Regan Slater

Middlesbrough

1. SB #31 Solomon BrynnG
2. DF #6 Dael FryCD
3. #29 Adilson MalandaCD-L
4. LA #12 Luke AylingCD-R
5. #18 Aidan MorrisCM-L
6. AB #16 Alan BrowneCM-R
7. MT #3 Matt TargettLM
8. CB #2 Callum BrittainRM
9. DS #13 David StrelecF
10. RM #8 Riley McGreeCF-L
11. MW #11 Morgan WhittakerCF-R

Substitutes · 4 used

• JW #32 Joe Wildsmith
• SS #22 Samuel Silvera
• CI #44 Cruz Ibeh 90'+7' for Matt Targett
• LC #23 Leo Castledine
• JS #45 Jeremy Sarmiento 90'+7' for Alan Browne
• AG #14 Alex Gilbert
• SH #27 Sontje Hansen 76' for Riley McGree
• HH #7 Hayden Hackney 70' for David Strelec
• SE #25 Sam Edmundson

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