Hull City 2-0 Ipswich Town: Jarrod Bowen and Jackson Irvine end Tigers' winless home run
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Jarrod Bowen (right) scored his first goal of the season in Hull's win over Ipswich
Hull City avoided a club record seventh successive home defeat with victory over Ipswich, who remain without a win this season.
Jarrod Bowen gave the Tigers the perfect start, lifting the ball over Dean Gerken from Fraizer Campbell's pass in the third minute to cap a rapid counter-attack.
Jordan Graham went closest to an equaliser before the break, bending a left-foot shot narrowly the wrong side of the post.
But Jackson Irvine wrapped up the points for Hull late on when he beat Jordan Spence and poked the ball home.
It was no more than Hull deserved as they had the better of the openings after the break, Gerken brilliantly denying both Campbell and Bowen while Evandro saw an effort cleared off the line by Matthew Pennington.
Ipswich did have chances too but another Graham shot flew straight at Tigers keeper David Marshall.
Hull's victory was only their second of the season and ensured they did not set a new unwanted club record, having suffered six successive home defeats since beating QPR 4-0 in April - the joint-worst run of home form since 1992.
But Ipswich have now lost all four of their away games this season and slipped to the bottom of the early Championship table following Reading's victory at Preston.
The Tractor Boys are yet to win in eight games under boss Paul Hurst, who joined from Shrewsbury in the summer, and have now failed to beat Hull in the last 12 meetings between the clubs.
Hull City boss Nigel Adkins said:
"Three points, a clean sheet, first home win of the season, dogged performance - well done to the players and well done to the supporters.
"The last home game we played some really good football. Today was different, we started off really well getting the goal through Jarrod Bowen and then for me, it was stop-start in the second half.
"We get into half-time 1-0 up, the goalkeeper has made two really good saves from Jarrod Bowen, and it was that dogged performance from us. Towards the end, the second goal we've gone and scored was really good play, Jackson Irvine has showed fantastic desire and tenacity to outmuscle the defender and go for it."
Ipswich Town manager Paul Hurst said:
"We didn't start the game well enough, not just the goal but overall. We gave Hull a shot of confidence that we spoke about not doing.
"Both goals are very avoidable, I'm not saying we would have got that equaliser but the second goal kills it altogether, they were terrible decisions on our part and overall we have been punished again for our mistakes.
"If you keep making mistakes, the higher up you go, they are going to take them and it makes the task more difficult."