Stoke City supporters were haunted by familiar complaints as Stoke City let an encouraging start be overtaken by an infuriating collapse against Hull. Here are the talking points from the bet 365 Stadium and Narcis Pelach’s first game as Stoke head coach.

Follow live coverage as Stoke City face Hull City in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

After losing 3-1 to Hull, head coach Narcis Pelach talks about improvements needed.

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Follow live coverage as Stoke City face Hull City in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

City will be boosted by the return of loan goalkeeper Carl Rushworth after he missed out last weekend with a bruised knee, while recent signing Steven Alzate could be named in the squad for the first time, though Walter says he's still not ready to start a game.

Narcis Pelach saw Stoke City turn in an all-too familiar Jekyll and Hyde performance as a 1-0 half-time lead became a 3-1 full-time loss to Hull City. Everything seemed to be going right for Pelach in the first 45 minutes as Stoke went ahead thanks to a firm Ben Wilmot header and might have had two more,