Hull’s relegation from the Premier League will effectively be sealed with defeat, if it is coupled with a West Ham win over Wigan, because of their vastly inferior goal difference. The latest effort to avert the catastrophic financial consequences of the drop must be carried out with limited striking resources – Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink ruled out following his midweek head injury. Sunderland will field two of the players who delivered top-flight football to Hull for the first time in their history two years ago – defender Michael Turner and striker Fraizer Campbell – as they seek elusive back-to-back league wins. Richard Gibson

Venue KC Stadium, Saturday 3pm

Tickets £28-33 (01482 505600)

Last season Hull 1 Sunderland 4

Referee P Walton

This season’s matches 24 Y60, R4, 2.67 cards per game

Odds Hull 13-10 Sunderland 9-4 Draw 12-5

Hull

Subs from Myhill, Mouyokolo, Kilbane, Cairney, Ghilas, Olofinjana, Barmby, Cooper, Altidore

Doubtful Mouyokolo (knee)

Injured Vennegoor of Hesselink (concussion, 3 May), Marney (ankle, 9 May), Zayatte (knee, 9 May), Ashbee (knee, Aug), Garcia (knee, Aug), Hunt (foot, Aug)

Suspended None

Form guide LDLLWL

Disciplinary record Y65 R5

Leading scorer Hunt 6

Sunderland

Subs from Carson, Fulop, Bardsley, Kilgallon, Da Silva, Mensah, Meyler, Cattermole, Zenden, Benjani, Liddle

Doubtful Cana (groin), Cattermole (calf), Mensah (hamstring)

Injured McCartney (hamstring, Aug), Reid (hamstring, Aug)

Suspended None

Form guide WLWLDW

Disciplinary record Y74 R6

Leading scorer Bent 23

Match pointers

• Sunderland have won their last five meetings with Hull, scoring 12 goals in the process

• Hull have let in 18 goals in the last 10 minutes of games – six more than any other side

• Sunderland have played 55 times since they last won two consecutive top-flight games

• Kamil Zayatte scored at both ends when these sides met at Sunderland earlier this season and also scored an own goal at the KC Stadium in 2008-09

• Fraizer Campbell has scored four goals in his last eight appearances after failing to find the net in his first 20 games for Sunderland

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Promotion-winning coach’s eccentric decisions had undermined his authority at the KC Stadium

As an ardent fan of The Beach Boys, Phil Brown would probably agree that his tenure at Hull City took him on a journey from “Good Vibrations” to “God Only Knows”. On paper the most successful manager in the club’s history, Brown departs the KC