Wednesday’s injury-ravaged squad goes in search of a long-awaited first home league win of the season against play-off chasing Hull City at Hillsborough this afternoon.

Our already stretched options were dealt another big blow at Portman Road last Saturday with Dominic Iorfa, Max Lowe and Charlie McNeil all subbed in the second half through injury while Gabriel Otegbayo took a late kick to the head.

In addition, Sean Fusire is now in African Cup of Nations action for Zimbabwe while Yan Valery is in the Tunisia squad playing in the same tournament.

We go into the match on the back of a 15-game winless run while Hull have won their last three league outings, are in fourth place before today’s full Championship programme and will be backed by a sellout following.

For Wednesday, it is our first Boxing Day home fixture since 2015 when we defeated Birmingham 3-0 with two Fernando Forestieri goals and another from Kieran Lee.