Sunderland forward Victor Anichebe is expected to play despite suffering a cracked rib in the win at Bournemouth.
Steven Pienaar serves a ban, with Jack Rodwell, Lee Cattermole and Jan Kirchhoff hoping to be fit and in contention to replace him.
Hull will be without injured strikers Will Keane, Abel Hernandez and the suspended Adama Diomande.
Shaun Maloney is out with a back problem, so teenage forward Jarrod Bowen could be involved.
MOTD COMMENTATOR'S NOTES
Mark Scott: "Can you have a six pointer in November?
"This certainly feels like one and both clubs come into it with a spring in their step after much-needed victories last time out.