- Turnbull (82 og), King (85 pen)
- Tuncay (79)
- Date:2008-12-06
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:Kingston Communications Stadium
- Attendance:24912
- Referee:Tanner, S
Live Commentary
90mins
Full-Time: HULL 2-1 MIDDLESBROUGH. Hull have staged another comeback to stun Middlesbrough and claim all three points.
88mins
Alves' free kick looked to be heading in but it took a deflection of a Hull player for a corner.
86mins
Didier Digard comes off for Sebastian Hines
86mins
Peter Halmosi is brought on for Giovanni, who gets a standing ovation from the home fans.
85mins
HULL 2-1 MIDDLESBROUGH. KING tucks away the penalty, a crazy five minutes but you have to give credit to Hull for hitting back.
83mins
Wheater is shown the red card for his tackle on Giovanni
83mins
Geovanni bursts into the area and is brought down by Wheater, PENALTY to Hull
81mins
HULL 1-1 MIDDLESBROUGH. Hull hit back straight away as subsitute BERNARD MENDY'S shot squirms in off the post and keeper and into the net
79mins
HULL 0-1 MIDDLESBROUGH. Justin Hoyte made a great run down the right and crossed from the byline to TUNCAY who backheeled home, a goal at last!
75mins
Tuncay's name goes into the book.
73mins
A let off for Hull as a mix up in their defence lets in Aliadiere but his weak shot is easily saved by Myhill.
71mins
A great corner by King is met by Kamil Zayatte but his header flashes just wide
67mins
Geovanni goes on a wonderful run but instead of shooting he passes to King but he wanted too much time on the ball and ends up lifting it over the bar, a decent chance for The Tigers.
63mins
Subsitute Bernard Mendy breaks forward and lays it off to Giovanni but his shot again is off target. It's not been the Brazilian's day so far.
60mins
Double subsitiution for Hull as Nicky Barmby and Dean Marney come off for Bernard Mendy and Daniel Cousin.
57mins
Ian Ashbee brings down Afonso Alves and is deservedly booked
54mins
Barmby has a half chance for Hull but his header drifts wide.
51mins
It's a subdued atmosphere at the moment, the home fans clearly need a moment of inspiration from The Tigers to get them going.
48mins
Geovanni has the first shot of the second period but it goes wide for a goal kick.
45mins
We are underway again here at the KC Stadium in Hull.
45mins
HALF-TIME: HULL 0-0 MIDDLESBROUGH. Referee Steve Tanner brings the first half to a close. Geovanni has been at the centre of most of the action, missing three good chances, but both sides will have to improve their finishing in the second half.
42mins
Geovanni has another header but it is no better than his last effort as it goes well well wide, he could have had a hat-trick already.
40mins
A nice idea by Hull as Dean Marney's corner is played right out to George Boateng on the edge of the area but he mis-hits his shot and it eventually finds the gloves of Turnbull with Nicky Barmby sliding in.
37mins
There has been a lot of effort by both sides but little quality so far, espcially in the final third of the pitch.
34mins
Geovanni is the man of them moment as he has another shot on goal, but it is half blocked by David Wheater and is easily collected by Ross Turnbull
32mins
Geovanni is involved again as his 25 yard free-kick is deflected wide for a corner.
30mins
Geovanni misses a gilt edged chance for Hull as his header hits the side of his head and spins so wide it nearly goes out for a throw in. Bad miss by the Brazilian
26mins
Phil Brown is not a happy man as he continues to bark instructions to his players, his side are lacking a cutting edge at the moment.
23mins
Marlon King breaks into the box but Aliadiere does well to track back and tackle the Hull striker.
21mins
Geovanni is starting to look lively as the game begins to open up, but after first misplacing a pass he then fires a shot over the bar.
18mins
Hull Manager shakes his head as Paul McShane gives the ball away cheaply, the Tigers are yet to get going as yet.
13mins
Its all very tight in midfield at the moment, Middlesbrough have perhaps had the best of it but no real chances for either side so far.
11mins
Middlesbrough contniue to come forward as Justin Hoyte crosses low but the Hull defence see it out for a goal-kick. Good start by the visitors.
