It was Latics' biggest away victory since entering the Premier League in 2005, as Steve Bruce's men left with all three points from their first ever trip to the KC Stadium.

Summer signing Amr Zaki scored two second-half goals that sandwiched an Emile Heskey strike.

Kevin Kilbane and Antonio Valencia had put Latics 2-0 up inside 13 minutes with superb solo efforts.

Wigan went into the match having lost both their two games so far, against West Ham and Chelsea.

Newly-promoted Hull, by contrast, had claimed four from six points and their fans packed out the KC Stadium.

Bruce chose Kilbane on the left-side of midfield ahead of Olivier Kapo and Jason Koumas, who had figured in the respective first two games. Chris Kirkland started in net after overcoming a back injury he suffered ahead of their match against Chelsea.

Wigan were given an early scare when Craig Fagan sprinted through the defence, but shot wide from the edge of the box in the second minute.

In the fifth minute, the visitors took a lead through an extraordinary goal after Kilbane appeared to miss-hit a corner.

The ball arced towards goal, right-back Sam Ricketts missed it as he attempted to clear, the ball clipped his thigh as it bounced over him and into the net.

The delighted Latics players mobbed the stunned Kilbane. Amr Zaki looked lively in the opening exchanges, shooting over in the ninth minute, and at the other end Titus Bramble halted two threatening Hull chances.

Emmerson Boyce cleared for a corner, and he was instrumental as Latics took a 2-0 lead in sweeping, sensational style in the 13th minute.

Boyce's header out was flicked on by Zaki to Valencia inside his own half, and the midfielder turned Tigers captain Ian Ashbee before switching on the after-burners and beating keeper Bo Myhill one-on-one.

Hull actually got off to a lively start in the second half, Wayne Brown heading over Kirkland's crossbar before the Latics keeper pulled off the save of the match two minutes later, deflecting Richard Garcia's bullet-shot over.

But Wigan had the clinical edge that Hull could not find, and when Valencia crossed a teasing ball in the box, Zaki found a gap to fire home from 13 yards.

Minutes later Emile Heskey sent the Wigan fans among the capacity 24,282 into dreamland. He pounced on Brown's wayward back header and angled the ball into the net to make it 4-0 before soaking up the applause of the travelling supporters.

Wigan weren't finished, as unmanned Zaki fired a shot from just inside the corner of the box that pin-balled between the crossbar and ground before bouncing out – the linesman awarded the goal after the referee initially allowed play to continue. Video replays showed that the ball had crossed the line.

Wigan now take a break for the international weekend and return to action against Sunderland on September 13.

Meanwhile, Latics have been drawn away to Ipswich in the third round of the Carling Cup in the week beginning September 22.

Hull City: Myhill, Dawson, Ashbee, Brown, Turner, Fagan, Geovanni, Folan, Ricketts, Marney. Subs: Barnby, Windass, Hughes, Duke, Mendy, Halmosi, Cooper.

Wigan: Kirkland, Cattermole, Palacios, Kilbane, Heskey, Zaki, Valencia, Boyce, Bramble, Melchiot, Figueroa. Subs: Koumas, Brown, Pollitt, De Ridder, Kapo, Camara, Kupisz.

Read a full match report and reaction from the game in Monday's Wigan Evening Post or the weekly Wigan Observer, on sale Tuesday.