The 10 men of Queens Park Rangers are level at 1-1 with Hull City at half time in their Premier League tie at the KC Stadium.

Hull were denied an opening goal in the sixth minute when David Meyler's ferocious shot was blocked by QPR debutant Darnell Furlong.

Nikica Jelavic planted a header over the bar, but, less than a minute after his first opportunity, the Croatian forward rolled the ball beyond Rob Green to put the hosts 1-0 ahead.

Furlong almost grabbed a debut goal in the 18th minute, but Allan McGregor pushed the youngster's header to safety while Jake Livermore smashed a 20-yard effort marginally too high at the other end.

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Shortly after the half-hour mark, Joey Barton made QPR's task much harder by lashing out at Tom Huddlestone to earn himself a needless red card.

Jelavic should have then made it 2-0 to Hull, but headed narrowly wide, and the miss proved costly as Charlie Austin levelled five minutes before the break.

There was still time for Hull to fashion one more chance before the interval, but Huddlestone could not keep his strike down from distance.