Hull City 1-0 West Ham United
A Michael Turner header just after half time secured the three points and moved Hull back into third place in the Premier League. Carlton Cole and Herita Ilunga both missed fantastic scoring opportunities for West Ham in the opening half.
Turner put Hull in front when he made a great leap and headed in powerfully from an Andy Dawson corner just after the break.
The Hammers should have equalised when Cole's shot from five yards out beat Boaz Myhill, but he saw his effort come back off the underside of the bar.
It was a third consecutive win for Phil Brown's Hull side after wins at Arsenal and Tottenham.
But this was their first victory at home since the opening day of the season.
Hull boss Phil Brown:
"I thought the first half performance was one of a two-week break - we looked a bit rusty.
"At times we gave the ball away too cheaply and West Ham caused us problems because of it.
"But defensively we were bang at it again. That's three wins on the bounce and two clean sheets. We have conceded one goal in three games against quality opposition."
West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola:
"It's very hard to take. I don't think that we deserved to lose but sometimes football is like that.
"We missed two very good chances. It very difficult to accept but we have to think to the next game.
"We didn't deserve to concede a goal but Turner made a great jump."
Hull: Myhill, McShane, Zayatte, Turner, Dawson, Marney, Ashbee, Boateng (Hughes 72), Geovanni (Halmosi 73), Cousin (Garcia 82), King.
Subs Not Used: Duke, Mendy, Folan, Ricketts.
Booked: Zayatte, Dawson.
Goals: Turner 51.
West Ham: Green, Faubert (Di Michele 73), Neill, Upson, Ilunga, Behrami, Parker, Noble, Etherington (Sears 83), Bellamy, Cole.
Subs Not Used: Lastuvka, Lopez, Boa Morte, Mullins, Davenport.
Booked: Ilunga.
Att: 24,896.
Ref: Chris Foy (Merseyside).
