Hull City 1-0 Cardiff City: Cyrus Christie sees off Bluebirds after Callum Robinson's penalty miss

Cyrus Christie's second-half strike condemned Cardiff City to a second straight defeat under Sabri Lamouchi and deepened the Bluebirds' growing relegation worries.

The Tigers were good value for the three points at the MKM Stadium right from the off as Regan Slater's deflected effort cannoned back off the post after just 13 minutes.

Cardiff, not for the first time this season, offered precious little in terms of attacking threat, but were handed a golden opportunity to take the lead against the run of play after Jaden Philogene was brought down in the box.

Robinson, stepped up, but was denied from the spot courtesy of a fine save from Tigers goalkeeper Matt Ingram.

Hull responded after the break, and took the lead just after the hour, with Christie cutting in brilliantly from the right before curling home a lovely strike into the top corner of the net to seal all three points for his side.

The result extends Cardiff's winless run to 13 games, their worst run of form for 15 years and, despite a debut from the bench for new boy Sory Kanba, the mood is looking increasingly gloomy ahead of next week's clash with Middlesbrough.

Huddersfield Town's draw with QPR has now cut the gap between Cardiff and the relegation zone to two points and, worryingly, the Terriers still have two games in hand over the Bluebirds.

Lamouchi made two changes from the defeat to Luton Town on Tuesday, with Callum O'Dowda recovering from a recent sickness bug, while Philogene was preferred to Mark Harris.

Cardiff had only managed one victory on Humberside in their last eight attempts coming into this game. Indeed, the last time they claimed all three points here was when a delirious away end witnessed a stunning brace from Sean Morrison as City