Championship: Chuba Akpom hits 28th goal in Middlesbrough win over Hull City

By Wale Mustapha

Nigerian born Middlesbrough striker, Chuba Akpom took his English Championship goal of the season to 28 on Wednesday night when he aided Boro to a massive 3-1 comeback win over Hull City.

Boro scored three goals in a spate of six minutes in the second half after being pegged by first half goal by the Tigers who are still looking for their first away win since January.

After an impressive dominance by the hosts inside first half hour, Hull settled into the game and looked more purposeful.

They took a shock lead in the 41st minutes when Allahyar Sayyadmanesh flicked in a wonderful header from Adama Traoré’s well delivered corner.

Boro started the second half with a renewed spirit having in mind the desire to continue belief in wrestling that second automatic position with Sheffield United who had won at Bristol City a day earlier.

The dominance paid off in the 55th minutes when Hayden Hackney turned in a perfect cross Isaiah Jones.

The second goal came three minutes later for the hosts as Cameron Archer outpaced two of his markers before getting to the end of Zack Steffen’s lofted pass.

It didn’t take much time for Akpom to get the third for Boro when he arrived earlier than Archer to score his 28th league goal

Two more chances came begging for the Arsenal academy product but failed to make them count as Boro held on to the win.

The victory also gave Micheal Carrick’s men faint hope of automatic promotion to the Premier League with three games to end the regular season.

Middlesbrough will next be taking on third placed Luton Town in their next game fixed for Monday and will be looking to get a victory to keep the hope.