Hull City maintained their perfect start to their Premier League return by beating Coventry City 1-0 away, with Liam Millar scoring a late winner. The result follows their opening victory over Manchester United and gives the newly promoted side early confidence after widespread predictions that they would struggle to survive.

Coventry had almost 70% possession but could not break down Hull’s organised defence, led by Semi Ajayi, before Millar struck in the 82nd minute. Hull are second in the early table and are the first promoted club to win their first two matches for nine years, while Coventry have begun their return to the top flight with consecutive defeats and face further concern over Haji Wright’s thigh injury.