Hull City 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 6 December 2008
Result
Hull City 2-1 Middlesbrough
Premier League · Saturday 6 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Hull City 2-1 Middlesbrough: match report
Hull City defeated Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 December 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Tuncay Şanlı opened the scoring in the 79th minute. Hull City's goals came from an own goal by Ross Turnbull (81') and Marlon King (84'). Middlesbrough scored through Tuncay Şanlı (79').
Discipline: Hull City received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Hull City were 6th on 23 points from 15 and Middlesbrough 12th on 19 points from 15. Hull City went on to finish that season 17th with 35 points, and Middlesbrough 19th with 32.
Hull City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Hull City's last five read D-D-D-L-L and Middlesbrough's D-L-D-W-D.
Key events
- 57'Yellow card · Ian Ashbee
- 75'Yellow card · Tuncay Şanlı
- 79'Goal · Tuncay Şanlı
- 81'Own goal · Ross Turnbull
- 84'Red card · David Wheater
- 84'Goal · Marlon King
Team news
Hull City line-up (4-4-2)
Boaz Myhill, Michael Turner, Paul McShane, Kamil Zayatte, Ian Ashbee, Nick Barmby, George Boateng, Dean Marney, Marlon King, Diego Gómez, Samuel Ricketts
Middlesbrough line-up (4-4-2)
Ross Turnbull, Justin Hoyte, Andrew Taylor, Emanuel Pogatetz, David Wheater, D. Digard, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, Jérémie Aliadière, Afonso Alves, Sanli Tuncay