Hull City v Swansea City : Match day teams and latest news

Today’s championship game at the MTM stadium goes ahead at 3pm today with a healthy swans support travelling to support Russell Martin’s resurgent swans. We will feature here all the latest news and team news at 2pm.

Hull City welcome their new manager Shota Arveladze today and have won their last two championship games. Swansea are unbeaten in three but have Flynn Downes suspended and Jamie Paterson is still not featuring as the transfer window comes to a close. Olivier Ntcham is fit after missing Tuesdays draw at Queens Park Rangers.

We will feature the team news for this game here at 2pm today.

Hull City: Nathan Baxter, Jacob Greaves, Richie Smallwood (captain), Greg Docherty, Tom Eaves, George Honeyman, Keane Lewis-Potter, Ryan Longman, Sean McLoughlin, Brandon Fleming, Di'Shon Bernard.

Substitutes: Matt Ingram, George Moncur, Tyler Smith, Tom Huddlestone, Festus Arthur, Regan Slater, Callum Jones.

Swansea City: Ben Hamer; Ben Cabango, Kyle Naughton, Ryan Manning; Cyrus Christie, Korey Smith, Matt Grimes (captain), Joel Latibeaudiere; Jay Fulton, Hannes Wolf; Joel Piroe.

Substitutes: Andy Fisher, Ryan Bennett, Michael Obafemi, Olivier Ntcham, Kyle Joseph, Liam Walsh, Azeem Abdulai.

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