HOW THEY RATED
STARTING FORMATION: 4-4-1-1
BRAD COLLINS: Should have saved Philogene’s low 31st-minute shot that bobbled over his body and into the net but pulled off a really good one-handed stop at his near post to deny the young forward a second before the break. Should have attacked the ball more aggressively to attempt to clear when Ohio nipped in to an under-hit backpass for Hull’s winner. 5 JOEL LATIBEAUDIERE: Deployed at right-back, the defender had his work cut out trying to stem the flow of early balls into the box. Gave away the penalty when he tripped Delap. 5
BOBBY THOMAS: Won plenty of headers from a string of Hull crosses and corners into the box in the first half and slid in to challenges. Incredible effort after Sunday’s energy-sapping display, and topped it with an equalising goal just before the hour. Under-hit a backpass to the keeper that allowed Ohio to nip in and score Hull’s third. 7 LUIS BINKS: Made a crucial block tackle to deny Delap having a shot on goal in the opening minutes and played with confidence, sending some decent long balls down the line looking for Godden. Excellent throughout but forced off with what looked like a muscle injury on 65 minutes. 7 JAKE BIDWELL: Linked up well with Dasilva down the left and provided his trademark solid presence at the back. Taken off and replaced by a striker at the break. 5.5
JOSH ECCLES: Deployed wide on the right of a midfield four, Eccles got forward well on the counter attack as City soaked up plenty of first-half pressure and played on the break. 6.5 BEN SHEAF: Made excellent use of the ball and showed incredible fitness given he’d played 120 minutes on Sunday. Solid display from the class act who finally ran out of steam and was replaced by Allen for the last 14 minutes. 6.5
LIAM KELLY: Slotted back into midfield where he used his fresh legs and experience to good effect, doing an excellent job until he gave the ball away near the halfway line that sparked a counter attack that led to the penalty. 7
JAY DASILVA: Played on the left wing and looked decent when he ventured forward and got back well to help defend for long periods in the first half. Dropped into left-back after the break but got forward on the overlap to provide the assist for Thomas to equalise. 7.5
KASEY PALMER: Showed some nice touches but unable to provide the magic touch or killer pass in a difficult first half an hour but hit a stunning 22 yard free-kick into the top corner to pull City level on 36 minutes. Looked more of a threat after the break when the two strikers went on. 7
MATTY GODDEN: Pressed and chased from the front but struggled to hold the ball up on his own and make it stick while up against two big quality centre-backs. Taken off at the break. 4.5 SUBSTITUTES:
ELLIS SIMMS (HT, for Bidwell): Added some much-needed power, strength and a goal threat up front after a poor first 45 minutes from City. 6.5
HAJI WRIGHT (HT, for Godden): Like Simms, increased City’s threat in the final third as they looked to battle back from 2-1 down, stretching the Hull defence. 6.5
MILAN VAN EWIJK (59 mins, for Latibeaudiere): Showed excellent fitness to slot in at right-back and use his pace to good effect. 5.5 LIAM KITCHING (65 mins, for the injured Binks): 5.5
JAMIE ALLEN (76 mins, for Sheaf): Great to see him back on the pitch and offering plenty of trademark energy. 5
Subs (not used): Ben Wilson (GK), Dermi Lusala, Kai Andrews, Aidan Dausch.
HULL CITY (4-4-2): Ryan Allsop; Regan Slater, Alfie Jones, Jacob Greaves, Matty Jacob; Abdulkadir Omur, Tyler Morton, Jean Michael Seri, Jaden Philogene; Fabio Carvalho, Liam Delap. Subs (not used): Matt Ingram (GK), Lewie Coyle, Ryan Giles, Sean Mcloughlin, Ozan Tufan, Noah Ohio, Adama Traore, Billy Sharp, Cyrus Christie. GOALS – SKY BLUES: Palmer (36), Thomas (58); TIGERS: Philogene (31), Carvalho (45+1 pen), Ohio (78)
REFEREE: Leigh Doughty.
ATTENDANCE: 25,023 (737 away).
NEXT UP: Blackburn Rovers (a) Saturday, April 27 (3pm).