• ‘This week has got to bring at least one win’
• Hull manager believes possession is key to survival

Hull City will aim to stop Aston Villa from playing their counter-attacking game tonight as they seek a vital home victory in east Yorkshire. Iain Dowie’s side sit third bottom of the Premier League, three points adrift of safety, but the interim manager remains optimistic relegation can be avoided.

‘This week has got to bring at least one win; beating Villa would change the whole picture,’ Dowie, below, whose team face Sunderland at the KC