HULL vs SHEFFIELD UNITED: Latest team news and stats for the FA Cup semi-final



Wembley (Sunday, 4.07pm)

Hull team news:



Hull boss Steve Bruce has some difficult selection decisions to make for the FA Cup semi-final with Sheffield United at Wembley.



Bruce is without ineligible strike duo Nikica Jelavic and Shane Long so must now decide who to start in attack, with Sone Aluko, Matty Fryatt and Yannick Sagbo all vying for a place.



Tom Huddlestone is set to be fine to play after missing last weekend's win over Swansea with a back problem. Steve Harper will start in goal.



Dream: Hull star Jake Livermore (right) will be hoping to book a repeat appearance at Wembley on Sunday

Provisional squad: Harper, Jakupovic, Rosenior, Figueroa, Bruce, Chester, Davies, Meyler, Huddlestone, Koren, Fryatt, Livermore, Boyd, Faye, Aluko, Quinn, Koren, Elmohamady, Sagbo.

Sheffield United team news:



Sheffield United manager Nigel Clough is hoping to choose from a full-strength squad for Sunday's FA Cup semi-final clash with Hull at Wembley.



Defenders Bob Harris (thigh) and Matt Hill (hamstring), striker Jose Baxter (hip) and midfielder Stefan Scougall (thigh) have all shaken off their respective injuries in the last week and will be available for selection.



Youngsters Connor Dimaio, Otis Khan and Louis Reed were handed starts in the midweek win against Rotherham, but are likely to make way on Sunday after Clough rested several of his senior players.



Provisional squad: Long, Howard, Collins, Brayford, Davies, Harris, Kennedy, Maguire, Doyle, Murphy, Flynn, Coady, Baxter, Scougall, Freeman, Hill, Porter, Paynter.

Laugh it up: The Blades players share a joke during a training session ahead of their semi-final

Big match stats:

Hull City and Sheffield United have been drawn together on two previous occasions with the Blades progressing after a replay in 1983 and the Tigers going through after a replay in 2009.

Sheffield United have lost their last four FA Cup semi-finals (Leicester 1961, Sheffield Wednesday 1993, Newcastle United 1998 and Arsenal 2003).

Hull City have only once previously reached the FA Cup semi-final, where they lost after a replay to Arsenal (1930).

Sheffield United have lost just one of their last 11 FA Cup matches (W9 D1 L1).



Curtis Davies has scored the first goal of the game in each of his last two FA Cup matches.

Sheffield United have already knocked out four teams from higher divisions; Aston Villa (Round 3) and Fulham (Round 4) from the Premier League and Nottingham Forest (Round 5) and Charlton (Round 6) from the Championship.

Prior to this season, the Blades had won none of their previous eight FA Cup matches against teams from a higher division (W0 D2 L6).

Nikica Jelavic is cup tied after already scoring two goals in one game against QPR in this season’s 3rd Round for Everton.

Shane Long is cup tied, having already played for West Brom in the competition this season - he has scored five goals in his last seven FA Cup starts.

Matty Fryatt has scored 10 goals in 14 FA Cup starts, including seven in his last eight.

Fryatt has scored in his last two starts against Sheffield United.