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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Kingston Communications Stadium
  • Attendance: 18648
  • Referee: Joslin, P

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

87mins

Goal!! Hull City have scored with Ben Burgess putting it in the back of the net.

77mins

Leon Knight is booked for dissent.

77mins

Stuart Green is being taken off, Curtis Woodhouse has come on in his place.

61mins

Nicky Barmby is being taken off, Ben Burgess has come on in his place.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.

46mins

Colin Kazim-Richards is being taken off, Alexis Nicolas has come on in his place.

46mins

Jake Robinson is replaced by Mark McCammon.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

40mins

Goal!! Ryan France scores for Hull City.

37mins

The referee has booked Colin Kazim-Richards.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, August 20th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Ben Burgess, the Hull City striker who has recovered from a serious knee injury, got on the scoresheet for the first time in 14 months.

Burgess replaced Nick Barmby with half an hour to go and made a big impact as he secured Hull's win after 87 minutes.

Hull, who had been struggling to hold on to a first-half lead given them by Ryan France, were relieved when Burgess bundled the ball home after first hitting the post.

"It's been a long battle for me but I know I can succeed at this level," he said.

Both teams went into the game looking for their first win and in a scrappy first half there were a lot of mistakes.

However, Craig Fagan finally unlocked the Brighton rearguard late in the half with a strong cross-field run followed by a neat lay-off to France whose 20-yard drive was deflected past Wayne Henderson.

Brighton protested that Leon Knight had been fouled when Fagan took the ball off him but referee Phil Joslin wasn't impressed.

Hull's defenders, with Damien Delaney and Danny Coles both outstanding, shut out Brighton almost completely.

Seagulls' manager Mark McGhee made a double substitution at half time including Mark McCammon to give them more of a physical presence up front.

McCammon immediately made the point, bursting past Andy Dawson and forcing Boaz Myhill into a brave block.

But McCammon then wasted a great chance from Knight's cross on the edge of the six-yard box.

Brighton played a neat passing game and kept Hull pinned in their own half for long periods but Peter Taylor's men generally weathered the storm with comfort.

Hull were confined to breakaways and in one of them Burgess' downward header was brilliantly saved by Henderson.

Finally as Brighton committed numbers to attack, Hull broke away with Burgess racing into to open field and driving against the post before scoring from the rebound.

"I was really relieved that it came straight back to me," added Burgess.

Hull City Team

Brighton and Hove Albion Team

Hull City

Brighton and Hove Albion

Corners

66

Fouls

1515

Goal attempts

128

Shots off target

65

Offsides

57

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