Having lost successive away games at two relegation rivals, City can ill afford to allow a third side to take maximum points off City this afternoon.
1-0 defeats to Norwich City and Crystal Palace have seen City drawn deeper into the relegation battle and today`s match against Sunderland sees the two sides a lot closer than they were when they met at the KC.
Sunderland Team News
Liam Bridcutt will make his home debut after impressing in the 3-0 derby victory over Newcastle last week but the home side may be without Steven Fletcher who has played through an injury in recent games.
Carlos Cuellar and Kieran Westood remain injured whilst former City players Vito Mannone and Jozy Altidore should feature against their former club.
Hull City
As with Sunderland, City have a host of former players set to face their former club including Paul McShane, David Meyler and Ahmed Elmohamady.
In goal, Newcastle legend Steve Harper will continue with Allan McGregor serving the second of his three game suspension.
Sone Aluko could be named as a substitute after featuring in a behind closed doors friendly in the week.
Match Officials
Referee: Mike Jones
Assistant Referee`s: A. Halliday and M. Scholes
Fourth Official: M. Naylor
Prediction
Earlier in the season, City recorded a 1-0 win at the KC thanks to a Carlos Cuellar own goal and aided by the sending offs of Cattermole and Dossena within minutes in injury time at the end of the first-half.
Sunderland have lost just one of their last nine while City need to turn around a worrying run of away form that has seen them fail to win on the road in their last nine. However, the North East has been a happy destination this season with wins already recorded at Newcastle and Middlesbrough.
Sunderland 1 – 2 Hull City
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