Hull City 0-2 Stoke City: Potters boost survival hopes by beating Tigers

Stoke have won three of their past five Championship games

Stoke City moved five points above the Championship relegation zone with an impressive victory at play-off chasing Hull City.

Potters skipper Josh Laurent opened the scoring and Ki-Jana Hoever added a clincher in added time to give the Potters consecutive away wins.

The defeat damaged Hull's hopes of reviving their push for a play-off place and they are now winless in five matches and six points outside the top six.

Liam Rosenior's Tigers failed to get going against a solid, hard-working Stoke outfit who deserved their win.

Ninth-placed Hull went into the game badly needing three points after four straight draws had seen teams above them pull away, while Stoke are among a cluster of sides battling relegation.

Buoyed by their win at Preston in their last away trip, Stoke had the better of an uneventful first half with Sead Haksabanovic firing over the bar after Ryan Mmaee - picked to start for the first time since January - had a shot blocked as Stoke players appealed for handball.

Hull were strangely subdued, with Noah Ohio almost getting on the end of Jaden Philogene's cross in a rare first-half opportunity.

Stoke's Enda Stevens kept dangerman Philogene quiet but Steven Schumacher's men, despite having the edge in the game, lacked a cutting edge in open play.

Ohio headed wide and Philogene dragged a shot off target as Hull perked up a little, but Stoke struck from a corner with 20 minutes left, in front of their own fans.

A corner was flicked on by Mmaee and Laurent finished at the far post to put the Potters ahead.

Hull tried to rally but looked more like conceding again as Ryan Allsop's save denied Mehdi Leris and Andre Vidigal's control let him down when presented with another chance.

Wolves loanee Hoever settled Stoke nerves in the third minute of added time, his shot deflecting past Allsop to make sure of the three points.

The win lifts Stoke to 17th, while Hull are now six points adrift of sixth-placed Norwich, but do have a game in hand.

Hull City manager Liam Rosenior told BBC Radio Humberside:

"I feel flat, so disappointed, not just in the outcome but in our performance. There was no energy, no thrust to our play and when you don't play to your level it's important you don't concede goals.

"The first goal is crucial. Stoke bombarded our left side aerially. We have to deal with that. It's basic football. From the corner we didn't mark the first one and then didn't mark the second one.#

"Then you're chasing the game. I put two out-and-out strikers on the pitch and gambled, and we conceded a second. It's happening too often.

"I'd be crazy to say anything else. It's still achievable. It's not over with eight games left to play but we have to perform better than that to get close to it."

Stoke City head coach Steven Schumacher told BBC Radio Stoke:

"It was probably as complete a performance as we've had since we've been here.

"We were excellent from the first minute and probably the better team, although they had a spell just after half-time where they started quite brightly.

"We weathered that storm and came back into it, getting the goals at an important time so it was a brilliant performance and a huge three points.

"We've had a lot of time to think about Hull and to prepare for it, We committed ourselves to every challenge, every second ball. We were on it, and we passed it well as well."

• Line-ups
• Match Stats
• Live Text

Line-ups

Hull

Formation 4-2-3-1

17Allsop

2Coyle5Jones6McLoughlin3Giles

27Slater24Seri

23Philogene45Carvalho47Zaroury

9Ohio

• 17Allsop
• 2Coyle
• 5Jones
• 6McLoughlin
• 3GilesSubstituted forConnollyat 75'minutes
• 27SlaterSubstituted forMortonat 59'minutes
• 24SeriSubstituted forSharpat 71'minutes
• 23Philogene
• 45Carvalho
• 47ZarourySubstituted forÖmürat 59'minutes
• 9OhioSubstituted forTufanat 71'minutes

Substitutes

• 7Tufan
• 10Traoré
• 12Sharp
• 15Morton
• 29Jacob
• 30Pandur
• 33Christie
• 44Connolly
• 50Ömür

Stoke

Formation 4-4-2

1Iversen

17Hoever23McNally5Rose3Stevens

27Léris25Cundle15Thompson20Haksabanovic

28Laurent19Mmaee

• 1Iversen
• 17Hoever
• 23McNallyBooked at 18mins
• 5RoseBooked at 28mins
• 3StevensBooked at 74mins
• 27LérisSubstituted forBakerat 80'minutes
• 25CundleSubstituted forCunha Vidigalat 71'minutes
• 15Thompson
• 20HaksabanovicSubstituted forBaeat 71'minutes
• 28LaurentBooked at 33mins
• 19MmaeeSubstituted forEnnisat 80'minutes

Substitutes

• 7Cunha Vidigal
• 8Baker
• 10Campbell
• 12Johnson
• 13Bonham
• 14Ennis
• 16Wilmot
• 22Bae
• 42Manhoef

Referee:

Graham Scott

Attendance:

24,601

Match Stats

Home TeamHullAway TeamStoke

Possession

Home62%

Away38%

Shots

Home12

Away19

Shots on Target

Home0

Away4

Corners

Home8

Away5

Fouls

Home6

Away13

Live Text

1. Post update

   Match ends, Hull City 0, Stoke City 2.

2. 90'+5'

   Full Time

   Second Half ends, Hull City 0, Stoke City 2.

3. 90'+3'

   Goal!

   Goal! Hull City 0, Stoke City 2. Ki-Jana Hoever (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bae Jun-Ho.

4. 90'+2'

   Post update

   Attempt missed. Billy Sharp (Hull City) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Fábio Carvalho with a cross following a corner.

5. 90'+2'

   Post update

   Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Daniel Iversen.

6. 86'

   Post update

   Offside, Hull City. Ozan Tufan is caught offside.

7. 84'

   Post update

   Foul by Tyler Morton (Hull City).

8. 84'

   Post update

   Lewis Baker (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

9. 83'

   Post update

   Attempt blocked. Tyler Morton (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ozan Tufan.

10. 82'

    Post update

    Ozan Tufan (Hull City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

11. 82'

    Post update

    Foul by Jordan Thompson (Stoke City).

12. 80'

    Substitution

    Substitution, Stoke City. Niall Ennis replaces Ryan Mmaee.

13. 80'

    Substitution

    Substitution, Stoke City. Lewis Baker replaces Mehdi Léris.

14. 77'

    Post update

    Attempt saved. Mehdi Léris (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josh Laurent.

15. 77'

    Post update

    Attempt blocked. Josh Laurent (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bae Jun-Ho.

16. 76'

    Post update

    Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Mehdi Léris.

17. 75'

    Substitution

    Substitution, Hull City. Aaron Connolly replaces Ryan Giles.

18. 74'

    Booking

    Enda Stevens (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

19. 74'

    Post update

    Abdülkadir Ömür (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

20. 74'

    Post update

    Foul by Enda Stevens (Stoke City).

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