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Strelec steers Boro into ninth-minute lead, Gilbert doubles advantage Whittaker curls in fine third, Mc Gree makes it four before half-time Gelhardt wins and converts penalty to pull one back for ninth-placed Hull Kick-off delayed by 15 minutes due to weather and travel issues Second-placed Boro start night 10pts behind Championship leaders Coventry Have your say using Get Involved button, #bbcefl on X, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Alex Hoad and Jamie Riley Hull City 1-4 Middlesbrough Riley Mc Gree has been excellent tonight, up and down and scoring the fourth goal, and gets a deserved curtain call with Delano Burgzorg replacing him for the final five minutes and change. Use yellow button on page, #bbcefl on X, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) It's about time we put a team to the sword. Whittaker after finally breaking his duck is now flying. Really pleased for him. The team as a whole has been fantastic, really clicking tonight. Mark Mc Elvaney, Middlesbrough Hull City 1-4 Middlesbrough Matt Crooks brings down Hayden Hackney with a rather crude challenge just outside the box on the Boro left. A frustrating night for the former Boro man. Hackney takes it himself but his cross-shot is headed behind by Charlie Hughes. That could have gone anywhere. .. Hull City 1-4 Middlesbrough Boro have scored four in the first half for the first time since they did so against Norwich in April 2023 but are keen on a fifth here as Sammy Silvera sees a 20-yard effort cannon behind off a defender for a corner. Hayden Hackney gets a hero's reception from the travelling fans massed in the corner before he takes it but his deep delivery is narrowly missed by the stretching Matt Targett at the far post. Two changes for Boro now, opening scorer David Strelec is off, as is Morgan Whittaker, who got the third, with Kaly Sene and Sverre Nypan coming on for the closing stages. More headaches for the Tigers backline. Hull City 1-4 Middlesbrough Some lovely play from Hull, Regan Slater swinging a fine pass out left to Liam Millar who plays in the flying Ryan Giles on the overlap against his former club, but his low cross is cut-out at the near post. Darko Gyabi and David Akintola are now coming on for Slater and Joe Gelhardt for the final 15-odd minutes. Hull City 1-4 Middlesbrough Matt Targett whips in a free-kick from the left which Lewie Coyle does well to head away, with Mo Belloumi completing the clearance via a nice one-two and a couple of shimmies on the tight hand side to beat his marker. He's definitely caught the eye since coming on at the break. Good player last season too before suffering a serious knee injury. You might even see him light up the World Cup with Algeria next summer if he keeps this up. Hull City 1-4 Middlesbrough Mike White Commentator on BBC Radio Humberside We have said this this second half was all about damage limitations and they have done that. They have probably been the better side this half as well. Hull City 1-4 Middlesbrough Alex Bangura's race is run, George Edmundson is coming on for him, while Sammy Silvera will replace Tommy Conway. Matt Targett will likely revert to full-back. Hull City 1-4 Middlesbrough Boro threatening a fifth as Callum Brittain storms down the right and whips in a low cross which Ivor Pandur parries out at his near post, only to Hayden Hackney whose fierce follow-up deflects across goal and past the upright. Use yellow button on page, #bbcefl on X, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Never a penalty, there is absolutely NO contact. Gelhardt stubs his foot in the turf after he's passed the keeper. It's cheating yet he's got away with it. Richard Hare, Scunthorpe Hull City 1-4 Middlesbrough The good spell continues as Joe Gelhardt's far-post header earns a corner before Charlie Hughes glances across the face of goal from the subsequent set-piece. Another Hull sub as Enes Destan is off with fit-again Liam Millar heading on. Hull City 1-4 Middlesbrough Neil Maddison Former Middlesbrough midfielder on BBC Tees Boro got really sloppy playing out from the back with a loose ball, and Brynn gets a connection on the player, so it is a fair decision. It isn't a great penalty, it goes down the middle but it did the job. Joe Gelhardt (pen) Juuuust. Joe Gelhardt picks himself up and takes it himself, curling it down the middle and just about sneaking past the trailing studs of Sol Brynn, diving to his left. That's 10 for the season for Gelhardt and the comeback is on. .. maybe. Hull City 0-4 Middlesbrough Sol Brynn wipes out Joe Gelhardt and City have a penalty. On second glance there's not a lot of contact there. Brynn raced off his line to get to a through-ball on the edge of the box but Gelhardt nipped in just before to tap it round him and then went to ground after a clip on his heel, when he might have had the chance to tuck into an unguarded net. Hull City 0-4 Middlesbrough Boro's turn to threaten, and boy do they look composed in tight spaces in and around the box, with Hayden Hackney sliding it left to Alex Bangura, who sees a low cross into the goalmouth well cut out by a sliding defender. Hull City 0-4 Middlesbrough Dean Whitestone has kept his cards in his pocket until now but has no choice but to whip out a yellow for Regan Slater as he hauls down Tommy Conway as he tries to break away through midfield. One for the team, they are called. Hull City 0-4 Middlesbrough A shot on target for the Tigers. A free-kick into the box from the left causes a melee with Alfie Jones and John Egan almost getting in each other's way until the ball drops to Egan to fire a low volley straight at Sol Brynn, whose name I write for the first time this evening. Hull having a good spell. .. Hull City 0-4 Middlesbrough Peter Swan Former Hull City player on BBC Radio Humberside Boro are having to change the way they play, as they are not getting that space in wide areas that they were in the first half. Hull have been the better of the two sides so far after the break. Hull City 0-4 Middlesbrough Former Boro man Matt Crooks is showing some fight in the second half, literally, flying into a fierce sliding tackle on halfway to win the ball firmly but fairly. A relic of a bygone age, that challenge, on a slick surface with a five-yard follow through. Glorious. Hull have certainly been better since the break, but the bar was fairly low to begin with. Use yellow button on page, #bbcefl on X, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) As a Hull fan watching from Liverpool, I'm struck by how there is no middle ground with us this year: when we're good we're brilliant and play some beautiful football, but when we are bad. .. oh boy are we bad. Mark Alden, Bootle, Merseyside Hull are collapsing like a pack of cards, i think more goals are to come second half. Kim, Cornfield Match report to appear here. Rate players out of 10 for this game. The rater will close 30 minutes after the final whistle. You must be signed in to a BBC account to play. After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Last Updated 5th December 2025 at 21: 49 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Sergej Jakirovic Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Kim Hellberg Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Manager: Sergej Jakirovic Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Kim Hellberg Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Championship All competitions All competitions All competitions Hull have won just one of their last six league games against Middlesbrough (D1 L4), a 2-1 away win in December 2023. Following a 1-0 win in this exact fixture last season, Middlesbrough are looking to win consecutive away league games against Hull for the first time. Hull City have won six of their last 10 league games (D1 L3), with only league leaders Coventry City winning more since the start of October (10). Having won their first two Championship away games this season, Middlesbrough have since won just one of their last seven on the road (D4 L2). Joe Gelhardt has been involved in nine goals in his last nine Championship appearances (7 goals, 2 assists), netting the winning goal in all five of Hull City’s victories in that run. 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