8mins
Stewart Downing cuts inside and fires a shot in but it's straight at Boaz Myhill. The England winger has looked dangerous so far
6mins
Geovanni skips past five players but then loses control of the ball, an early glimpse of the Brazilians flair and a warning for Middlesbrough
2mins
Good start for Middlesbrough, they are all over Hull in the opening minutes. Jeremie Aliadiere had the best chance but Sam Ricketts did well to close him down
0mins
We are underway here at the KC Stadium
0mins
Gareth Southgate also names and unchanged line up with Emanuel Pogatetz recovering form injury to start. There is no place in the side for Robert Huth or Mido
0mins
Hull name an unchanged side with Dean Marney recovering from a knock to retain his place in the side. Nick Barmby makes his 500th career appearance.
Match Preview
Hull City have made an excellent start to their first-ever season in the top-flight, but visitors Middlesbrough will pose another serious test of the Tigers' mettle.
Phil Brown's side are currently sixth in the Premier League table, but they have failed to register a win in their last six games.
However, things are not quite as bad as they might seem, with City having drawn their last three games and defeats to Chelsea, Manchester United and Bolton Wanderers.
Brown does, however, have doubts over one of his most consistent performers, this season, with midfielder Dean Marney having suffered a dead leg in the 1-1 draw at Stoke City.
"Dean picked up a dead-leg late on in the game," Brown confirmed.
"We've wrapped him up in cotton wool for the early part of the week, but we'll see how he gets on in the next few days for him to be playing a part on Saturday."
Left-back Andy Dawson is also a doubt as he continues to struggle with an Achilles problem which has kept him sidelined for City's last three games.
Boro arrive at the KC Stadium without a win in their last three games, although boss Gareth Southgate remains upbeat about his side's current form.
He said after the goalless draw at home to Newcastle United last time out: "We allowed them a few breaks and they had a chance near the end which we shouldn't have allowed them to have, but I am very pleased with how we played.
"Sometimes you draw a game and you are disappointed with the performance, but I thought bar the finishing touch, we had pretty much everything.
"We defended solidly, passed the ball well, created not clear-cut chances, but we looked a threat all the time."
Southgate still has injury problems in defence, with both Robert Huth (ankle) and Chris Riggott (hamstring) currently sidelined.
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Match Report
A frantic last ten minutes saw Hull City come from behind to take all three points against Middlesbrough at the KC Stadium.
Boro took the lead through Tuncay with ten minutes to go, but a Ross Turnbull own goal and a Marlon King penalty saw the home side pick up their first win in six matches.
Superb vision from George Boateng midway through the first half gave Hull a chance to take the lead as the ex-Boro man hit a 30-yard ball up to Geovanni in space, but the Brazilian's square the ball across the six-yard box was well cut out by David Wheater.
Geovanni was then found in space by King as the Wigan loanee picked him out with a curling left-footed cross, but Hull's leading scorer got his header all wrong as he sent the ball well wide of the target.
The home side were awarded a free-kick on the half-hour mark as Jeremie Aliadiere brought down Geovanni on the edge of the box, the ex-Barcelona man took it himself but his right-footed effort was deflected wide of the post.
Stewart Downing had a chance for the visitors just before the break as an Aliadiere cross from the right found its way to the England international, but his left-footed strike from just inside the box whistled just past the post.
Geovanni stepped up a gear in the second half and nearly created the opener as the Hull man skipped past two defenders and played a ball into King, but the Tigers frontman could only smash his shot well wide of the post from close range.
It was Middlesbrough who took the lead on 79 minutes as Justin Hoyte raced down the right and played in a low cross towards Tuncay, who cleverly backheeled the ball past Boaz Myhill and into the net from close range.
However Hull were back on level terms a minute later as substitute Bernard Mendy picked the ball up on the right-hand side of the box and fired in a low shot which saw the ball hit the post, bounce off back off keeper Ross Turnbull and roll over the line.
Phil Brown's men were then awarded a penalty on 85 minutes after Wheater saw red for bringing down Geovanni in the area.
King took the spot-kick and buried the ball underneath the outstretched Turnbull and into the bottom corner of the net to make it 2-1.
Hull City Team
Middlesbrough Team
Hull City | Middlesbrough |
Corners
| 8 | 6 |
Fouls
| 10 | 8 |
Goal attempts
| 19 | 9 |
Shots off target
| 10 | 2 |
Offsides
| 6 | 1 |
90mins
Three minutes to be added on