FOOTBALL Live

Saturday August 30, 2008 Finished KC Stadium

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Hull City

Wigan Athletic

  • Ricketts 3’ (o.g.)
  • Valencia 12’
  • Zaki 62’, 81’
  • Heskey 64’
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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Hull City
    • Wigan Athletic
    • 92' And the full-time whistle blows with Wigan winning 5-0!
    • 90' 2 minutes added on
    • '86 Zaki crosses from the right wing for sub Camera in the area but Hull clear well.
    • '83 Sub Mendy fires over from close range for the Tigers!
    • 81 And Zaki scores with a shot which bounced down off the bar and just went over the line! A great decision by the referee's assistant there!
    • '77 Hull finally gain possession and get a free-kick in a dangerous area just near the right of the Wigan box after Turner is fouled. Windass gets an shot on goal but it is straight at Kirkland who collects easily.
    • '77 Wigan go down the left wing and Hull just get the ball clear from Figueroa.
    • '76 A fantastic cross by Melchiot is just too high for Zaki to head home as the ball goes out for a throw-in.
    • 73' This peformance by Wigan has been built on a solid defence and brilliant finishing up front
    • '64 And Emile Heskey after a great through ball rounds the keeper before slotting home for 4-0!
    • '62 Zaki gets a third for Wigan with a shot from the edge of the box following a free-kick which beats Myhill into the right hand side of the net.
    • '60 Ricketts puts ia cross into the Wigan box from the right but Wigan head away
    • '60 With Windass on Hull will hope they can get a goal quickly with Wigan still defending well
    • '58 And the crowd applaud Dean Windass on
    • 58' Geovanni is subbed
    • '52 The Tigers are much improved in this second-half
    • '50 Hull are keeping possession better than they did in the first half, as they look to get back into this match.
    • '48 A fantastic save by Kirkland from Garcia's powerful shot which was heading straight for the top corner!
    • '47 The Tigers have a free-kick which Dawson heads over
    • '46 And the second-half is underway
    • ' Phil Brown's side have signed defender Paul McShane on a season-long deal from Sunderland and chairman Paul Duffen has confirmed his team have submitted a bid of £7million for Manchester United forward Fraizer Campbell.
    • '46 And the referee blows for half-time with the visitors leading 2-0.
    • 45' 1 minute added on
    • '44 The home side put a long throw-in straight into the box but once again the Latics defence stands firm.
    • '44 The ball breaks to Ashbee and he fires wide of the left-post.
    • '43 But it is cleared away for another corner.
    • '42 The Tigers get a corner and everyone will go forward for this
    • '40 A booking for Hull captain Ian Ashbee
    • '37 Hull will want to get a goal back before the interval but Wigan are solid at the back
    • '35 But it comes to nothing.
    • '34 The Latics have a corner following a clearance from a free-kick
    • '32 Mario Melchiot puts in a long throw but it is cleared well.
    • '30 The away side are keeping possession well in the centre of the park frustrating the home crowd
    • '28 And Wigan have a free-kick just outside the area but Kilbane gets it all wrong firing well over.
    • '26 A long-range shot by Geovanni for the Tigers forces Kirkland into a good low stop down to his left.
    • '24 Foul by Lee Cattermole with the referee giving him a warning, as the next time he will go in the book.
    • '22 Free-kick for Hull but Chris Kirkland in the Latics goal collects easily.
    • '18 This game is really open with both sides creating loads of chances from midfield.
    • '15 The Tigers have not played badly but the visitors have a two goal lead.
    • '12 But a fantastic counter attack right from that corner which was cleared to Antonio Valencia then went on an amazing run right through Hull's half and shot low into the net.
    • '8 And a good clearance by the Wigan defence from Caleb Folan's cross gives the Tigers thier first corner.
    • '5 Wigan have shocked the crowd with that opener and the visitors have also kept the ball well in the opening stages.
    • '3 And an early goal for Wigan right from a corner taken by Kevin Kilbane which is deflected in By Samuel Ricketts for an own-goal.
    • '1 And we're underway here at the KC Stadium!
    • ' For Wigan Kevin Kilbane is back in the starting eleven after performing well in the Carling Cup and Chris Kirkland also returns for the Latics in goal.
    • ' Hull boss Phil Brown has made two enforced changes to last Saturday's match versus Blackburn, as Marlon King is ineligable former Wigan player Caleb Folan plays up front and with Anthony Gardner injured Wayne Brown comes in at centre-back.
    • ' Wigan meanwhile put up a good fight against Chelsea last time out despite losing the match.
    • ' The Tigers won thier first ever Premier League game versus Fulham on the opening day and will be hoping for the same result today.
    • ' Hello and welcome along to the KC Stadium as Hull City take on Wigan Athletic.

