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Hull City

  • Dawson 90’

Stoke City

  • Fuller 41’
  • Lawrence 72’

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  1. Stoke send Hull closer to drop

    Stoke send Hull closer to drop

    Hull City's Premier League survival hopes suffered a huge blow as they slumped to a 2-1 defeat at home to Stoke City. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Hull City
    • Stoke City
    • 90' And it's all over! Stoke win 2-1 to send Hull very deep into the doo-doo!
    • 90' Geovanni is screaming for a corner, and the replays show he should have one, but Howard Webb gives a goalkick.
    • 90' Yes there is! The ball is pumped into the Stoke box and cleared only to Geovanni, who shoots towards the top corner - and it's deflected inches wide!
    • 90' Is there time for another attack?
    • 90' GOAL! Dawson curls the ball into the back of the net!
    • 90' Hull win a free-kick right on the edge of the area after a foul on Geovanni.
    • 90' Mendy heads way over the Stoke bar after a free-kick was pumped into the box from the left by Dawson.
    • 90' Stoke make their final change: Kelly is on for Fuller.
    • 90' There's a massive six extra minutes to come - but that still won't be enough for Hull.
    • 88' Hull fans are streaming out of the ground. And there's not much going on to keep them from leaving.
    • 86' Pugh replaces Etherington in the Stoke line-up.
    • 85' Hull have run out of ideas now. They know this one's gone for them now.
    • 82' Stoke catch out Hull on the break. Shawcross has acres of space on the right wing. His cross is heading for Fuller in the box, but Turner gets back to clear.
    • 79' Stoke make a change. Cresswell replaces Beattie. His pace could catch Hull on the break.
    • 79' Ricketts has a low shot from the edge of the area on the right, but his left-footed effort is dragged wide of the near post.
    • 78' Hull will throw everything forward now but this looks certain to be another missed opportunity and another defeat.
    • 77' Stoke's Leon Cort has picked up a knock. He has to go off for treatment.
    • 74' A deep cross from the right from Fagan comes to Barmby - but the old timer's header goes just wide! Phew, that was close!
    • 72' GOAL! Stoke double their lead! It's Liam Lawrence! The midfielder was fed in space on the right by Fuller, he controlled and then arrowed a 25-yard shot into the top-right corner of Myhill's goal! What a strike!
    • 70' Etherington attacks down the left and whips a great cross in - but Turner volleys the ball clear.
    • 69' But Stoke stand firm to clear once again.
    • 68' Mendy crosses low into the Stoke box from the right - but it's cut out at the near post and put behind for a corner to the home side.
    • 67' But Zayatte has got another knock on the head in the process there and there's blood gushing from his head. He has to come off - and it's Geovanni who's coming on in his place.
    • 66' Stoke put the ball back into the Hull box from the left and Zayatte gets a crucial header on it to deny Faye a scoring chance! Great defending.
    • 65' Manucho heads the corner clear to Whelan, who chests the ball down and hits a dipping volley. It hits the right-hand post and bounces away! What an effort!
    • 64' Stoke counter and win a corner on the right.
    • 63' Mendy crosses from the right but it goes over everybody. Poor from the substitute.
    • 62' Surprising that Geovanni wasn't brought on there. You'd think he's the one Hull player who could turn this around.
    • 61' Phil Brown makes a double change: Manucho and Mendy on for Cousin and Garcia.
    • 60' The ball's touched to Dawson - who smashes a shot high and wide! I think it took a deflection, but off a Hull player, so it's a goalkick.
    • 59' Garcia is involved again - this time winning a free-kick just on the edge of the Stoke box on the far right as Hull attack. They'll shoot from here.
    • 58' Garcia is fed the ball in space on the right, but his cross is dreadful, going over everybody.
    • 57' Garcia gets ahead of his marker to head a cross from the left goalwards, but it's straight at Sorensen, who makes a simple enough save.
    • 55' The defender is OK to carry on though - with some Terry Butcher-style head bandaging.
    • 53' But Stoke clear. And Zayatte has picked up an injury in the process. He needs treatment.
    • 52' Hull win a free-kick 45 yards from goal just to the right. They'll pump this into the Stoke box.
    • 51' Whelan has a shot from way out - and it only goes a couple of yards over. Good effort from the Irishman.
    • 50' A deep cross from Fuller on the right almost comes to Etherington in the box - but Turner just gets to it first to clear for a throw.
    • 48' Sorensen collects the corner with authority.
    • 47' Hull waste no time in getting at the Stoke backline. A long ball into the visitors' box is cleared to the edge of the box - and Kilbane arrows a shot at goal, only for Sorensen to turn it behind for a corner.
    • 46' We're up and running again...
    • HT The teams are trotting back out. It looks like no changes at the break from either side.
    • HT Stoke fans will be understandably delighted, but for Hull followers this is a disastrous scoreline at the break. This is meant to be the game when Hull get a crucial three points, or at least one, to edge away from the bottom three. As it is they face being level on points with Newcastle or Boro if one of those sides wins their big St James's Park clash on Monday night. Can Phil Brown change things at half-time? Join us in 15 minutes to find out.
