Hull City 2-1 Fulham (2015-16 Championship)

Wed 19 Aug 2015 15:00	Hull City	(1) 2-1 (0)	Fulham	KC Stadium, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire Attendance: 16,759 Referee: Graham Salisbury
	Elmohamady  34' Aluko  86'	Report	Cairney  69'

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HULL CITY (4-4-2) GK 1 Allan McGregor DR 2 Moses Odubajo DC 21 Michael Dawson DC 6 Curtis Davies (c) DL 26 Andrew Robertson MR 27 Ahmed Elmohamady MC 7 David Meyler MC 8 Tom Huddlestone 78' ML 24 Sone Aluko ST 19 Chuba Akpom 72' ST 9 Abel Hernández 66' Substitutes: GK 16 Eldin Jakupović DF 5 Ryan Taylor DF 12 Harry Maguire DF 20 Isaac Hayden 78' MF 11 Sam Clucas 66' FW 18 Nikica Jelavić 72' FW 32 Greg Luer Manager: Steve Bruce

FULHAM (4-4-2) GK 1 Marcus Bettinelli 45+2' DR 2 Jazz Richards DC 4 Shaun Hutchinson DC 6 Nikolay Bodurov 60' DL 15 Kay Voser MR 10 Tom Cairney MC 21 Lasse Vigen Christensen MC 23 Jamie O'Hara ML 18 Ben Pringle 35' 87' ST 9 Matt Smith 45+2' ST 44 Ross McCormack (c) Substitutes: GK 24 Andy Lonergan 45+2' DF 32 Sean Kavanagh DF 33 Dan Burn MF 11 Alex Kačaniklić 87' MF 19 Ryan Tunnicliffe FW 16 Cauley Woodrow FW 25 Moussa Dembélé 45+2' Manager: Kit Symons

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Assistant referees: Anthony Tankard Duncan Street Fourth official: Ross Joyce Previous Meeting: Fulham 2-2 Hull City (2013-14 Premier League) (26 Apr 2014) Following Meeting: Fulham 0-1 Hull City (2015-16 Championship) (23 Jan 2016) Trivia Marcus Bettinelli and Matt Smith both suffer knee ligament injuries after colliding with one another late in the first half

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Statistics

	Hull City	Fulham
Possession	51%	49%
Shots on target	2	4
Shots off target	5	3
Shots blocked	3	1
Corner kicks	6	1
Fouls conceded	8	9
Offsides	2	0
Yellow cards	0	3
Red cards	0	0
Total passes	511	500
Passing success	81%	80%
Tackles	12	17
Tackles success	92%	76%
Total crosses	32	16
Successful crosses	31%	19%
Interceptions	14	13
Clearances	7	21

Images

1-0: Hull take the lead during the first half after Elmohamady scores with a close range header

Marcus Bettinelli is stretchered off after a nasty collision with Matt Smith who is also replaced in first half stoppage time

1-1: Tom Cairney scores his second goal in as many matches with another fantastic left footed finish from the edge of the area to equalise

2-1: Sone Aluko reacts quickest to a looped ball in the box and finishes past Lonergan late into the match to steal the points

Highlights

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