The visitors took the lead through a diving Richard Garcia header from Robert Koren's cross.

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Chances were proving increasingly few and far between in the second half until Hull midfielder Paul McKenna drove horribly wide after neat work from Robert Koren.

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Striker DJ Campbell, whose goals saw off Nottingham Forest in the play-off semi-final, returned to Leicester at the end of his loan spell, while free agent Robert Koren opted to move to Hull.

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