Manchester City 5-1 Hull City: result and report
Premier League · Friday 26 December 2008
Result
Manchester City 5-1 Hull City
Premier League · Friday 26 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 4-0
Manchester City 5-1 Hull City: match report
Manchester City defeated Hull City 5-1 in the Premier League on Friday 26 December 2008. It was 4-0 at half-time.
Felipe Caicedo opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Felipe Caicedo (14'), Felipe Caicedo (26'), Robinho (27'), Robinho (35') and Stephen Ireland (81'). Hull City scored through Craig Fagan (79').
Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Hull City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 18th on 18 points from 18 and Hull City 6th on 27 points from 18. Manchester City went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Hull City 17th with 35.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Hull City in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Hull City.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read L-L-D-L-W and Hull City's L-D-W-D-D.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Felipe Caicedo
- 26'Goal · Felipe Caicedo
- 27'Goal · Robinho
- 35'Goal · Robinho
- 45+1'Yellow card · Geovanni
- 72'Yellow card · Craig Fagan
- 72'Yellow card · Kamil Zayatte
- 75'Yellow card · Bernard Mendy
- 79'Goal · Craig Fagan
- 81'Goal · Stephen Ireland
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Hart, Richard Dunne, Javier Garrido, Michael Ball, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Gelson Fernandes, Michael Johnson, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Darius Vassell, Vedran Ćorluka
Hull City line-up (4-3-1-2)
Boaz Myhill, Michael Turner, Bernard Mendy, Paul McShane, Kamil Zayatte, Ian Ashbee, George Boateng, Dean Marney, Dean Windass, Marlon King, Diego Gómez