• Date: Sat 10 January 2009
  • Venue: Goodison Park
  • Ref: Atkinson, M
  • Attendance: 37,527
Everton

Everton

Fellaini (19)

Arteta (45)

2 - 0

Everton vs Hull City

Team Lineups

Everton

Tim Howard
Phil Neville
Tony Hibbert
Joleon Lescott
Leighton Baines
Phil Jagielka
Marouane Fellaini
Tim Cahill (Victor Anichebe, 73)
Steven Pienaar
Leon Osman
Mikel Arteta (Jack Rodwell, 90)

Hull City

Boaz Myhill
Sam Ricketts
Kamil Zayatte
Michael Turner
Bernard Mendy
Paul McShane (Peter Halmosi, 79)
Deiberson Geovanni (Daniel Cousin, 66)
Dean Marney (Craig Fagan, 54)
Nicky Barmby
Ian Ashbee
Marlon King


Live Text Commentary
Full time
 

Full-Time: EVERTON 2-0 HULL. An easy victory for Everton in the end as their quest for a European place gathers pace.

90
Substitution
 

Jack Rodwell replaces Mikel Arteta to eat up some time.

90
Yellow Card
 

Three minutes to be added on by the referee, who shows a yellow card to Craig Fagan.

88

A cross comes in towards Daniel Cousin but he heads well over, time running out for Hull now.

82

Victor Anichebe goes down in the box but the referee waves away his penalty claims, Osman then has a shot just over.

79
Substitution
 

Its all or nothing for Hull now as Peter Halmosi comes on for Paul McShane.

78
Yellow Card
 

Daniel Cousin is the latest player to be shown Martin Atkinson's yellow card after a challenge on Phil Jagielka .

74
Substitution
 

Evertons young striker Victor Anichebe comes on for Tim Cahill

73

Hull win a free kick and choose to launch it into Everton's box, but the referee blows for a foul on Lescott.

68

Phil Jagielka and Joleon Lescott collide going for the same ball, Jagielka comes off worse but he only appears to be winded.

67

Arteta has another free-kick, but unlike his first half effort it is well over.

65
Substitution
 

Hull are going for it, Daniel Cousin comes on for Geovanni to make it three up front for the Tigers.

63
Yellow Card
 

Another card, this time for Sam Ricketts, for a foul on that man Cahill. Many more bookings and we will start losing players.

61

Anotehr challenge by Cahill on Zayatte, who thinks Cahill should be shown a second yellow, but Martin Atkinson says no

59

Hull, in trying to get things going, take a quick throw towards Geovanni, but he cant get there and it drifts out for a goal kick.

57
Yellow Card
 

Referee is getting a bit card happy now, Its Cahill now who sees yellow for a challenge on Turner.

54
Yellow Card
 

Kamil Zayatte is rightly booked for a tough challenge on Cahill, no complaints with that one either.

54
Substitution
 

Craig Fagan comes on for Dean Marney as Hull look to get one back.

50

No more chances, the crowd aren't happy with Fellaini's booking, nothing they can do about it now though.

47
Yellow Card
 

Fellaini is shown a yellow card for a high challenge, he will now miss the two merseyside derbies.

46

Hull re-start the game, no changes to either side.

Half time
 

Half-Time: EVERTON 2-0 HULL. The referee blows for half-time, that Arteta goal knocked the stuffing out of Hull, they are up against it now.

43
Goal
 

EVERTON 2-0 HULL. Superb goal for the home side, a free-kick 25 yards out is curled in by ARTETA.

42

Everton a penning Hull back in their own half at the moment, they force a couple of corners in quick sucession but they are scrambled away.

39
Yellow Card
 

Bernard Mendy is booked for a tackle on Baines, Mikel Arteta takes the free kick but it evades everyone in the box and goes out for a goal kick

35

Turner breaks forward and has a shot but it goes wide of Tim Howard's post.

34

Things are getting a bit scrappy now as Hull battle to get themselves back into the game.

29

Another cross is aimed at the head of Fellaini, Boaz Myhill comes out to punch away but injures himself in the process, he is back up after a few minutes treatment though

28

Fellaini is causing all sorts of problems for the Hull defence, he rises highest again to meet Cahills cross, but this time it goes wide.

25

Leon Osman drives a crossshot across the face of goal but no one is there to stab it home.

22

Replays show that Fellaini was offside for the goal, Hull can count themselves a little unlucky on that one.

20
Goal
 

EVERTON 1-0 HULL. Leighton Baines has space and he delivers a decent cross for FELLAINI to head home, he has been involved in everything so far this afternoon.

14

Fellaini gets a warning from the referee following a challenge by Mendy, next foul will be a yellow card I think

10

Michael Turner beats Lescott to a header from a corner but he puts it over, that was a decent chance for Hull.

8

Zayatte gets his revenge on Fellaini for his earlier tackle with a heavy aerial challenge, after a few minutes treatment however Fellaini is back in play.

7

A nice passing move involving Tim Cahill and Steven Pienaar is snuffed out by a determined Hull defence.

4

Boos echo around the ground as Nicky Barmby has a shot on goal, but he doesn't get hold of it and it trickles wide.

2

Kamil Zayatte has blood spilling from head wound after a clash with Fellaini, no intent though from the big Belgian and Zayatte is soon patched up

Kickoff
 

Referee Martin Atkinson gets us underway at a chilly Goodison Park.

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Nicky Barmby starts on his first trip to Goodison since leaving the Toffees for bitter rivals Liverpool in 2000, he will be partnered by Marlon King.

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Everton recall Belgian Marouane Fellaini in place of Victor Anichebe , Tim Cahill will again play as a lone striker