Hull City 0-3 Newcastle United: Magpies add to Bruce’s misery

John Carver earned his first victory as Newcastle United manager as the Magpies comfortably beat Hull City at the KC Stadium in the day’s early kick off.

Remy Cabella impressively opened his account for Newcastle as half time approached, before second half strikes from Sammy Ameobi and Yoan Gouffran condemned Hull to their fourth straight defeat.

The win sees Newcastle move back into the top half of the table, whilst Hull remain in deep trouble down in 18th with 15 games remaining.

Newcastle brought in Ameobi and Gouffran from the home defeat to Southampton two weeks ago, but it was the hosts who had the more clear-cut early chances.

After Moussa Sissoko flashed a shot wide for Newcastle, Tim Krul and Fabricio Coloccini somehow combined to deny Curtis Davies what seemed a certain goal after Ahmed Elmohamady’s deep cross.

Five minutes before half time, Cabella won possession 30 yards from the Hull goal and weaved his way through a few challenges before striking a brilliant left foot effort past Alan McGregor to put the visitors in front.

The first half finished on a bizarre note as Elmohamady ran off celebrating after putting the ball in the net, only to be booked for what turned out to be a clear, Maradona-esque handball.

It didn’t take the Magpies long to double their lead in the second half, as Ameobi emphatically punished Gaston Ramirez for casually conceding possession with a dipping left foot effort from 30 yards.

Hull nearly halved the deficit when Krul saved Ramirez’s angled strike, but Gouffran put the result beyond doubt with a deflected effort after ghosting his way through a non-existent home defence.

Newcastle held on for their first clean sheet in ten outings, while it is now six defeats in their last eight games for Bruce's struggling Tigers.