- Ricketts (5 og), Valencia (13), Zaki (63), Heskey (68), Zaki (81)
- Date:2008-08-30
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:Kingston Communications Stadium
- Attendance:24282
- Referee:Jones, M
Live Commentary
90mins
Full-Time: HULL CITY 0-5 WIGAN. A Zaki brace helps Wigan to pick up their first points of the season in convincing fashion.
84mins
Henri Camara comes on for Emile Heskey for the Latics.
83mins
The Hull fans are still making a noise despite a disappointing afternoon.
81mins
HULL CITY 0-5 WIGAN. ZAKI gets his second of the game, his powerful drive coming off the crossbar and over the line.
81mins
Michael Turner heads over from close range for Hull City.
80mins
Olivier Kapo comes on for Lee Cattermole for the visitors.
78mins
Dean Windass' free kick is straight into the midriff of Chris Kirkland.
76mins
Ian Ashbee's ball into the areas is comfortably cleared by the Wigan defence.
74mins
Mario Melchiot drives the ball across the face of goal but Bernard Mendy turns it behind.
72mins
Andy Dawson is replaced by Bernard Mendy as Hull make their last change.
69mins
HULL CITY 0-4 WIGAN. HESKEY profits from a defensive error to go round the keeper and shoot home past Michael Turner on the line.
67mins
Wigan look very comfortable as they look to secure their first points of the season.
64mins
HULL CITY 0-3 WIGAN. ZAKI shoots into the bottom corner after the ball was knocked into the area from a Latics free-kick.
61mins
Nicky Barmby comes on in place of Richard Garcia for the home side.
59mins
Michael Brown can't find the target from Wilson Palacios' ball into the area.
58mins
Michael Brown replaces Kevin Kilbane for the Latics.
57mins
Dean Windass replaces Deiberson Geovanni for the Tigers. Windass is playing his first top-flight game for his home club.
55mins
Chris Kirkland lumps the ball upfield but Sam Ricketts heads away.
53mins
Wayne Brown looks to chip the ball forward for Deiberson Geovanni but the pass is wayward.
51mins
Emile Heskey needs some treatment from the physio after taking a knock.
49mins
Chris Kirkland is forced to tip the ball over the bar from Richard Garcia's drive.
47mins
Geovanni looks to dart inside and is brought down.
46mins
The second half is underway. Wigan will be hoping for more of the same.
45mins
Half-Time: HULL CITY 0-2 WIGAN. Wigan deservedly lead at the break courtesy of a Ricketts own goal and Valencia strike following a Latics break.
44mins
Ian Ashbee latches onto the ball from a Hull corner but his mis-hit shot rolls wide.
42mins
Michael Turner makes an excellent sliding tackle to take the ball off Amr Zaki.
40mins
Ian Ashbee goes into the referee's notebook.
38mins
Luis Antonio Valencia goes to the by-line and looks to cross but the ball deflects off Ian Ashbee for a corner.
36mins
Richard Garcia looks to break forward but is adjudged to have strayed offside.
34mins
Andy Dawson looks to find Ian Ashbee but the Wigan defence holds firm again and clears the danger.
32mins
Hull are being given little time on the ball by Wigan who are pressing their opponents well.
30mins
Kevin Kilbane's free kick from a dangerous position flies over the crossbar.
28mins
Geovanni shoots but Chris Kirkland saves low down to his right.
26mins
Richard Garcia tries to cut inside but runs into a solid Wigan defence.
24mins
Dean Marney's right-footed cross is comfortably collected by Chris Kirkland.
22mins
Ian Ashbee gets a good foot in to relieve the pressure on the Hull goal.
20mins
Maynor Figueroa's chip forward goes out for a throw-in to Hull.
18mins
Dean Marney's long raking ball is easily dealt with by Emile Heskey.
16mins
Wigan are looking sharp today, while Hull look to be off their game.
13mins
HULL CITY 0-2 WIGAN. Luis Antonio VALENCIA doubles Wigan's lead, profiting from good work by Amr Zaki after the Latics break well.
13mins
Geovanni shoots over from Caleb Folan's knock into the box.
11mins
Wayne Brown makes a perfect sliding tackle as Emile Heskey looks to break free.
9mins
Amr Zaki lashes the ball over the bar from Emile Heskey's flick-on.
7mins
Hull need to regroup after going behind early on.
5mins
HULL CITY 0-1 WIGAN: Hull fall behind to an early goal. SAM RICKETTS is unlucky to divert the ball past Boaz Myhill from Kevin Kilbane's corner.
