The game has upped the tempo now as Middlesbrough whip in a cross from the right but David Marshall comes out to claim it easily. 

Mark Lawrenson
Former Liverpool defender on BBC Radio 5 live

He's gone to hit it with the outside of his left foot and scooped it over. In terms of the move, Negredo got some of the Hull defenders to commit. You'd think with the confidence of a couple of goals at Leicester, he'd at least hit the target.

There we go! First chance of the game and it's a good one, lovely first-time lay-off by Marten de Roon lays in Alvaro Negredo, he's maybe 12 yards out but goes with the outside of his left foot for some reason and lashes it over. 

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Mark Lawrenson
Former Liverpool defender on BBC Radio 5 live

I've not been counting the passes, but I think there's been more backwards than forwards. It's a good job there's not extra-time. Hull might see it as a good thing not to lose this game, but surely Boro want to play? At the moment, the ball is the enemy of both sides.

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Both sides are struggling to keep the ball in these early stages. Find a man!

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Mark Lawrenson
Former Liverpool defender on BBC Radio 5 live

Straight away Alvaro Negredo looks like a lonely figure up front. The ball was played up to him and there were three black shirts around him.

Both managers should be targeting this one as a very winnable game - but they have both set up in defensive mind in the early stages. 

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Crunching tackle from Boro's former Manchester United defender Fabio, the crowd enjoy that one. 

And we are off! Hull get us going...

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Mark Lawrenson
Former Liverpool defender on BBC Radio 5 live

There's a reason why Hull are struggling. The couple of times I've seen them they have looked very ordinary. It's almost as if they know that the bottom three will be very likely.  

Here we go then, Hull's players are keeping their tracksuit tops on until the last possible moment...

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Middlesbrough: Valdes, Barragan, Chambers, Gibson, Da Silva, Forshaw, Clayton, de Roon, Ramirez, Negredo, Fischer. Subs: Bernardo, Leadbitter, Guzan, Stuani, Downing, Nsue, Traore.

Hull: Marshall, Elmohamady, Davies, Dawson, Robertson, Snodgrass, Livermore, Clucas, Mason, Henriksen, Diomande.

Subs: Maguire, Meyler, Huddlestone, Jakupovic, Weir, Tymon, Bowen. Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)

And, befitting the Dean, there's a right old light show on at the Riverside now. Not far off a U2 gig. Almost time to get the show on the road. 

If you are not quite sold on tonight's Premier League game, how about if I tell you that Mike Dean is ref?Yeah, I thought so. 

The night's sole FA Cup tie is up and running at Sincil Bank. 

Twenty minutes to kick-off at the Riverside, where most folk are wisely still sheltering from the elements inside the concourses. The weather report said it was set to be hovering around 1C this evening, and each player during their warm-up is creating a cloud of visible breath. 

Definitely a two-pairs-of-socks night. And a Bovril. 

League Two Newport County or Plymouth Argyle will travel to Anfield to face Premier League Liverpool in the FA Cup third round.

West Ham will host Manchester City in the pick of the all-Premier League ties, with Everton set to welcome Leicester City.

The 32 third-round ties will be played across the weekend of 6-9 January 2017.

See the full draw here. 

There were some screamers hit up and down the land over the weekend. Feast your eyes on this little lot...

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The second round of the FA Cup draws to a close tonight, as in-form National League side Lincoln City host League One strugglers Oldham

Lincoln, who have not lost a game since 24 September, are bidding to reach the next stage for the first time since the 2009-10, while Oldham have failed to reach the third round for the past two seasons.

The winning team will face an away trip to Ipswich in the next round.