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Monday 1 October 2018 19:04, UK
Hull defender Jordy De Wijs has been ruled out of Tuesday night's home game against Leeds.
Dutchman De Wijs sustained an ankle injury during Saturday's home draw against Middlesbrough and is expected to miss both the visit of Leeds and next weekend's game at Sheffield United.
Midfielder Dan Batty (knee) is unlikely to feature after missing the last three matches and Evandro remains doubtful with a hamstring problem. Winger Kamil Grosicki made his first start of the season at the weekend and it remains to be seen if the Poland international will keep his place.
Leeds quartet Kemar Roofe, Pablo Hernandez, Gaetano Berardi and Conor Shaughnessy are all still absent. Striker Roofe (calf), playmaker Hernandez (hamstring), defender Berardi (knee) and the versatile Shaughnessy (muscle strain) are all expected to return to contention after this month's international break.
Boss Marcelo Bielsa is set to select from an unchanged squad, with no new injury problems following last week's draw at Sheffield Wednesday. Midfielder Adam Forshaw is pushing for his first start of the season having made four substitute appearances this season following ankle trouble.
Opta stats
Hull have won two of their last 12 league meetings with Leeds (D6 L4), with both victories coming in the 2012-13 season.
Four of the last five league meetings between Hull and Leeds at the KC Stadium have ended as draws, with Hull winning the other 2-0 in December 2012.
Hull have only kept one clean sheet in their last 14 league games, a 2-0 win against Ipswich in September.
After a winless run of 11 away league games at the end of last season, Leeds are unbeaten in all five on the road so far in 2018-19 (W2 D3).
Jarrod Bowen has scored three of Hull's last four goals in the Championship.
Prutton's prediction
Even though Leeds are missing key men Kemar Roofe, Patrick Bamford and Pablo Hernandez, the amount of shots that they have, the amount of possession they enjoy and the way that they play, I just think they are going to go to the KCOM and dominate, even though the Tigers did well to get a draw against Middlesbrough.
David Prutton predicts: 0-2 (9/1 with Sky Bet)
