Stoke City supporters were haunted by familiar complaints as Stoke City let an encouraging start be overtaken by an infuriating collapse against Hull. Here are the talking points from the bet 365 Stadium and Narcis Pelach’s first game as Stoke head coach.

Follow live coverage as Stoke City face Hull City in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

Victory at Stoke would move Hull up to 13th in the table ahead of the rest of the weekend’s games. The two sides meet at the Bet365 Stadium in an 8pm kick-off. Bringing Walter in for Rosenior was about bringing in a more attractive style of play, but a slow start to the new season should’ve been expected with all these major changes in the team.

Narcis Pelach saw Stoke City turn in an all-too familiar Jekyll and Hyde performance as a 1-0 half-time lead became a 3-1 full-time loss to Hull City.

Stoke City and Hull City are set to kick off another weekend of Championship action. It may not sound like the most glamorous of Championship fixtures but there is plenty of intrigue surrounding this clash under the lights.

Hull City will hope for a repeat of the result on their last trip to the Potteries when they take on Stoke City at the bet365 Stadium this evening. Almost 12 months ago, City were 3-1 winners against the Potters as Liam Rosenior's side notched up a third successive away victory,