Michael Carrick picked up his first win in charge of Middlesbrough as they defeated Hull City 3-1 at the MKM Stadium with the help of a pair of own goals.
The win saw Boro move ahead of the Tigers in the EFL Championship table with the Yorkshire outfit set to appoint Liam Rosenior as their next manager.
Chuba Akpom put Middlesbrough in front on the half-hour mark, heading home Tommy Smith's cross.
Hull leveled through Cyrus Christie, but he and Tobias Figueiredo scored into their own net as the Tigers dropped their second consecutive match.
Story of the match
Middlesbrough had the first chance of the match as Isiah Jones found space down the left and pulled the ball back for Akpom, who fired wide of the right post.
Greg Docherty, making his 100th appearance in a Hull shirt, set up Oscar Estupinan, but the Colombian saw his left-footed strike go over the bar.
The visitors then took the lead when after Brandon Fleming cut out a cross, Hull failed to clear their lines properly and Smith sent a return ball into the box where Akpom was on hand to head past Nathan Baxter.
Ryan Giles saw Baxter parry his effort and Akpom nearly put home the rebound if not for the Tigers' shot-stopper sticking out a leg to deny him.
Three minutes into the second half, the hosts nearly equalised. Christie floated in a cross for Estupinan at the near post and his shot forced a wonderful save out of Zack Steffen, who tipped it over the bar.
Hull continued to apply pressure, but a fine block by Darragh Lenihan and a second Christie shot blocked that Jean-Michael Seri picked up and fired wide saw the danger pass.
The Tigers did tie things up when Christie got into the penalty area before cutting inside to his left foot. His shot deflected off of Lenihan and found the top corner.
Three minutes later, Boro were back in front. A free-kick by Giles found Jones on the right and he picked out Lenihan at the back post. His header was ultimately turned into his own net by Figueriedo.
The ever-lively Lenihan then met Giles' corner, but Baxter firmly held his header. At the other end, Steffen punched away from Figueriedo after meeting a corner by Dimitrios Pelkas.
With ten minutes remaining, a lovely cross-field pass by Akpom found Giles in space and after driving into the box, his low cross-shot took a nasty deflection off of Christie, who accidentally diverted it past Baxter.
A quick counter nearly led to Middlesbrough's fourth. Jones played Giles through on the counter, but the left-back went just wide despite being one-on-one.
In stoppage time, Pelkas went wide with a hopeful effort and saw his second shot saved by Steffen.
Player of the match: Chuba Akpom
He has taken his game to another level these last two matches and was again the key to the success Middlesbrough had in attack, linking up play between the midfield and final third.
