Hull City and Crystal Palace are level at half time this afternoon.

The first action of note at the KC Stadium was an injury to Marouane Chamakh. The Palace forward hit the ground after an aerial collision with Paul McShane. Both men suffered cuts and needed bandages.

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Mile Jedinak then sent Tom Huddlestone to the ground with a robust challenge as the combative nature of the match continued.

Palace broke from a Hull corner and the ball reached Chamakh who played in Yannick Bolasie, but his shot was high and wide.

Both teams were defending well with Chamakh making a couple of important clearances and Curtis Davies stopping Dwight Gayle as the Palace man looked to counter-attack.

Barry Bannan then whipped in a cross towards the back post which only failed to reach Chamakh because of a vital block from Davies. Hull cleared the following corner but Palace were again on the attack with Bolasie, who was crowded out.

The first effort on target came with five minutes of the first half remaining. Hull's George Boyd hit the ball into the ground and into the arms of Julian Speroni.