Hull City 2 Wolves 1 - Report and pictures

This season has been littered with cruel blows - and this was right up there[gallery]

moreKenny Jackett's young team deserved to extend their six-game unbeaten run, having quite comfortably subdued one of the best teams in the division, writes Tim Spiers from the KC Stadium.

But Robert Snodgrass' free kick, at the 'lasp gasp' stage of injury time, cannoned off Carl Ikeme and into the net to complete a miserable night for the keeper.

It was a bitter defeat for Wolves to take.

They had lasted tasted defeat at Middlesbrough on March 4.

And while this wasn't the swashbuckling, free-flowing attack-fest Jackett is aspiring towards, Wolves again displayed some of the admirable qualities that have been littered throughout their recent run, namely defensive rigidity, character, youthful exuberance, team spirit and, on occasion, vibrancy.

They've certainly been better to watch away from home of late, and that was the case again here, impressively so against a team that has only lost once at home all season.

They recovered from an early Ikeme clanger - a howler of the highest order - to equalise through captain for the night David Edwards, who headed home Jeremy Helan's pinpoint cross.

An incredibly young team - particularly the defence whose average age was a smidgen over 20 years old thanks to the inclusion of Championship debutant Sylvain Deslandes - more than held its own in what had petered out into a fairly dull encounter before Snodgrass' late intervention.

Defeat was harsh - but with the season having effectively ended a good while ago, Jackett can only hope that games like this are character building as he starts to look to next year.

Jackett surprisingly made four changes from the team that drew 0-0 with Ipswich last Saturday.

Captain Danny Batth missed out through illness, while Conor Coady, Joe Mason and Adam Le Fondre dropped to the bench.

In came Edwards, Helan, Deslandes and Bjorn Sigurdarson with the formation switched back to 4-3-3.

The Wolves boss was hoping to see more attacking intent from his side after last week's dour draw - but his team began the game with a defensive calamity of the highest order.

A through ball was wafted at by Dominic Iorfa, it bounced off Ikeme's chest with the keeper possibly concerned about it being a back pass, and Adama Diomande had the simple task of tapping into the net.

After a man of the match display against the Tractor Boys it was an uncharacteristically embarrassing error from the keeper, and Wolves looked to be faced with a long night ahead.

However that certainly didn't materialise for the remainder of the first half, with the visitors bouncing back with aplomb.

They soon earned two good chances - Edwards glanced a header onto the top of the bar from James Henry's inswinging corner, and then Jack Price ghosted into the box and should have done far better with a free header from Helan's cross.

Then in the 19th minute they were level. Helan was the architect with a teasing cross, and there was Edwards to head down and past Allan McGregor.

Sam Clucas and Abel Hernandez threatened at the other end, while Helan and Henry were getting joy down the flanks for Wolves.

An even half ensued, although Wolves had a huge let-off just before the break when Deslandes appeared to bring down Ahmed Elmohamady in the box, with replays showing the referee was very lenient in giving a corner.

Wolves began the second half with good attacking intent, winning three corners in the first four minutes.

Hull, whose automatic promotion hopes have faded drastically in recent weeks, were struggling to break through a resolute Wolves rearguard and threatened only sporadically, like when Diomande sent an overhead kick over the bar from a corner.

It certainly wasn't the most thrilling of spectacles, as Wolves fans have become accustomed to of late, but that didn't stop the hardy band of travelling fans singing all night long.

They were also watching some decent individuals performances from their players, with Deslandes certainly not looking out of place at Championship level despite his penalty faus pax.

Jackett's team were compact at the back, with the two full backs limiting their attacking advances, and quelled Hull's threat from midfield.

The home fans grew increasingly agitated, booing substitutions and loudly airing their frustration when passes were directed backwards.

The arrivals of Chuba Akpom and Sone Aluko lifted the home crowd though and they had the next attempt of dull second period when Hernandez forced Ikeme into a sprawling save.

Deslandes was then substituted, although it wasn't clear if he was injured, with Coady his replacement as Helan went to left back and George Saville left midfield.

Time was running out and Wolves began to advance - Doherty made a superb overlap and passed to Sigurdarson who whistled a 20-yarder over via McGregor's fingertips.

Hull looked the more likely scorers in the final 10 minutes, with Aluko testing Ikeme from just outside the box.

Wolves, as they had done from the fifth minute onwards, looked fairly comfortable at the home of one of the division's best sides.

But then, in the 93rd minute, their hearts were broken when Snodgrass' free kick hit the bar and deflected off Ikeme.

Hull (4-4-2): McGregor: Odubago (Snodgrass, 68); Davies, Bruce, Robertson; Elmohamady, Meyler, Livermore, Clucas (Akpom, 73); Diomande (Aluko, 73), Hernandez. Subs: Jakupovic, Maguire, Huddlestone, Maloney.

Goals: Diomande (5), Ikeme (OG, 94)

Wolves (4-3-3): Ikeme; Doherty, Iorfa, Hause, Deslandes (Coady, 76); Edwards (c), Price, Saville (Enobakhare, 90); Henry, Sigurdarson, Helan. Subs: Martinez, Hayden, Hunte, Mason, Le Fondre.

Goal: Edwards (19)

Referee: James Adcock (Nottinghamshire)