Hull City have the luxury of knowing that they will stay in the Championship playoff places on Saturday even if they lose to Burnley at the KC Stadium.

Steve Bruce's team have enjoyed four wins from their last five matches and are just three points off an automatic promotion spot.

Their opponents this weekend started strongly under new manager Sean Dyche, but two defeats on the bounce have threatened to derail their climb up the table.

David Stockdale is expected to start in goal for the Tigers following his loan move from Fulham, while Paul McShane could miss out with a calf injury.

Burnley will be without Kieran Tripper after the defender was sent off in last weekend's 1-0 defeat at Charlton.

Recent form:

Hull: LWWWLW

Burnley: WLWWLL

Possible lineups:

Hull: Stockdale; Rosenior, Chester, Brady, Faye; Elmohamady, Evans, Koren, Quinn; Simpson, Aluko

Burnley: Grant; Edgar, Lafferty, Duff, Shackell; McCann, Wallace, Marney, Stock; Paterson, Austin

Sports Mole says: 2-0

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