Crystal Palace 0-2 Hull City

Hull City had lost their previous three Premier League games

• Hull one point above relegation zone

• Four of Hull's last five games are at home

• Palace still to face Chelsea and Man Utd

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Hull City boosted their chances of avoiding relegation from the Premier League as Dame N'Doye scored both goals in a hard-earned win at Crystal Palace.

N'Doye tapped home the first after Robbie Brady's effort was deflected into his path.

The Senegal forward had enough chances to claim a hat-trick as Palace slipped to a second straight home defeat.

Palace's best chance fell to Glenn Murray but N'Doye sealed the points in the closing stages on the counter.

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After Lee Chung-yong gave the ball away, 30-year-old N'Doye kept his composure to fire past Julian Speroni, who had kept Palace in the game with a series of fine saves.

Hull climb one place in the table to 16th, one point above the relegation zone.

But with four of their remaining five games against Liverpool (home), Arsenal (home), Tottenham (away) and Manchester United (home), Tigers boss Steve Bruce and his players cannot relax.

Hull City are in their second season back in the Premier League having finished 16th last campaign after promotion from the Championship

However, Bruce will take comfort from a committed, gutsy and determined performance as Hull ended a run of three straight defeats.

It could all have been so different had 40-year-old Hull goalkeeper Steve Harper not saved well from Murray early in the game after the ball fell invitingly at the Palace striker's feet six yards out.

This was a rare off-day from Alan Pardew's mid-table Palace.

They were a shadow of the side that confidently dispatched reigning champions Manchester City earlier this month.

Speroni produced fine saves to keep out N'Doye and Tom Huddlestone before the former broke the deadlock after 52 minutes from almost point-blank range after Brady had been denied.

N'Doye, who joined from Lokomotiv Moscow in February, wasted another chance before Palace substitute Yaya Sanogo had a goal ruled out for a push.

Hull substitute Liam Rosenior rattled the crossbar before N'Doye added the second in the dying moments to seal a rare away win for the Premier League strugglers.

Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew: "Key decisions went against us. The first goal was handball, we had a penalty with Wilf (Zaha), I think we had a penalty when Glenn (Murray) should have scored in the first half. And then our (disallowed) goal, I think that's a tough call.

"We were poor today though, we weren't at it at all, and we'll address that in our way."

Hull City manager Steve Bruce: "For me the reason why we're in the situation we are all comes down to taking your chances. We must have had five, six or seven when we could have gone two or even three-nil up.

"Our inability to take them, in the Premier league, that's the difference. You don't create that many, and when you do create one, you've got to take it.

"Thankfully today we've managed to take one and that relieves the pressure."

Hull City's Ahmed Elmohamady with a mobile phone after his side score against Crystal Palace

Hull boss Steve Bruce managed Crystal Palace in 2001

Crystal Palace manager manager Alan Pardew said key decisions went against his team