Layvin Kurzawa Daniel James secure Fulham’s FA Cup progress at Hull

Layvin Kurzawa and Daniel James Secure Fulham’s place in the FA Cup fourth round at the expense of Hull as Marco Silva gained victory over his former employers.

Kurzawa was one of seven changes to Premier League Fulham’s line-up and was left with a simple 37th-minute finish after Matt Ingram parried Harry Wilson’s shot, while James secured a 2-0 win at the death.

Their Championship hosts also shuffled the pack, but they were left to regret Harvey Vale’s early home start.

Silva, who was a Hull manager for three seasons before moving to Fulham in 2017, has rested several first-team players which have allowed Fulham to climb up the table after three consecutive wins.

Aleksandar Mitrovic was absent from the squad and perhaps they missed his influence up-top as a largely third-string Hull, managed Liam Rosenior (ex Fulham defender) started strongly.

Vale, one of eight changes to Hull’s XI, was gifted an opportunity when Bobby Decordova-Reid dithered over a clearance, but the teenager prodded wastefully wide after going clean through.

Hull’s more direct approach continued to lead to openings as Lewie Coyle’s low left-foot effort was palmed away by Marek Rodak although Fulham gradually became more threatening as the half wore on.

Andreas Pereira, alongside Reid, Harrison Reed and Tosin Adarabioyo the only players retained from Fulham’s 1-0 win at Leicester, forced Ingram to tip over in Fulham’s first attempt at goal.

Pereira ghosted in the area, but couldn’t control his shot after Tom Cairney’s cross. Cairney was the former Hull midfielder who captain Fulham and started the move that saw them take the lead.

Wilson collected Cairney’s pass and while he was thwarted by Hull goalkeeper Ingram, the ball fell directly into the path of Kurzawa, who tapped the rebound into an empty net via the post.

It was Kurzawa’s first goal for Fulham and stood despite Hull’s protests for offside and the Tigers were unable to offer much of a response either side of half-time, with their opponents in control.

James launched several marauding attacks, but Cairney was too tired to resist. Carlos Vinicius drags wide, Fulham is unable to create a significant chance to separate themselves from Hull.

A 14,175 crowd attempted to rouse the 2014 runners-up but Fulham were resolute at the back while Ingram had to be alert to push away James’ stinging effort – the first shot on target in the second half.

Rosenior called in a trio of strikers: Benjamin Tetteh (Oscar Estupinan), Aaron Connolly (Aaron Connolly) in an attempt to get an equaliser. The clock was almost up at 90 minutes.

Estupinan’s header had to be tipped over the bar by Rodak but as Ingram came up for the corner, with Hull going for broke, the home side were caught on the counter to ultimately end their challenge.

Fulham won with victory because Coyle couldn’t deal with James’ long clearance. James was able to steal the ball and score in the net.