A Xherdan Shaqiri-inspired Stoke condemned Hull to a 2-0 loss at the KCOM Stadium, their fifth consecutive Premier League defeat and sixth in seven league matches.

The Swiss midfielder again showed his prowess at scoring amazing goals, getting a goal in either half to secure all three points for his side.

Hull’s awful run of results goes on, with no league wins in two months and some abject performances on the pitch in recent times.

Mark Hughes made no changes to his side for the game, while Mike Phelan made two changes, with one being enforced due to injury to Andy Robertson

Michael Dawson came in alongside Curtis Davies for his first appearance of the season, taking back the captain’s armband, while Sam Clucas moved into left-back to replace Robertson, allowing Tom Huddlestone to have a place in the midfield.

Will Keane remained up front, with Adama Diomande and Abel Hernandez both sitting on the bench.Nigel Roddis/Getty Images Sport

Shaqiri broke the deadlock after 25 minutes with an excellent strike from 25 yards. He cut inside from around the right-hand wing and sent the ball straight down the middle of David Marshall’s net, hitting the roof and bouncing down as it went in.

Stoke could have made it two-nil had Marshall not stopped Marko Arnautovic from scoring his second goal of the season against the Tigers.

A long ball found the Austrian international in the box and he got past the defence to shoot at Marshall, whose save was deflected over the bar off the on-rushing Dawson.

However, Stoke did eventually double their lead, just five minutes into the second half with another spectacular finish.

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Shaqiri was tasked with a free-kick just slightly closer to the goal compared to his first finish.

The midfielder hit the ball with his left foot, guiding it over the five-man wall to find the bottom left-hand corner of the Hull net.

Arnautovic had another chance to score getting past the defence again, with Marshall tipping the ball wide of the left-hand post.

Substitute Hernandez came closest to scoring for the home side, putting the ball past Lee Grant in the Stoke goal only to have had fellow sub Diomande flagged for offside.

A serious concern for the home side in the second half would be that Robert Snodgrass went down in the box and did not return to the field, leaving the side with ten men on the pitch for the final few minutes.

After their win Stoke move above Hull in the league table, going onto a total of nine points from nine games.

Hull fall into the relegation zone for the first time this season, moving down to 18th, remaining on seven points. Only Swansea (four points) and Sunderland (two points) have less points after nine games.

Their goal difference remains as the worst in the league on -14, with Sunderland (-10) the only other side to be in double figures of arrears.