Hull City 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday: Pressure increases on Tigers boss Tim Walter after defeat

Sheffield Wednesday inflicted a 2-0 Sky Bet Championship defeat on Hull to ramp up the pressure on Tim Walter.

The Tigers have now gone nine games without a win and were second best for much of this contest at the MKM Stadium, where a sizeable number of home supporters could be heard chanting "we want Walter out" during the second half.

Josh Windass opened the scoring from the penalty spot - the first spot-kick Wednesday had been awarded since May 2023 - before Michael Smith sealed the points late on as Danny Rohl's side climbed into the top half of the table.

Walter had bemoaned his side's recent luck in his programme notes but could have few complaints about this result after a dreary display from the hosts.

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Djeidi Gassama's driving run saw him play in Windass after seven minutes but his low effort was just wide of the target.

A minute later the hosts had their first chance of note when Kasey Palmer drilled wide from 20 yards before Wednesday almost opened the scoring at the other end as Windass fed Ike Ugbo, who pulled his shot across the face of goal.

Charlie Hughes made a crucial block to deny Gassama and Shea Charles fired wide as the visitors began to take control.

Gassama pulled the ball back for Pol Valentin after 21 minutes but his shot from 12 yards was high and wide.

Hull had offered little in the opening half-hour but should have gone ahead when Palmer found Regan Slater unmarked six yards out but his low effort was kept out by James Beadle.

The Owls went in front after 37 minutes. Charles went down in the box after the hosts missed several opportunities to clear their lines and Windass, son of former Hull favourite Dean, converted Wednesday's first penalty since the final day of the 2022-23 season.

Having waited 18 months for a spot-kick, Wednesday might have had another six minutes later but Oliver Langford waved away Valentin's appeals after he tangled with Cody Drameh.

Xavier Simons saw his low shot brilliantly turned onto the post by Beadle as Wednesday preserved their lead until half-time.

The second half proved a tepid affair until the 63rd minute, when Joao Pedro rose to meet Marvin Mehlem's corner and forced Beadle into an acrobatic save.

Anthony Musaba looked set to double Wednesday's lead after 75 minutes when he was played in by fellow sub Michael Smith but Abu Kamara made a crucial last-ditch intervention.

Smith killed the game off nine minutes from time when he converted Musaba's knock-back across the six-yard box, prompting swathes of home fans to make an early exit.

The managers

Hull's Tim Walter:

"I can understand the frustration; I'm frustrated myself but I'm tough enough to fight my way back.

"We had the biggest chances in the game - (Xavier Simons) hit the post, Regan (Slater) hit the goalkeeper.

"And then it's human because we knew this situation from the games before and heads went down, we got a penalty against us.

"They dropped back and then it's hard to play against, you have to create and be more precise."

Sheffield Wednesday's Danny Rohl:

"I think it's a deserved win, after 20 minutes we have to lead three or four-nil; we made a lot of chances. We did well today.

"For me it was clear we need a second goal.

"We created three, four more good opportunities that we have to score. We had 10, 11 chances we have to score today.

"Today it was enough to win this game, but in the future in some games you miss some opportunities, it might not be."

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