Overview
- Fifth-placed Hull visit Portsmouth seeking a fifth straight away win but expect to be without eight players through injury.
- Head coach Sergej Jakirovic confirmed Ryan Giles suffered a grade 3c hamstring injury in his other leg and is projected to miss about eight weeks.
- On-loan winger Yu Hirakawa has an ankle injury with surgery recommended by a specialist, with Bristol City to decide the next steps.
- Semi Ajayi has trained with the group and could be involved at Portsmouth or at Ipswich on Tuesday, while Matt Crooks returns to the matchday squad.
- With Giles and Matty Jacob out, left-back cover will come from Lewie Coyle, Cody Drameh or Akin Famewo, and Eliot Matazo is building back through full-contact training before Under-21 minutes.