Hull City 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0

Wolverhampton Wanderers saw their goal-drought away from home stretched to more than eight hours after an abject defeat at the hands of Hull City.

Second-half goals from Richard Garcia and Fraizer Campbell worryingly, yet deservedly, condemned Wolves to their fifth game without a win.

A sixth consecutive goalless away day rarely looked in any doubt as Mick McCarthy's men mustered only one shot on target all game.

On the back of a league defeat double to the Tigers, a disappointed McCarthy admitted his side were not worthy of taking anything from the game.

"In the first half we did okay but after conceding after barely two minutes, we had a real lacklustre performance," McCarthy said. "They were better than us in every single department and deserved their win."

McCarthy had been bold enough to make three changes to his starting line-up in a bid to buck the recent trend.

Stephen Elliott, Darron Gibson and Michael Gray all made way for the returning trio of Rob Edwards, Andy Keogh and Freddy Eastwood.

Lively Hull frontman Fraizer Campbell was an early menace to Wolves, with his pace affording the visitors little respite.

As early as the first minute, the striker, on loan from Manchester United, hit the crossbar with a snap volley, only to be correctly adjudged offside. An understandably cagey opening saw Wolves offer little in attack aside from an ambitious 35-yard effort from Keogh.

With Jay Bothroyd and Matt Jarvis happy to switch wings at will, they gave their hosts something to think about but the majority of play though was to be found at the other end.

Darren Ward had to be at his best when making a vital interception to Dawson's cross as the Tigers enjoyed a promising period of play around the half-hour.

Wolves were again grateful to a linesman's flag as they marginally preserved a clean-sheet. A slick one-two between Dave Livermore and Andy Dawson saw the former get to the byline but when his cross was met by Ian Ashbee's header into the top corner Livermore was adjudged offside.

Wolves managed to hit back with their best effort of the half through Eastwood. Picking up play in an innocuous central position, he sent in a low drive from 25 yards that had to be tipped round the post by Boaz Myhill.

The same counter-attacking threat of Eastwood had Hull sweating on the stroke of half time. Eastwood laid the ball off to Olofinjana who steered his effort narrowly wide of the upright.

But within 80 seconds of the re-start, Wolves' hopes of victory were dealt a damaging blow. Lovely football from Hughes and Campbell saw the latter roll the ball across the face of goal for Garcia to despatch a low drive past the despairing Wayne Hennessey.

Wolves' response never materialised as the home side noticeably grew in confidence.

Right-back Kevin Foley was targeted time and again as Hull swamped his flank and doubled their lead from that source shortly after the hour.

Dawson's cross was headed goalbound by Garcia and, although he was denied a second by Hennessey's low save, Campbell was quick to react and fire home from a tight angle.

Timid efforts from Keogh and Bothroyd hardly threatened the scoreline with neither troubling the under-worked Myhill.

Many of the 1,500 travelling fans headed back to the West Midlands long before the final whistle on another disappointing day on the road.

Scorers: Garcia (47), Campbell (61).
HULL CITY (4-4-2): Myhill; Ricketts, Turner, Brown, Dawson; Garcia, Ashbee (Marney, 84), Livermore, Hughes; Campbell (Barmby, 79), Folan (Windass, 90). Subs: Duke, Delaney.
WOLVES (4-4-2): Hennessey; Foley, D Ward, Edwards, Collins; Jarvis (Elliott, 67,) Olofinjana (D Gibson, 82), Henry, Bothroyd; Eastwood (S Ward, 67), Keogh. Subs: Ikeme, Gray.
Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside).
Booking: Wolves - Collins.
Attendance: 19,127.