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Hull City and Stoke City, who are at the bottom of the Championship table and only separated by goal differential,

will play a crucial match on Saturday at the MKM Stadium.

The two teams are separated by two points in the relegation zone, with the home team moving up out

of the bottom three as a result of improved play.Hull had only 15 points from their first 19

Championship games when Selles arrived at the MKM Stadium in early December.

Despite gaining seven more points from their first six games under the new manager, they were still in the bottom three.

Abu Kamara’s brace and a goal from Joao Pedro helped the Tigers come back from behind to

salvage a point from a 3-3 draw with league leaders Leeds United. They then went to Millwall

and dropped to sixth place in their win column for the season after an own goal from

Jake Cooper was the only difference at the Den.

Then, following a 2-1 home loss to Queens Park Rangers, which made their home record the

lowest in the division, the Humber team only managed 12 points from 15 games at the MKM Stadium.

Most recently, they had to travel to promotion-chasing Sheffield United and won 3-0,

with Matt Crooks scoring the first goal and Matty