Wednesday will travel to Grimsby in the Carabao Cup second round after clearing the first hurdle in a
2-1 win at Hull this evening.
Ties will be played during the week commending August 26.
Danny Rohl named a completely different starting eleven at Hull from the side that won 4-0 in our Championship opener against Plymouth on Sunday and the game got off to a remarkable start with all three goals coming in the first 10 minutes.
That included an opening Wednesday goal after just 24 seconds … and in some style.
Pol Valentin won the ball on the right, the resulting cross found Michael Smith in the box and his smart backheel was hammered in by Charlie McNeill for his first goal for the club, via a slight deflection and the underside of the bar.
The unmarked Michael Ihiekwe then headed a Marvin Johnson corner wide on four minutes when he should have hit the target as Wednesday threatened to overrun the home side,
Hull were level on nine minutes when Marvin Mehlem took advantage of a slip by Valentin and fired past Pierce Charles in their first attacking threat but they were on level terms for just a minute, keeper Anthony Racioppi letting a backpass slip under his foot and McNeill rolled the ball into the empty net.
Tyrell Sellars-Fleming thought he had grabbed a second equaliser but was ruled offside and, in a first half of several chances, Ihiekwe nodded wide again from a Johnson free kick before the same player was Wednesday’s saviour at the other end as he cleared Mehlem’s driven effort off the line.
Olaf Kobacki also brought a diving save out of Racioppi as the all-action first 45 minutes came to an end.
Hull thought they had equalised just before the hour, Finley Burns turning the ball home from a corner but seeing his effort harshly ruled out for a foul on Charles when the keeper looked to have let the ball slip from his grasp.
However there were few other scares for Wednesday, despite increased Hull pressure after the interval, and Johnson was closest to another goal when his low ball from the left curled just wide.
Charles, Valentin, Ihiekwe, Diaby (Otegbayo 79), Johnson, Fusire, Palmer, Kobacki (Gassama 67), Paterson (Bannan 79), McNeill (Cadamarteri 57), Smith (Ugbo 79). Unused subs: Beadle, Shipston, Maltby, Onukwuli.