David Meyler's goal has given Hull City a 1-0 half-time lead against Swansea City in their League Cup third round clash at the KC Stadium.
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The Swans were first to threaten when, after just three minutes, a free kick into the Tigers' box fell to Eder, but the Portuguese striker couldn't get his close-range effort on target.
Six minutes later Wayne Routledge teed up Leon Britton, but the Swansea skipper dragged his low effort from distance well wide of goal, while at the other end Meyler's shot from distance was palmed over by Kristoffer Nordfeldt.
The visitors nearly opened the scoring just after the quarter-hour mark when goalkeeper Eldin Jakupovic's clearance was charged down by Eder and came back off the post.
Gylfi Sigurdsson then hesitated on the rebound, which allowed the Tigers defence to clear the ball out of danger, but moments later Routledge went clean through on goal from Ki Sung-yueng's pass, though the resulting shot was tame.
Both sides continued to weigh in with a multitude of increasingly dangerous chances, and soon the deadlock was broken courtesy of Meyler, who pounced to convert Shaun Maloney's saved header on the rebound with four minutes left in the half.
Giuseppe Labellarte
