Hull City, Aston Villa play out goalless draw

Hull City were unable to secure back-to-back home wins after playing out a goalless draw against Aston Villa in the Premier League.

Villa had an early chance when Andreas Weimann collected the ball inside the Hull box but struck wide from 12 yards.

Ahmed Elmohamady then sent in a cross that found Danny Graham, but Ron Vlaar did just enough to prevent the striker from scoring.

Villa broke and Gabby Agbonlahor had a decent effort saved after skipping past a couple of Hull defenders.

Weimann was then guilty of squandering another chance from inside the penalty area after the Tigers had failed to clear a Villa corner.

Good work from Sone Aluko won the hosts a corner, but Villa were able to deal with the ball.

The best that Hull could muster after that was a 25-yard shot from Tom Huddlestone that was held by Brad Guzan.

The first chance of the second half fell to Villa. Leandro Bacuna took the ball past two Hull defenders before pulling it back for Agbonlahor, whose effort went past the post.

Huddlestone had another chance from the edge of the box but fired tamely wide. It was then the turn of Karim El Ahmadi, who similarly found space outside the area, but Allan McGregor was equal to the shot.

El Ahmadi had a similar effort late on as the game drifted into injury time.