Hull duo Stephen Kingsley and Nouha Dicko miss out against Nottingham Forest because of injury.
Kingsley has missed four of the Tigers' last five Sky Bet Championship fixtures with a hip injury, with Eric Lichaj likely to remain in his left-back role. Dicko has a hamstring strain. Jon Toral is a step closer to returning after a calf problem and James Weir could come back soon after 13 months out with a knee injury.
Kamil Grosicki should feature after captaining Poland in the international break despite picking up an injury in the 3-3 draw at Birmingham last time out, and leading scorer Fraizer Campbell is expected to feature despite suffering a knock in the same game.
Daryl Murphy is fit again and his return bolster's the attacking options of Forest boss Aitor Karanka. The striker was absent prior to the international break due to a virus but has been training and comes back into contention.
Danny Fox is nearing a return from his foot injury but the trip to the KCOM Stadium looks like it will come too soon for the left-back. However, Hilal Soudani's knee problem could keep the Algeria international out for the remainder of the season.
Opta stats
Hull have lost just two of their last 10 league games against Nottingham Forest (W6 D2), although the most recent of those defeats came in this fixture last season (2-3 in October 2017).
Nottingham Forest are unbeaten on their last three league trips to the KCOM Stadium (W2 D1), last suffering defeat there back in April 2012 (1-2).
Following their 1-0 win over West Brom at the start of the month, Hull are looking to record back-to-back league wins at the KCOM Stadium for the first time since April 2017 (a run of four in the Premier League).
Nottingham Forest have only lost one of their last 11 games in the Championship (W5 D5), with their only defeat in this run coming against current league leaders Norwich (1-2 in October).
Fraizer Campbell is Hull's top scorer in the Championship this season with six goals, however only one of those has been netted at the KCOM Stadium (five away from home).
Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon has kept seven clean sheets in the Championship this season - only Darren Randolph has more (11 for Middlesbrough).
Prutton's prediction
David Prutton predicts: 1-2 (10/1 with Sky Bet)