Title chasing Hull City condemned the reserves to a second successive away defeat at North Ferriby United.

The Tigers needed to win the game to keep the pressure on leaders Barnsley and did so courtesy of goals from Aaron Wilbraham, Nathan Hotte and Roland Edge.

Jermaine Palmer pulled one back, his sixth of a productive campaign, but ultimately in vein as City slumped to an eighth defeat of the season. 

The home side were in front as early as the tenth minute when Wilbraham fired past 'keeper Chris Sanna after Kevin Ellison's centre.

Potters defender Danny Smith was on hand to scramble a goal-ward effort off the line minutes later before Carl Asaba went close at the other end. 

On the half-hour mark the Tigers doubled their advantage when a whipped Ellison corner was smashed into the net by the waiting Hotte.

Youngster Palmer gave the visitors hope seven minutes after the restart when he neatly converted an Asaba pass, before Robert Garrett and Asaba went close to levelling the scores.

But with ten minutes Edge restored the two goal lead when he headed Ellison's set-piece past the stranded Sanna.

City: Sanna, Swift, Smith, Dickinson, Keogh, Vass, Paterson, Garrett, Palmer, Asaba (Thomas 85), Clark. Subs: Hughes, Duggan, Zsivoczky, Fekete.