Jaden Philogene made it six goals in his past seven games for Hull City with two against Rotherham United
Hull City moved back into the Championship play-off places by blowing away relegation-haunted Rotherham at the MKM Stadium.
The Tigers scored three times in the first 20 minutes, through Tyler Morton, Jaden Philogene and Scott Twine, to ensure the game was over as a contest by half-time.
Philogene made it six goals in his past seven games with his second of the night shortly into the second half as the East Yorkshire outfit eased to their fourth win in six and stayed in the hunt for the top six.
Grant Hall headed in a consolation goal but the continuation of the managerless Millers' dreadful away form - they have now lost eight and drawn one of their nine away games in the league, shipping 21 goals along the way - means they stay four points adrift of safety in 23rd.
More to follow.
- Line-upsMatch StatsLive Text
Line-upsHull
Formation 4-2-3-1
17Allsop33Christie5Jones4Greaves2Coyle24Seri15Morton22Lokilo30Twine23Philogene20Delap
- 17Allsop33ChristieSubstituted forMcLoughlinat 73'minutesBooked at 88mins5Jones4Greaves2Coyle24SeriSubstituted forTraoréat 63'minutes15MortonSubstituted forSlaterat 83'minutes22Lokilo30Twine23PhilogeneSubstituted forTufanat 63'minutes20DelapSubstituted forConnollyat 73'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Ingram6McLoughlin7Tufan8Docherty10Traoré14Vaughan26Smith27Slater44Connolly
Rotherham
Formation 4-4-1-1
1Johansson2Lembikisa23Morrison20Hall3Bramall18Rathbone27Tiéhi22Odoffin28Revan12Kelly10Hugill
- 1Johansson2Lembikisa23Morrison20HallSubstituted forPeltierat 67'minutes3BramallSubstituted forAppiahat 54'minutes18Rathbone27Tiéhi22OdoffinSubstituted forLindsayat 67'minutes28RevanBooked at 62mins12KellySubstituted forNombeat 77'minutes10HugillBooked at 41minsSubstituted forEavesat 67'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Ayala9Eaves16Lindsay21Peltier26Phillips29Nombe30Appiah35McGuckin
Referee:Rebecca WelchAttendance:19,766Match StatsHome TeamHullAway TeamRotherhamPossessionHome73%Away27%ShotsHome22Away9Shots on TargetHome12Away3CornersHome8Away4FoulsHome5Away8Live Text Post update
Match ends, Hull City 4, Rotherham United 1.
90'+5'Full Time
Second Half ends, Hull City 4, Rotherham United 1.
90'+5'Post update
Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Oliver Rathbone.
90'+4'Post update
Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Lee Peltier.
90'+1'Post update
Offside, Hull City. Ryan Allsop tries a through ball, but Aaron Connolly is caught offside.
90'Post update
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
89'Post update
Delay in match because of an injury Sean Morrison (Rotherham United).
88'Booking
Sean McLoughlin (Hull City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
88'Post update
Foul by Sean McLoughlin (Hull City).
88'Post update
Sam Nombe (Rotherham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
87'Post update
Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Sean Morrison.
85'Post update
Attempt saved. Jamie Lindsay (Rotherham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
85'Post update
Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Regan Slater.
83'Substitution
Substitution, Hull City. Regan Slater replaces Tyler Morton.
83'Post update
Attempt missed. Ozan Tufan (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Scott Twine.
82'Post update
Attempt blocked. Arvin Appiah (Rotherham United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christ Tiéhi.
79'Post update
Attempt missed. Jacob Greaves (Hull City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Scott Twine with a cross following a corner.
78'Post update
Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Sean Morrison.
78'Post update
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
77'Post update
Delay in match because of an injury Sean McLoughlin (Hull City).
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