Hull City saw off Championship play-off hopefuls West Bromwich Albion as they scored a goal in each half to ease to only their seventh home league win of the season.
After being preferred to top scorer Oscar Estupinan, Benjamin Tetteh rewarded manager Liam Rosenior’s faith with his first goal for the club to set the Tigers on their way.
Hull then doubled their lead after the break with a Dara O’Shea own goal – and Albion could not find a way past home goalkeeper Karl Darlow as they suffered a fourth league defeat in seven games.
It was also a fifth straight reverse on the road for injury-hit Albion, who are still without first-choice keeper Alex Palmer and winger Matt Phillips, who were joined on the sidelines by three more of their forwards – Grady Diangana, Brandon Thomas-Asante and Karlan Grant.
More to follow.
Line-ups
Hull
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 12Darlow
- 2Coyle
- 5Jones
- 17McLoughlin
- 3Elder
- 8Docherty
- 35Simons
- 16LongmanSubstituted forSayyadmaneshat 76′minutes
- 7FloodSubstituted forGreavesat 85′minutes
- 27Slater
- 30TettehSubstituted forestupinánat 64′minutes
Substitutes
- 4Greaves
- 6Figueiredo
- 9Sayyadmanesh
- 10Ebioway
- 18Traore
- 19estupinán
- 32lo-tutala
West Brom
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 33Griffiths
- 2FurlongSubstituted forChalobahat 58′minutes
- 4O’Shea
- 15PietersSubstituted forRichardsat 80′minutes
- 3TownsendSubstituted forReachat 65′minutes
- 35Yokuslu
- 14MolumbyBooked at 52minsSubstituted forGardner-Hickmanat 65′minutesBooked at 90mins
- 17J Wallace
- 19Swift
- 22Albrighton
- 12Dike
Substitutes
- 1Button
- 6Ajayi
- 20Reach
- 25Chalobah
- 29Gardner-Hickman
- 32Malcolm
- 37Richards
- Referee:
- James Linington
- Attendance:
- 17,021
Live Text
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Match ends, Hull City 2, West Bromwich Albion 0.
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Second Half ends, Hull City 2, West Bromwich Albion 0.
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Taylor Gardner-Hickman (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Taylor Gardner-Hickman (West Bromwich Albion).
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Greg Docherty (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Daryl Dike tries a through ball, but Adam Reach is caught offside.
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Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Callum Elder.
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Offside, Hull City. Lewie Coyle tries a through ball, but Regan Slater is caught offside.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Callum Elder (Hull City).
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Attempt missed. John Swift (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Daryl Dike with a headed pass.
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Substitution, Hull City. Jacob Greaves replaces Ozan Tufan.
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Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Ozan Tufan.
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Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Rico Richards replaces Erik Pieters.
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Attempt missed. Adam Reach (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jed Wallace.
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Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Regan Slater (Hull City).
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Attempt missed. Okay Yokuslu (West Bromwich Albion) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by John Swift with a cross following a set piece situation.
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Substitution, Hull City. Allahyar Sayyadmanesh replaces Ryan Longman.
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Jed Wallace (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.