HULL v SUNDERLAND: All the latest team news and stats from the KC Stadium clash

PUBLISHED: 08:01 EST, 1 November 2013 | UPDATED: 14:33 EST, 1 November 2013

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KC Stadium (Saturday, 3pm)

Hull team news:

Hull manager Steve Bruce will give late fitness tests to Sone Aluko and Robbie Brady prior to the visit of his former club Sunderland.

Aluko (calf) and Brady (hernia) are both struggling but Bruce will give them every chance of making the side as he is already without Allan McGregor (hip), James Chester (hamstring) and Alex Bruce (groin).

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Fitness race: Robbie Brady will be given a fitness test by Hull boss Steve Bruce

Jake Livermore returns after missing the double header against parent club Tottenham, but Danny Graham is on loan from the Black Cats and will make way for Yannick Sagbo.

Provisional squad: Harper, Jakupovic, McShane, Faye, Davies, Rosenior, Elmohamady, Boyd, Quinn, Brady, Livermore, Huddlestone, Meyler, Koren, Aluko, Sagbo, Gedo, Proschwitz.

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Sunderland team news:

Sunderland manager Gus Poyet has no injury problems ahead of Saturday's Barclays Premier League trip to Hull.

Striker Steven Fletcher emerged unscathed despite appearing to land awkwardly during last Sunday's 2-1 derby victory over Newcastle and will be fit to retain his place.

Sharpshooter: Steven Fletcher (left) will be fit to feature for Sunderland at Hull

Midfielder David Vaughan will not be part of the squad after being allowed to join Sky Bet Championship Nottingham Forest on a three-month loan deal.

Team from: Westwood, Mannone, Celustka, Bardsley, Cuellar, O'Shea, Brown, Diakite, Roberge, Colback, Cattermole, Cabral, Gardner, Ki, Giaccherini, Johnson, Larsson, Ba, Karlsson, Mavrias, Fletcher, Altidore, Wickham, Borini, Ji.

Big match stats:

On home soil, Hull remain unbeaten this season (W2 D2), conceding just one goal in the process.

Sunderland have won each of their last six league encounters with Hull City.

Jozy Altidore, now a Sunderland player, was sent off playing for Hull the last time this fixture was played (April 2010).

There have been four red cards in the last three league meetings between The Tigers and Black Cats in Hull.

Hull have only lost two of the nine previous Premier League games they’ve played in November.

Poyet: Sunderland are in 'race' for points in Premier League

Hull are the only team yet to score a goal from outside the box.

The Tigers are the lowest scorers in the top-half of the Premier League table.

Sunderland have recorded one win from their opening nine games for the second successive season (record in 2012-13 was W1 D6 L2.)

Sunderland have gone 13 games without a Premier League clean sheet. The last manager to see his side fail to score against the Black Cats was David Moyes.

Hull’s last seven home Premier League games have gone under 2.5 goals.

*Stats supplied by Opta

Seeing red: Sending offs have been a common feature in recent games between the teams, with former Hull striker Jozy Altidore (left) and Alan Hutton being dismissed in the last meeting