The fourth official indicates five minutes of added time and the away supporters urge their side forward.

Hull have fallen to pieces in the last ten minutes and Phil Brown will be furious with his side.

Cisse gets a shot away but it is straight at Myhill who makes a comfortable save.

Jones takes on Zayatte inside the box and he goes down under the challenge of the defender. Mike Riley looks to his linesman for assistance and he waves play on.

An excellent opportunity for Sunderland as Jones finds space for a shot from close range but he sends his shot wide of the target. An awful finish from the striker who should have put the visitors ahead.

Sam Ricketts rounds the keeper and Cousin tries to stab the ball home from close range but Ferdinand puts in a vital interception at the last minute.

Mike Riley waves away appeals for a Sunderland penalty as the ball falls to Bardsley whose shot sails high and wide of the target.

Nosworthy's headed clearance lands at the feet of Ashbee who hits a low drive from distance but it is blocked by Ferdinand.

Barmby looks on top form today and has had a big influence of the game, especially after scoring his first Premiership goal in four years.

Geovanni sends a set-piece into the mixer and Fulop flaps at the ball and leaves Hull with a great opportunity but Mike Riley blows for a foul on the keeper.

This half has started slightly slower than the opener but hopefully goals will come as Garcia is denied an opportunity by Fulop who smothers the ball at his feet.

Reid searches out a team-mate from a set piece but Barmby is first to the ball and clears the danger.

Boateng is through on goal and nicks the ball away from Collins but he is pulled back for a raising a high boot.

The visitors looked very bright towards the end of the first-half and will be looking to regain the momentum sooner rather than later.

Reid again causes problems with a corner and finds Jones, and again Jones fails to find the target with his header.

Both sides are really searching for a goal as we approach the end of the first-half but both are struggling to find a breakthrough,

Geovanni strikes a decent looking shot from distance but it flies straight down the throat of Fulop.

The ball drops to Malbranque on the volley and his vicious strike sails wide of the mark.

Andy Reid curls a corner into the danger area and Jones again rises above everyone but his header fails to trouble Myhill.

The resulting corner causes all sorts of problems inside the Sunderland box before Richard Garcia is pulled up for a foul on Fulop.

Anton Ferdinand gives away a free-kick in a dangerous position. Geovanni lines up the set-piece and forces a top drawer save out of Fulop to tip the ball over the bar.

Hull win another corner but this time it is headed clear at the near post by Bardsley.

Bardsley plants a cross on the head of Jones but his effort lacks direction and it bounces wide of the mark.

King works himself into a decent position and hits a shot from 20-yards out that flies past the far post.

The KC Stadium has come back to life now and we have a game on our hands now.

A Geovanni corner is headed back into his direction and he gets a shot away from the corner of the box that is punched away by Fulop.

Barmby finds space for a shot in the box again but this time Nyron Nosworthy gets himself in between the ball and the goal.

Michael Turner forces a fine save out of Fulop with a decent strike from inside the box.

Sunderland are seeing more of the ball at the moment and Andy Reid searches out a team-mate in the box but Boaz Myhill plucks the ball out of the air.

The home side look shell-shocked following the goal and there is a new sense of urgency about Sunderland's play - something that had been missing under Roy Keane.

Hull are seeing more of the ball at the moment and are trying to find a breakthrough but the Sunderland back-line is holding firm.

Nick Barmby gets the first shot of the game away from outside the box but it bobbles harmlessly wide of the target.

A Marlong King flick-on catches the Sunderland defence off guard and Geovanni looks to latch onto it, but Marton Fulop is quick off his line to smother the ball.

The game has started at a fast tempo and challenges are flying in thick and fast.

Hull are on a five-match unbeaten run at the moment and will be going into this game rich in confidence. The visitors on the other hand have regained some of theirs after picking up a win last week following the departure of Roy Keane.