Hull City vs Middlesbrough team news: Boro go for it with Rudy Gestede and Alvaro Negredo in attack while Tom Huddlestone is still suspended for the Tigers

MIDDLESBROUGH head to Hull City on Wednesday in desperate need of victory.

Both sides are in stuck in the relegation zone, but the Tigers are four points ahead of Boro.

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Here's everything you need to know about the crunch Premier League relegation clash:

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Hull City vs Middlesbrough team news

Hull: Jakupovic, Elmohamady, Ranocchia, Maguire, Robertson, Clucas, Grosicki, N'Diaye, Markovic, Hernandez, Niasse

Subs: Marshall, Meyler, Maloney, Diomande, Dawson, Henriksen, Evandro

Middlesbrough: Valdes, Barragan, Ayala, Gibson, Husband, Traore, Clayton, De Roon, Downing, Gestede, Negredo

Subs: Guzan, Espinosa, Leadbitter, Stuani, Bamford, Guedioura, Forshaw

Hull's on-loan right-back Omar Elabdellaoui misses out again through a back injury.

Tom Huddlestone also misses out through suspension.

Middlesbrough are missing full-back Fabio after the head injury he received at Swansea, while Gaston Ramirez misses out with an ankle injury.

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Where can I watch Hull City vs Middlesbrough?

The match will not be shown live on UK TV.

You can listen to updates on talkSPORT radio.

Or follow all the action on SunSport.

What time does Hull City vs Middlesbrough?

The match kicks-off at 7.45pm.

It will take place on Wednesday April 5.

The KCOM Stadium will host the contest.

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• The home team has won the last seven league meetings between these sides. Middlesbrough have four wins, Hull three.
• Boro's last victory away to Hull was in the Championship in April 2011, with Scott McDonald scoring a hat-trick in a 4-2 win.
• They have won just one of their last nine away league games against the Tigers, drawing four and losing four.
• Hull have won four of their five Premier League home games under Marco Silva - twice as many as they won under Mike Phelan this season (W2, D3, L5).
• Silva hasn't lost a home league match as a manager in over three years with four different clubs: Estoril, Sporting, Olympiakos and Hull (W32, D7).
  

  

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• The Tigers have kept just one clean sheet in 15 home matches in the Premier League this season, fewer than any other side.
• They are unbeaten in their home matches against the sides currently in the bottom half of the table (W4, D2).
• Middlesbrough haven't won any of their last 12 league games (D5, L7).
• They have had six goalless draws this season, more than any other team in the Premier League.
• Boro's victory over Sunderland in August is their only win in their last 28 away matches in the top flight (D8, L19).
• Stewart Downing could make his 400th Premier League appearance in this match - 203 of those will have been for Boro.
• No Premier League player has completed more dribbles in the Premier League this season than Adama Traore (121) - level with Eden Hazard.