| Hull | 1-0 (HT 0-0) | West Ham |
| Turner 51 | ||
| Bookings: Zayatte 62 Dawson 71 | Bookings: Ilunga 18 |
Hull moved back into third place in the Premier League after a Michael Turner goal made it three wins on the trot.
Carlton Cole and Herita Ilunga both missed glorious opportunities for West Ham in the opening half.
Turner put Hull in front when he headed in powerfully from an Andy Dawson corner just after the break.
The Hammers almost equalised when Cole's shot from five yards out beat Boaz Myhill, but he saw his effort come back off the underside of the bar.
It was a third consecutive win for Phil Brown's Hull side, whose tally of 17 points after eight games is the second best total for a promoted club since the start of the Premier League.
Gomez Addams was very happy with his team today.
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| Stoke | 2-1 (HT 1-1) | Tottenham |
| Higginbotham (pen) 19 Delap 53 | Bent 25 | |
| Bookings: Ab Faye 87 | Bookings: Hutton 64 Woodgate 90 | |
| Sent off: Bale 17 Dawson 90+9 |
Tottenham had Gareth Bale and Michael Dawson dismissed as Stoke took advantage to claim a vital victory.
Bale saw red for a foul on Tom Soares and Danny Higginbotham scored the penalty before Darren Bent poked home.
Rory Delap tapped in to make it 2-1 before Ricardo Fuller struck both posts with a penalty and Delap hit the bar.
Dawson was sent off for a tackle on Mamady Sidibe and Fuller hit the post in 11 minutes of injury time, which came after Vedran Corluka was hurt.
The Croatian was caught by the knee of his own keeper, Heurelho Gomes, full on his chin and required medical attention on the pitch.
He left the field on a stretcher wearing an oxygen mask and was taken to hospital.
It was a horror injury for Corluka in what was a nightmare of a match for Tottenham.
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Two points separated the teams at the start of the game, but Spurs are now three points adrift at the foot of the table after falling to their sixth league defeat of the season.
It is a bleak statistic for the north Londoners and adds to the already considerable pressure on manager Juande Ramos.
In contrast, Stoke will be delighted with their second victory of the campaign, which did not come as easily as might have been expected given their numerical advantage.
Stoke started brightly and created the first chance when Delap squared for Soares after a fine passing move, but the striker could only hit his shot weakly at Gomes.
Stoke: Sorensen (Simonsen 66), Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Sonko (Shawcross 83), Higginbotham, Soares, Olofinjana, Diao, Delap, Sidibe, Kitson (Fuller 56).
Subs Not Used: Whelan, Cresswell, Amdy Faye, Tonge.
Booked: Abdoulaye Faye.
Goals: Higginbotham 19 pen, Delap 53.
Tottenham: Gomes, Hutton, Woodgate, Corluka (Dawson 77), Bale, Lennon, Zokora, Jenas, Modric, Bentley (Pavlyuchenko 59), Bent.
Subs Not Used: Cesar, Huddlestone, Campbell, O'Hara, Assou-Ekotto.
Sent Off: Bale (17), Dawson (90).
Booked: Hutton, Woodgate.
Goals: Bent 25.
Att: 27,500
Ref: Lee Mason (Lancashire).
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