Hull 2-0 Crystal Palace Highlights

Hull picked up three points for the first time since the opening day of the season with a hard-fought win over Crystal Palace.

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Venue: KC Stadium
Date: Saturday, 4 October, 2014
Kick off: 15:00 GMT

Head-to-head

Crystal Palace won the corresponding fixture 1-0 last season as part of a league double over Hull.

Hull have not scored in their last three home games against Palace. Their goalless drought against the Eagles at the KC Stadium currently stands at 329 minutes since a 1-1 draw in April 2011.

Palace are unbeaten in their last eight matches against Hull (W4, D4) since a 2-1 Championship away defeat in 2008.

Hull

The Tigers have won just once in 11 Premier League matches since their FA Cup semi-final win over Sheffield United in April (D4, L6).

The 1-0 win over QPR on the opening day of this season is their only clean sheet so far. They have conceded 11 goals in their subsequent five games.

Club record signing Abel Hernandez has scored two goals in three games for the Tigers.

Steve Bruce managed Crystal Palace for the first 14 games of the 2001-02 season, winning 10 of them, before leaving to take charge of Birmingham City.

Crystal Palace

The Eagles remain unbeaten under Neil Warnock: back-to-back victories have followed successive draws in his opening two matches back in charge.

Palace have lost just once in their last seven away league matches (W4, L2).

However, they are without a clean sheet in their last four games on the road dating back to last season, conceding nine goals in the process.

Only Chelsea (10) and Manchester City (eight) have scored more away goals than the seven by Palace.

Seven of the Eagles’ 10 goals have been scored in the second half.

Captain Mile Jedinak has made more tackles (33) and interceptions (23) than any other Premier League player this season. He finished top of both lists in 2013-14.

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