  • Team Stats

    Hull City Stats Wigan Athletic
    55% Possession 44%
    10 Shots 8
    3 Shots on target 4
    0 Saves 1
    7 Corners 4
    12 Fouls 18
    2 Offsides 2
    1 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    22 Tackles 22
    286 Accurate passes 239
    64 Bad passes 40

  • 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 9 4 0
      6 Michael Turner 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 37 2 2
      5 Wayne Brown 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 33 7 0
      3 Andy Dawson 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 26 9 4
      21 Sam Ricketts 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 23 2 4
      10 Marcio Geovanni 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 10 4 2
      4 Ian Ashbee 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 27 5 2
      22 Dean Marney 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 44 8 2
      7 Craig Fagan 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 22 17 0
      18 Caleb Folan 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 19 3 2
      14 Richard Garcia 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 13 0 1
      12 Matt Duke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Bryan Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      35 Liam Cooper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Dean Windass 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 10 0 0
      16 Péter Halmosi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Nick Barmby 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 3 2
      15 Bernard Mendy 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 1
    • Wigan Athletic
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Chris Kirkland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0
      17 Emmerson Boyce 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 0 2
      19 Titus Bramble 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 11 3 1
      31 Maynor Figueroa 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 16 12 4
      25 Mario Melchiot 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 40 0 1
      8 Kevin Kilbane 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 6 3
      4 Lee Cattermole 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 19 5 4
      5 Wilson Palacios 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 33 4 6
      16 Luis Antonio Valencia 1 1 1 3 4 0 1 34 0 1
      9 Emile Heskey 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 2 0
      13 Amr Zaki 2 3 2 1 5 1 1 18 5 0
      18 Daniel De Ridder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Michael Pollitt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Tomasz Kupisz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Michael Brown 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 0
      27 Henri Camara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      10 Jason Koumas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Olivier Kapo 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 0

  • Summary

    • '83 Sub Mendy fires over from close range for the Tigers!
    • 81 And Zaki scores with a shot which bounced down off the bar and just went over the line! A great decision by the referee's assistant there!
    • '64 And Emile Heskey after a great through ball rounds the keeper before slotting home for 4-0!
    • '62 Zaki gets a third for Wigan with a shot from the edge of the box following a free-kick which beats Myhill into the right hand side of the net.
    • '26 A long-range shot by Geovanni for the Tigers forces Kirkland into a good low stop down to his left.
    • '12 But a fantastic counter attack right from that corner which was cleared to Antonio Valencia then went on an amazing run right through Hull's half and shot low into the net.
    • '3 And an early goal for Wigan right from a corner taken by Kevin Kilbane which is deflected in By Samuel Ricketts for an own-goal.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: M J Jones

  • Hull City

    Manager: Phil Brown

    Captain: Ian Ashbee

    Starting line-up

    • B. Myhill
    • S. Ricketts Own Goal
    • A. Gardner
    • W. Brown
    • A. Dawson Substitution Out (71′)
    • I. Ashbee Yellow Card
    • R. Garcia Substitution Out (60′)
    • D. Marney
    • .. Geovanni Substitution Out (58′)
    • C. Fagan
    • C. Folan

    Subs

    • N. Barmby Substitution In60′
    • B. Mendy Substitution In71′
    • D. Windass Substitution In58′
    • B. Hughes
    • P. Halmosi
    • M. Duke
    • L. Cooper

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Wigan Athletic

    Manager: Steve Bruce

    Captain: Mario Melchiot

    Starting line-up

    • C. Kirkland
    • M. Melchiot
    • T. Bramble
    • E. Boyce
    • M. Figueroa
    • A. Valencia Goal
    • W. Palacios
    • L. Cattermole Substitution Out (78′)
    • K. Kilbane Substitution Out (59′)
    • E. Heskey Goal Substitution Out (85′)
    • A. Zaki Goals×2

    Subs

    • O. Kapo Substitution In78′
    • M. Brown Substitution In59′
    • J. Koumas
    • H. Camara Substitution In85′
    • M. Pollitt
    • D. De Ridder
    • T. Kuspisz

    Injured

    • P. Scharner
    • E. Edman

    Suspended

    None