Overview
- Kick-off is 8pm GMT on Friday at the MKM Stadium, live on Sky Sports Football.
- New Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg targets a second straight win after a 2-1 debut victory over Derby County.
- Boro's defensive options remain stretched, with Luke Ayling, Darragh Lenihan and Dael Fry still out, George Edmundson and Aidan Morris only just back in training, and Alex Bangura cleared to continue after his comeback.
- Hull boss Sergej Jakirovic will make late calls on Oli McBurnie and Liam Millar, with Charlie Hughes fit after an MRI and John Lundstram back in the frame following a long layoff.
- Hull arrive boosted by a 2-1 comeback at Stoke sealed by Joe Gelhardt and enter as one of the Championship's highest scorers but among the leakiest defenses, a profile that points to an open contest with promotion-race implications.