Hull are hoping Evandro will be fit after two games out with a calf strain.
Curtis Davies and Michael Dawson are making good progress from respective hamstring and calf injuries but this match is likely to come too soon.
Swansea full-back Kyle Naughton is sidelined with a hamstring injury so Angel Rangel is likely to deputise.
Jefferson Montero and Ki Sung-yueng are set to return to the squad after hamstring and knee injuries respectively.
MOTD COMMENTATOR'S NOTES
Alistair Mann: "Since getting new managers just days apart in early January, these two sides have made the encouraging improvements those appointments were designed to provoke.