Double act could make Tigers a force to be reckoned with

An early brace from Kyle Joseph and a late Oli McBurnie header sealed a deserved 3-1 win for Hull City at Millwall to make it back-to-back wins.

- By BARRY COOPER

A second half sending off for the hosts left them down to 10 men when Femi Azeez kicked out at goalscorer Joseph, and while the hosts rallied to drag themselves back into it at 2-1 with 10 minutes left, McBurnie's clever header from Lewie Coyle's cross sealed a second away win on the bounce, and backed up Wednesday's win over Wrexham.

It’s also been the perfect response to what happened in that first half against Boro last Friday, and sees the Tigers inside the top six ahead of their final pre-Christmas outing at home to West Brom this weekend.

Another big success

It might have started a bit nervously in Bermondsey, but once Joseph angled in the opener, City didn't look back.

Alex Neil will point to the moment Liam Millar could have been sent off for a second yellow card when he kicked the ball away, but make no mistake about it, City were the dominant force, and Millwall were going nowhere in the game. If anything, the sending off of Azeez galvanised them for a period.