Hull City 2-0 West Brom: Benjamin Tetteh gets off the mark as Tigers beat Baggies

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Benjamin Tetteh's opener was the summertime  signing's archetypal  extremity   for Hull City - connected  his 16th appearanceBenjamin Tetteh's opener was the summertime signing's archetypal extremity for Hull City - connected his 16th appearance

Hull City saw disconnected Championship play-off hopefuls West Bromwich Albion arsenic they scored a extremity successful each fractional to easiness to lone their seventh location league triumph of the season.

After being preferred to apical scorer Oscar Estupinan, Benjamin Tetteh rewarded manager Liam Rosenior's religion with his archetypal extremity for the nine to acceptable the Tigers connected their way.

Hull past doubled their pb aft the interruption with a Dara O'Shea ain extremity - and Albion could not find a mode past location goalkeeper Karl Darlow arsenic they suffered a 4th league decision successful 7 games.

It was besides a 5th consecutive reverse connected the roadworthy for injury-hit Albion, who are inactive without first-choice keeper Alex Palmer and winger Matt Phillips, who were joined connected the sidelines by 3 much of their forwards - Grady Diangana, Brandon Thomas-Asante and Karlan Grant.

Home keeper Darlow had to marque a drawstring of aboriginal first-half saves earlier the Baggies were made to wage for their profligacy by the Tigers' 33rd-minute opener.

Tetteh nodded down a agelong shot from the backmost and, though Regan Slater was dispossessed by Okay Yukuslu, the escaped shot squirted near to Tetteh connected the country of the container and helium turned sharply earlier firing an angled onslaught which Albion keeper Josh Griffiths could lone get his fingertips to arsenic it arrowed into the apical close corner.

It was reward for a overmuch improved Hull show earlier the interruption pursuing an impromptu touchline speech from Rosenior to the bulk of his players portion determination was a intermission for an injury.

The Hull betterment was maintained successful the 2nd fractional - and the pb was doubled connected 57 minutes.

Griffiths gave distant a country erstwhile helium denied Tetteh with different angled onslaught - and Ozan Tufan's inswinging country from the near was glanced into his ain nett by Albion skipper O'Shea astatine the adjacent station nether unit from Sean McLoughlin.

Albion had a accidental to get backmost successful it erstwhile John Swift's right-foot escaped footwear deed the wrong of the near station earlier skewing disconnected to information - and Darlow had to propulsion disconnected different cardinal prevention to contradict Jed Wallace.

But the Tigers held retired to assertion a 4th successive location cleanable sheet.

Who's next?

Hull City's adjacent crippled is connected Saturday, 11 March, astatine different Midlands play-off seeking side, Coventry City.

Albion are backmost successful enactment earlier then, connected Tuesday, with a location crippled against bottommost nine Wigan Athletic earlier hosting different struggling broadside Huddersfield Town adjacent Saturday.

Line-ups

Hull

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 12Darlow
  • 2Coyle
  • 5Jones
  • 17McLoughlin
  • 3Elder
  • 8Docherty
  • 35Simons
  • 16LongmanSubstituted forSayyadmaneshat 76'minutes
  • 7TufanSubstituted forGreavesat 85'minutes
  • 27Slater
  • 30TettehSubstituted forEstupiñánat 64'minutes

Substitutes

  • 4Greaves
  • 6Figueiredo
  • 9Sayyadmanesh
  • 10Ebiowei
  • 18Traoré
  • 19Estupiñán
  • 32Lo-Tutala

West Brom

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 33Griffiths
  • 2FurlongSubstituted forChalobahat 58'minutes
  • 4O'Shea
  • 15PietersSubstituted forRichardsat 80'minutes
  • 3TownsendSubstituted forReachat 65'minutes
  • 35Yokuslu
  • 14MolumbyBooked astatine 52minsSubstituted forGardner-Hickmanat 65'minutesBooked astatine 90mins
  • 17J Wallace
  • 19Swift
  • 22Albrighton
  • 12Dike

Substitutes

  • 1Button
  • 6Ajayi
  • 20Reach
  • 25Chalobah
  • 29Gardner-Hickman
  • 32Malcolm
  • 37Richards

Referee:James Linington

Attendance:17,021

Live Text

  1. Match ends, Hull City 2, West Bromwich Albion 0.

  2. Second Half ends, Hull City 2, West Bromwich Albion 0.

  3. Taylor Gardner-Hickman (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.

  4. Foul by Taylor Gardner-Hickman (West Bromwich Albion).

  5. Greg Docherty (Hull City) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  6. Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Daryl Dike tries a done ball, but Adam Reach is caught offside.

  7. Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Callum Elder.

  8. Offside, Hull City. Lewie Coyle tries a done ball, but Regan Slater is caught offside.

  9. Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.

  10. Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Callum Elder (Hull City).

  11. Attempt missed. John Swift (West Bromwich Albion) near footed changeable from the centre of the container misses to the right. Assisted by Daryl Dike with a headed pass.

  12. Substitution, Hull City. Jacob Greaves replaces Ozan Tufan.

  13. Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Ozan Tufan.

  14. Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Rico Richards replaces Erik Pieters.

  15. Attempt missed. Adam Reach (West Bromwich Albion) close footed changeable from the centre of the container misses to the left. Assisted by Jed Wallace.

  16. Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  17. Foul by Regan Slater (Hull City).

  18. Attempt missed. Okay Yokuslu (West Bromwich Albion) with an effort from the centre of the container misses to the right. Assisted by John Swift with a transverse pursuing a acceptable portion situation.

  19. Substitution, Hull City. Allahyar Sayyadmanesh replaces Ryan Longman.

  20. Jed Wallace (West Bromwich Albion) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.

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