    • 45' And that's the end of the first-half.
    • 45' One minute of added time to come.
    • 43' Fuller has a go at goal from the edge of the box. He hits is beautifully, but it flies wide of the top corner!
    • 42' That goal is a disaster for Hull. It's not entirely surprising though - Stoke have had the bette rof things in the first-half.
    • 41' GOAL! Stoke score! The corner isn't properly cleared and the ball falls for Fuller, who swivles and smashes the ball low into the net!
    • 40' Stoke counter - they feed Lawrence in space down the right again. He gets a shot away - it deflects of Zayatte and bounces agonisingly wide! So close for Stoke!
    • 39' Hull hoof the ball into the box again but the ball doesn't fall for one of their players.
    • 36' Hull keep possession well on the edge of the Stoke box but when a shot comes in from Cousin, it's a hopeless hack of an effort which flies miles over the bar.
    • 34' Lawrence crosses the free-kick into the box but a Stoke player is caught offside.
    • 33' Stoke win a free-kick 40 yards from the Hull goal after a foul by Barmby on Whelan.
    • 30' Now Stoke attack down the right. The ball comes to Lawrence in loads of space just inside the Hull box - but he hits his cross straight to the Hull keeper.
    • 29' Etherington and Fuller combine well down the left again. The striker is fed in space on the edge of the Hull box. He has time to line up a shot - but he pulls it wide of the near post.
    • 27' Liam Lawrence goes for a Marco Van Basten-type volley from the right corner of the Hull area. He connects well with it, but it dips too late, going for a goalkick. A tad ambitious perhaps from Lawrence there.
    • 26' Stoke have just given Zayatte and Garcia loads of room in the box in the last couple of minutes. More defending like that and Hull will surely punish the visitors.
    • 25' The corner's half-cleared to Zayatte, who has time to turn and shoot - but his effort flies laughably over the bar. A classic defender's finish there.
    • 24' Hull win a corner on the left.
    • 23' Garcia finds himself in a couple of yards of space inside the Stoke box. He flicks the ball in the air on to his right foot and drives in a half-volley - but it's straight at Sorensen, who holds on to it. Great chance for the Hull man there - he should have scored with all that space.
    • 22' But Wilkinson heads away for Stoke.
    • 21' Hull win a throw near the corner flag in the Stoke half. Sam Ricketts is going to do his Rory Delap impression.
    • 20' It's a short corner which then sees Barmby cross. Turner gets to it first, but glances his header five feet wide of Sorensen's left-hand post.
    • 19' Fagan has the ball in the box on the right - he drives in a cross but it hits a Stoke man and goes for a corner to Hull.
    • 17' It's crossed to Faye at the far post - but he miscontrols and the ball dribbles out for a goalkick.
    • 16' The Hull man is lucky to avoid a booking but his side still have a tricky free-kick to defend.
    • 14' But it's cleared and Stoke break quickly. Etherington has the ball in space on the left but is hacked down by Ricketts.
    • 13' Hull cross into box from the right for COUSIN - but the striker's looping header is tipped behind for a corner by Sorensen.
    • 12' Barmby puts it in the box, but it goes over evertone and into touch. Very disappointing delivery.
    • 11' But now Hull have a free-kick right on the edge of the Stoke box wide on the right. Etherington is booked for the foul on Ricketts which brought about the free-kick.
    • 10' Lawrence breaks into space on the right on the edge of the Hull box. He drives in a cross, but Zayette hacks it away. It's all Stoke so far...
    • 8' Etherington shoots from distance after a quick Stoke break - but he drags it well wide. A nervy start for Hull though.
    • 6' There's a lot of big men in the Stoke side of course, but Hull get to the corner into the box first and clear.
    • 5' Now Lawrence attacks down the right for Stoke. He's tackled - but the ball goes for a corner to the visitors.
    • 4' Some nice play from Stoke down the left wing between Fuller and Etherington. The winger whips is a low cross but Hull clear.
    • 2' Cagey opening couple of minutes. One point of interest is that Hull have had the advertising hoardings moved a few feet closer to the pitch, with no gaps between them - in anticipation of Mr Delap's appearance no doubt.
    • 1' Howard Webb is the ref for this one. He parps on his whistle, Stoke kick-off and we're under way...
    • - Stoke team news: Just one change from Tony Pulis after his side's defeat at home to West Ham last time out. Leon Cort comes in for Danny Pugh, which means a reshuffle at the back. We think that means that Cort will be at centre-back alongside Faye, with Shawcross at right-back and Wilkinson at left-back.
    • - Team news for Hull: Geovanni is dropped to the bench after his hissy fit with Daniel Cousin on Monday night against Villa. Captain Ian Ashbee has been ruled out for the season too, so he's missing. The evergreen Nicky Barmby and Craig Fagan, returning from injury, come into the starting XI. Bernard Mendy is fit again as well, but he only wins a place on the bench.
    • - Here it is then. One, er, Hull of a game for the hosts as they look to limp to Premier League safety. This is the game most of their fans will have been relying on for a crucial point or three. Can they deliver? The action gets going in ten minutes...

