News, action and reaction as it happens from the bet365 Stadium as Stoke City take on Hull in the Championship in Narcis Pelach's first game as head coach

Follow live coverage as Stoke City face Hull City in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

Kasey Palmer impresses as he scores one and sets up the third in City's 3-1 victory but big scores for Millar and Slater. On the first win of the season for Hull City and a massive boost for Tim Walter. Read all about it here.

Narcis Pelach is getting to work at Clayton Wood with a mission of hauling Stoke City up the Championship table

Follow live coverage as Stoke City face Hull City in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

Tonight will be Catalonian Narcis Pelach's first game in charge of Stoke after replacing Steven Schumacher at the helm on Wednesday, while in the opposite dugout will be Tim Walter, who hails from the south west corner of Germany.

Man of the match hero Kasey Palmer admits the Hull City players were acutely aware of the growing concern amongst supporters before Friday night's 3-1 win at Stoke City. Palmer spoke before the game about the chorus of boos which greeted last week's 2-0 home loss to Sheffield United.