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Championship wrap: Birthday boy Connolly bags Hull brace

Aaron Connolly scored twice on his 23rd birthday to help end Hull's near four-month wait for a home win in the 3-0 victory against QPR.

Connolly, on loan from Brighton until the end of the season, played a significant role in his side's first win at the MKM Stadium since beating Wigan on 5 October.

The Republic of Ireland international opened the scoring after 10 minutes before adding a second with a cute finish in the 65th minute.

QPR were already 2-0 down by then after Rob Dickie deflected Ozan Tufan's right-sided cross into his own net three minutes before Connolly had doubled his tally.

The visitors were poor throughout as their winless run in all competitions extended to seven matches.

Hull flew out of the traps and deservedly charged into an early lead.

Connolly, who went close minutes earlier with an opportunistic hit that screwed wide of the right post, will be indebted to the work of Republic of Ireland international Cyrus Christie in the build-up his first goal.

Christie battered his way into the 18-yard box before squaring the ball towards the penalty spot from the right. Connolly had work to do, but he made things look very simple with a deft, looping finish over Seny Dieng.

The unfortunate Dickie could do little other than deflect Tufan's zipped cross into the back of his own net and with QPR devoid of ideas and structure, Connolly ably put the game to bed with a tidy finish off Jean Michael Seri's long ball through the middle.

The game was over as a contest from there on in, with Connolly utterly deserving of a standing ovation when he was substituted late on in what was a surprisingly one-sided match.

Middlesbrough leapfrogged Watford to move into third position as they claimed a comfortable 2-0 win over the Hornets

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