  • Team Stats

    Hull City Stats Stoke City
    62% Possession 37%
    13 Shots 11
    5 Shots on target 3
    1 Saves 4
    5 Corners 3
    15 Fouls 12
    2 Offsides 5
    0 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    12 Tackles 20
    286 Accurate passes 155
    56 Bad passes 37

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Hull City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Boaz Myhill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      6 Michael Turner 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 37 2 1
      3 Andy Dawson 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 29 16 1
      21 Sam Ricketts 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 30 0 3
      24 Kamil Zayatte 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 1 0
      20 George Boateng 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 45 2 0
      17 Kevin Kilbane 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 29 10 3
      8 Nick Barmby 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 19 7 2
      7 Craig Fagan 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 20 6 0
      25 Daniel Cousin 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 14 5 1
      14 Richard Garcia 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 16 1 1
      12 Matt Duke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Manucho Gonçalves 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 2 0
      11 Bryan Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Dean Marney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Marcio Geovanni 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14 3 0
      16 Péter Halmosi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Bernard Mendy 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 14 1 0
    • Stoke City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Thomas Sorensen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 3 0
      5 Leon Cort 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1
      28 Andy Wilkinson 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 12 4 5
      17 Ryan Shawcross 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 10 2 1
      25 Abdoulaye Faye 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 2 4
      6 Glenn Whelan 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 32 10 3
      24 Rory Delap 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16 3 1
      7 Liam Lawrence 1 3 1 3 1 0 0 22 2 0
      26 Matthew Etherington 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 18 2 0
      10 Ricardo Fuller 1 4 2 1 1 3 1 18 8 2
      20 James Beattie 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7 1 2
      9 Richard Cresswell 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
      33 Ibrahima Sonko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Seyi Olofinjana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Henri Camara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Steve Simonsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Stephen Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Danny Pugh 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' Yes there is! The ball is pumped into the Stoke box and cleared only to Geovanni, who shoots towards the top corner - and it's deflected inches wide!
    • 90' GOAL! Dawson curls the ball into the back of the net!
    • 90' Hull win a free-kick right on the edge of the area after a foul on Geovanni.
    • 74' A deep cross from the right from Fagan comes to Barmby - but the old timer's header goes just wide! Phew, that was close!
    • 72' GOAL! Stoke double their lead! It's Liam Lawrence! The midfielder was fed in space on the right by Fuller, he controlled and then arrowed a 25-yard shot into the top-right corner of Myhill's goal! What a strike!
    • 66' Stoke put the ball back into the Hull box from the left and Zayatte gets a crucial header on it to deny Faye a scoring chance! Great defending.
    • 65' Manucho heads the corner clear to Whelan, who chests the ball down and hits a dipping volley. It hits the right-hand post and bounces away! What an effort!
    • 57' Garcia gets ahead of his marker to head a cross from the left goalwards, but it's straight at Sorensen, who makes a simple enough save.
    • 51' Whelan has a shot from way out - and it only goes a couple of yards over. Good effort from the Irishman.
    • 47' Hull waste no time in getting at the Stoke backline. A long ball into the visitors' box is cleared to the edge of the box - and Kilbane arrows a shot at goal, only for Sorensen to turn it behind for a corner.
    • 43' Fuller has a go at goal from the edge of the box. He hits is beautifully, but it flies wide of the top corner!
    • 41' GOAL! Stoke score! The corner isn't properly cleared and the ball falls for Fuller, who swivles and smashes the ball low into the net!
    • 40' Stoke counter - they feed Lawrence in space down the right again. He gets a shot away - it deflects of Zayatte and bounces agonisingly wide! So close for Stoke!
    • 25' The corner's half-cleared to Zayatte, who has time to turn and shoot - but his effort flies laughably over the bar. A classic defender's finish there.
    • 23' Garcia finds himself in a couple of yards of space inside the Stoke box. He flicks the ball in the air on to his right foot and drives in a half-volley - but it's straight at Sorensen, who holds on to it. Great chance for the Hull man there - he should have scored with all that space.
    • 13' Hull cross into box from the right for COUSIN - but the striker's looping header is tipped behind for a corner by Sorensen.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Howard Webb

