Match Verdict

ONE result does not decide a season, but this was a significant statement from Hull City.
A dominant win away to in-form Pompey after losing at home to them only last month suggests the Tigers are on the right path. Should they go on to secure promotion then the club’s owners will feel vindicated for sticking by Grant McCann after they finished rock bottom of the Championship last season.
McCann will have been especially pleased with his forward players George Honeyman and 19 year-old forward Keane Lewis-Potter and it is no surprise Hull are the leagu...