Dawson strikes a low shot through a crowd of bodies and thinks he has got his side back in the game but his effort clips the post and bounces wide.

Guerro picks up the ball in his own half and runs the ball 60-yards up the field but the move comes to nothing.

Dawson curls a hopeful free-kick into the box but Jensen is quick off his line to pluck the ball out of the air.

The ball bounces around frantically inside the Hull box but McDonald and Nugent cannot steer the ball home through a crowd of bodies,

Eagles has plenty to aim for in the box but his corner is cleared at the near post.

Eagles swings a cross into the mixer but Dawson heads clear.

The break in play allows the Hull players time to argue with the referee and the Geovanni sending off, despite being from behind, did seem harsh on the Brazilian.

Mendy has looked lively since taking the field and sends a searching cross into the box but it is headed clear by Mears.

Hull have lost their nerve a little now but need to stay focused if they are to stay in this game.

Hull are livid with the referee but Burnley may feel that justice has been done as it seemed like a soft free-kick.

Geovanni lines up the free-kick and superbly curls it into the back of the net. The Hull players celebrate but the referee rules the goal out, presumably for pushing in the wall.

Hunt runs at the Burnley defence and wins his side a free-kick on the edge of the box.

Mendy steams forward and finds space for a shot but fails to trouble Jensen from outside the box.

Blake helps a long ball into the path of Elliott but Dawson reads the ball and puts in a vital interception.

The substitutions have immediately lifted Hull but Paul McShane is not too happy about the decision to be taken off and shows it by throwing his shirt on the floor as he enters the dugout.

Marney gets a snap shot away from the edge of the box but it is blocked by a claret shirt.

There is more purpose about Hull in this second-half but they have fizzled out a little since the bright start to the second-half.

Blake whips a corner into the mixer and Elliot almost connects but in the end it is headed clear by a Hull shirt.

Fletcher threads a ball through to Eliiot who tries to cut inside his marker but Zayatte recovers well and puts the ball out for a throw-in.

The visitors look a different side since the interval and are making the most of a lack of concentration in the Burnley defence.

Hull work their best chance of the game as Vennegoor of Hesselink squares a pass for Ghilas inside the box Jensen pulls off a decent save to deny the midfielder.

Eagles lets fly from distance and Duke's parry almost falls to Elliot but the ball it is just too far ahead of the midfielder who would have been left with a simple finish.

The home side continue to mount pressure on the Hull defence but they fail to cause any problems in the final third on this occasion.

Andre Bikey searches out a team-mate inside the box but Zayatte clears with Steven Fletcher bearing down on him.

Hull have beaten Burnley in the last three meetings between the sides but there have been no signs of continuing that record so far today.

Elliott finds space for a shot and tests Duke with a decent strike but the keeper turns the ball around the post for a corner.

The visitors are at sixes and sevens at the back and Burnley need to capitalise before they have chance to re-organise at half-time.

A Burnley break causes Hull all sorts of problems before Blake chips an inviting cross into the box but his team-mates are not on the same wavelength.

Hunt leaves two players for dead down the left flank and puts a dangerous ball into the box but Clarke Carlisle does brilliantly to steer the ball away to safety.

Burnley win a free-kick in a dangerous position. It is laid off for Blake but he fails to work Matt Duke with his effort from 25-yards.

Owen Coyle's side deserve to have taken the lead and will no doubt push for a second now.

Hull break well and Seyi Olofinjana gets the first shot on target from the edge of the box but it is a comfortable take for Brian Jensen.

Burnley win a corner but it comes to nothing as Zayatte clears his lines with a strong header.

Wade Elliot makes a quick burst at goal and is one-on-one with the keeper but the linesman's flag is raised for offside.

It has been all Burnley so far in this tie and Hull are temporarily reduced to ten men as Zayatte receives treatment after clashing heads with Caldwell moments ago.

Chris Eagles flights a cross into the box and almost finds Steven Caldwell at the far post but Kamil Zayatte beats him to it.

The game has a cup tie atmosphere about it but we are still yet to see any real threat to either goal.

Robbie Blake hits a free-kick from a good 40-yards out and it is blocked by Paul McShane.

There is plenty of support for under pressure boss Phil Brown coming from the visitors' end of Turf Moor in the opening stages of this game.