Wigan 8-0 Hull City: Latics humiliate Tigers in mauling as Kieran Dowell nets hat-trick

Story of a demolition at the DW Stadium

Kai Naismith heads Wigan into first-minute lead

Kiefer Moore doubles lead (27) before Kieran Dowell adds third (32)

Rapid scoring continues with Jamal Lowe (37) and Moore header increasing lead (40)

Dowell run and finish (42) and Joe Williams' second goal in 106 games (45) complete first-half glut

Dowell completes hat-trick with eighth of night in quiet second half

Kal Naismith set the tone with a goal in the opening moments of the contest, and as the hosts continued to tear into a woeful Tigers side thereafter, Kieffer Moore and Kieran Dowell netted a brace each and Jamal Lowe and Joe Williams also got on the scoresheet, all before the interval.

The fact that Wigan are facing a 12-point penalty - against which they are appealing - due to having gone into administration means they are now effectively sitting just outside the relegation zone, above Hull courtesy of their superior goal difference.

While the future is uncertain for Paul Cook's men, certainly this was some statement from the team, who have lost only one of their last 13 games and won eight of their last 11, and made for the grimmest viewing for his opposite number Grant McCann.

Wigan went at their opponents right from the off, with Williams bringing a save out of George Long with a strike in the opening few seconds. เว็บพนันบาคาร่า

Moments later, with around a minute on the clock, the hosts were in front as Dowell sent a delicate cross to the back post and Naismith headed home.

As Wigan kept up the intensity, Naismith and Lowe shot wide and Long blocked an effort by Moore.

At the other end, an ambitious shot from George Honeyman was comfortably dealt with by David Marshall, who then got away with sending a kick straight to Jon Toral, with the Spaniard's shot being blocked by Cedric Kipre.

Wigan then proceeded to net another six times in a scarcely believable spell lasting just over a quarter of an hour.

Moore turned and slotted in to double the advantage in the 27th minute, Naismith crashed a shot against a post two minutes later, and three minutes after that Dowell fired in to make it 3-0, with Hull providing little resistance.

Lowe, who had provided assists for the second and third, then netted himself in the 37th minute having received the ball from Nathan Byrne, who subsequently teed up Moore to head home in the 40th.

Two minutes later, Hull lost possession and Dowell burst into the box before firing in number six, and in stoppage time it was then a magnificent seven courtesy of a Williams drive from outside the box.

McCann made three changes at the break, but Hull could not prevent Wigan from further boosting their lead.

Robinson came close to getting in on the act as his shot bounced off the top of the bar, before Dowell scored his third, and the best goal of the game, with a superb finish in the 65th minute.