Hull City twice surrendered the lead as they were held to a 2-2 draw in the relegation six-pointer with Wolverhampton Wanderers at the KC Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Stephen Hunt had twice put the Tigers ahead, but both times they were pegged back by the visitors.

11 days after his 19th birthday, Tom Cairney made his Premier League debut as City made five changes.

Cairney and Bernard Mendy came into the midfield in place of Nick Barmby and Richard Garcia as Phil Brown opted for a 4-4-2 formation.

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink was handed a start at the expense of Geovanni while Jozy Altidore also started up front with Craig Fagan making way.

The final change saw Steven Mouyokolo come in for the injured Kamil Zayatte in the middle of defence.

New loan signing Amr Zaki started on the bench alongside Geovanni, Garcia, Barmby and Fagan.

A quiet start to the game soon subsided when the Tigers took the lead in the eleventh minute.

Altidore was strong enough to hold off his marker and feed Vennegoor of Hesselink to his left.

The Dutch striker took his time before picking his spot and firing low into the net from the edge of the box.

Wolves should have leveled six minutes later when Kevin Foley was left unmarked from a corner, but he headed a delivery from Matt Jarvis wide at the near post.

The visitors went close again on 22 minutes when Stephen Ward intercepted a cross-field ball from Stephen Hunt, progressed to the edge of the area and blasted a shot wide.

Altidore was only inches away from connecting with Mendy's cross before Wolves threatened from another couple of corners.

All the shots were coming from Wolves, but Boaz Myhill remained untested in the first 30 minutes.

Andy Dawson was booked shortly before the break after slipping and accidentally tripping Wolves striker Kevin Doyle.

Half Time: Tigers 1-0 Wolves

Wolves leveled three minutes into the second half with a huge slice of luck.

Ronald Zubar's cross from the right looked harmless enough, but Anthony Gardner somehow managed to slice the ball up in the air, over Myhill and into the net for a bizarre own goal.

Four minutes later, City were awarded a penalty when Altidore went down in the box under pressure from Zubar.

Stephen Hunt - a widely reported transfer target for Wolves - stepped up to take it.

He confidently beat former Reading team-mate Marcus Hahnemann with a strike into the corner of the net.

A good save from Myhill covered for some weak defending from Paul McShane as David Jones burst into the box to have a shot.

A burst of pace from Altidore saw him get past Jody Craddock and into the box, but his shot was saved by Hahnemann.

Wolves equalised for the second time on 68 minutes.

City failed to clear their lines and when the ball fell for Jarvis, he fired a shot that took a slight deflection off McShane and past Myhill.

Before the game could restart, Zaki came on for his debut with Altidore making way.

Vennegoor of Hesselink could have had City back in front on 72 minutes, but he headed a free kick from Hunt wide.

At the other end, Foley was only just off target with a drive across the face of goal.

City's second change with ten minutes to go saw Garcia replace Mendy on the right.

In added time, George Boateng was booked for a foul on Kevin Doyle.

Wolves worked a smart routine from the set-piece and when the ball fell for substitute Geoffrey Mujangi, Myhill had to beat a shot away to preserve a point.

Tigers (4-4-2) Boaz Myhill; Paul McShane, Steven Mouyokolo, Anthony Gardner [captain], Andy Dawson; Bernard Mendy (Garcia 80), George Boateng, Tom Cairney, Stephen Hunt; Jozy Altidore (Zaki 68), Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink.

Subs: Matt Duke, Kevin Kilbane, Richard Garcia, Nick Barmby, Geovanni, Craig Fagan, Amr Zaki.

Bookings: Dawson 43, Boateng 90.

Wolverhampton Wanderers (4-5-1) Marcus Hahnemann; Ronald Zubar, Jody Craddock, Christophe Berra, Stephen Ward (Stearman 90); Kevin Foley (Guedioura 90), Karl Henry [captain], Michael Mancienne, David Jones,  Matt Jarvis (Mujangi 90); Kevin Doyle.

Subs: Wayne Hennessey, Richard Stearman, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Sam Vokes, Nenad Milijas, Geoffrey Mujangi, Adlene Guedioura.

Bookings: Nil

The attendance of 24,957 is a new record crowd for a Hull City game at the KC Stadium.

The previous record was 24,945 for the visit of champions Manchester United on the final day of last season.