4mins
Wayne Brown makes a great challenge to disposses Amr Zaki .
2mins
Craig Fagan shoots just wide after being set up by a great ball from Geovanni.
0mins
Referee Michael Jones gets what should be a cracking clash underway.
0mins
George Boateng misses out for Hull with a thigh injury. On-loan Marlon King is ineligible to play in the game.
0mins
Chris Kirkland starts in goal for Wigan after proving his fitness, while Jason Koumas has to settle for a place on the bench after ecovering from an ankle injury.
Match Preview
Visiting Wigan Athletic will hope to end Hull City's surprise unbeaten start to life in the Premier League when the two sides meet at the KC Stadium.
Phil Brown's Tigers were most pundits' red-hot favourites for relegation in their first season in the top-flight, but after an opening day 2-1 win over Fulham and a 1-1 draw with Blackburn Rovers last weekend, they are currently in the Champions League qualification places.
It's all a far cry from the last time these two sides met in the league 12 years ago.
The spoils were shared in a 1-1 draw in November 1996, but that stalemate came in League Two before both clubs embarked on dramatic upward spirals which have brought them to the top-flight.
This season has been a fairytale so far for Brown, who has no fresh injury worries ahead of the weekend encounter.
Dean Windass and Caleb Folan are hoping for first starts in the Premier League after making Brown's line-up for the midweek Carling Cup defeat against Swansea City.
Veteran midfielder George Boateng is also expected to be fit after shaking off a thigh problem.
However, striker Marlon King will drop out of the starting line-up due to the restrictions placed on his loan move from Wigan earlier in the month.
Meanwhile, the Latics will be hoping to put their first points of the new season on the board at the weekend.
Steve Bruce's side lost 2-1 at West Ham on the opening day of the season, before going down 1-0 at home to Chelsea last weekend.
But after producing a spirited display against the big-spending London club in which Wilson Palacios, Amr Zaki and Olivier Kapo all spurned chances to claim an equaliser, Bruce believes the first win of the new campaign is just around the corner.
"When you analyse it, our goalkeeper didn't have a save to make," he said after the Chelsea defeat.
"That's almost unheard of against Chelsea and they'll go away thinking 'we nicked that one'."
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Match Report
Hull City were given a reality check at the KC Stadium as they crashed to a 5-0 home defeat against a formidable Wigan Athletic side.
An own goal from Sam Ricketts and an Antonio Valencia effort saw Athletic 2-0 up at half-time, then two second-half goals from Amr Zaki and one for Emile Heskey completed the rout.
The home side had a great chance to take the lead early on as Dean Marney played a crossfield ball to Geovanni, who neatly slipped the ball through to Craig Fagan in front of goal, but the Tigers winger could only drag his shot wide from the edge of the box.
Wigan took the lead via an own goal on five minutes as Kevin Kilbane swung in a low corner from the right which Hull defender Ricketts attempted to clear, but instead flicked the ball over the shoulder of Boaz Myhill and into the back of his own net.
The visitors then doubled their lead on 13 minutes as Valencia picked up the ball just inside his own half and ran with ease passed the Tigers defence to slot the ball neatly through the legs of Myhill from ten yards.
Ian Ashbee had a chance to reply for Hull just before the break but he miscued his first-time shot from 12 yards.
The home side created a great chance minutes later as Geovanni laid the ball off to Richard Garcia in space, but the Australian international saw his shot from just inside the area well turned over the bar by Chris Kirkland.
Wigan went further into the lead on 63 minutes as Valencia collected the ball on the right byline and played in a low cross towards Zaki, who sent the ball into the bottom corner of the net with a neat right-footed effort.
Five minutes later it was 4-0 to the visitors as Kirkland lofted the ball upfield onto head of Hull defender Wayne Brown, who could only flick the ball back into the path of Heskey, who confidently rounded Myhill and slotted it home.
It was then 5-0 to Steve Bruce's men as Michael Brown played the ball back to Zaki, whose blistering shot from 12 yards was ruled to be over the line by the assistant referee as it crashed against the underside of crossbar and out.
Hull City Team
Wigan Athletic Team
Hull City | Wigan Athletic |
Corners
| 7 | 4 |
Fouls
| 18 | 12 |
Goal attempts
| 10 | 8 |
Shots off target
| 5 | 3 |
Offsides
| 2 | 2 |
87mins
Caleb Folan plays in Bernard Mendy but he scoops the ball into the stands.