  • Hull City

    Manager: Phil Brown

    Captain: Michael Turner

    Starting line-up

    • B. Myhill
    • S. Ricketts
    • K. Zayatte Substitution Out (67′)
    • M. Turner
    • A. Dawson Goal
    • G. Boateng
    • N. Barmby
    • K. Kilbane
    • R. Garcia Substitution Out (61′)
    • C. Fagan
    • D. Cousin Substitution Out (61′)

    Subs

    • B. Mendy Substitution In61′
    • B. Hughes
    • .. Geovanni Substitution In67′
    • D. Marney
    • P. Halmosi
    • M. Duke
    • .. Manucho Substitution In61′

    Injured

    • A. Gardner
    • J. Bullard
    • I. Ashbee

    Suspended

    • C. Folan

  • Stoke City

    Manager: Tony Pulis

    Captain: Rory Delap

    Starting line-up

    • T. Sorensen
    • R. Shawcross
    • L. Cort
    • A. Diagne-Faye
    • A. Wilkinson
    • L. Lawrence Goal
    • G. Whelan
    • R. Delap
    • M. Etherington Yellow Card Substitution Out (86′)
    • J. Beattie Substitution Out (79′)
    • R. Fuller Goal Substitution Out (90′)

    Subs

    • S. Simonsen
    • R. Cresswell Substitution In79′
    • I. Sonko
    • D. Pugh Substitution In86′
    • S. Kelly Substitution In90′
    • H. Camara
    • S. Olofinjana

    Injured

    • S. Diao
    • A. Faye
    • D. Higginbotham
    • M. Sidibe

    Suspended

    None

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  1. we love you city we do ohhh city we love you .
    all who­ doubted us can eat their words x

    From Toni, on Sat 9 May 5:00PM

  2. I come from Hull and all the teams here are @#$%­ including rugby league, they have no get up and go. I­ think Hull will just about stay up but we'll have­ to wait and see.

    From lynn b, on Sat 9 May 4:55PM

  3. oh my i cant c tigers coming back now can anybody else­ lol

    From randomrach_23, on Sat 9 May 4:53PM

  4. we are hull

    From Raymond, on Sat 9 May 4:51PM

  5. Windass would have kept you guys in the Prem - shame­ about loan rules

    From its me, on Sat 9 May 4:50PM

  6. comment 70.well done stoke - cant see hull coming­ back

    unless the forth offical add 30 mins injury­ time.

    From devilfish2k9, on Sat 9 May 4:49PM

  7. As a gunner am delighted ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! up stoke­ down hull

    From c, on Sat 9 May 4:49PM

  8. oh well we can all c what gna happen now well done­ stoke(Y) even though i supported
    city

    From randomrach_23, on Sat 9 May 4:48PM

  9. Well played stoke!Much appreciated,Newcastle fan

    From Scot, on Sat 9 May 4:48PM

  10. u hulls

    From c, on Sat 9 May 4:48PM

  11. Hull= Fall from grace-- unfortunately.

    From Jorge Barake, on Sat 9 May 4:48PM

  12. ha!!!!!!!!! loosers

    From c, on Sat 9 May 4:48PM

  13. the potters do it again fantastic x

    From Toni, on Sat 9 May 4:43PM

  14. well done stoke - cant see hull coming back

    From Free bet www.freebets.co.za, on Sat 9 May 4:43PM

  15. -oh god 0-2 we are going down :( were the hell is­ windass when u need him bring him back thts what i saii

    From randomrach_23, on Sat 9 May 4:41PM

  16. congrats to stoke , youve stayed up by playing and­ concentrating of football instead of trying to get­ teams necks up

    no tears will be shed when hull go down­ at this end, as long as newcastle join them

    From scott b, on Sat 9 May 4:39PM

  17. its all over now 0-2 down. and your going down.

    From devilfish2k9, on Sat 9 May 4:38PM

  18. Respect to Tony Pulis. We should have kept him at­ Pompey.

    From Ace, on Sat 9 May 4:38PM

  19. hull did have a lucky start this season, but i am­ affraid your not consistant and not good enough to stay­ in the prem. your a championship side. be happy there­ next season. your do fine. mid table every year. you­ certainly will not bounce back to the prem. brown­ NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO your a championship­ manager, not a prem manager. be happy where you are­ next year. bye

    From devilfish2k9, on Sat 9 May 4:38PM

  20. doesnt matter about this match for newcastle there­ still going down if they cant beat portsmouth and they­ dont beat boro they deserve to go down , cant relie on­ other teams to get you out of it all the time

    From scott b, on Sat 9 May 4:38PM
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