Shota Arveladze reveals his Hull City starting XI to face Reading

Hull City head coach Shota Arveladze made two changes for this afternoon's home clash with Reading at the MKM Stadium, with the Georgian bringing back Brandon Fleming and Lewie Coyle into his starting line-up. Callum Elder and Ryan Longman were dropped to the bench.

Elsewhere, Arveladze kept faith with the other nine players who came close to earning a point at Millwall on Easter Monday - Nathan Baxter preferred in goal ahead of Matt Ingram and as they have done for each and every minute of City's previous 43 games, Jacob Greaves and Keane Lewis-Potter were once again handed starts. Greaves was partnered alongside Alfie Jones and Sean McLoughlin.

Richie Smallwood and Regan Slater were again the sitting midfield two, with Fleming and Coyle in the wing-back roles, with George Honeyman and Lewis-Potter charged with supporting Allahyar. There was still no place in the matchday squad for out of favour Mallik Wilks after his ultimatum, and there was still no place for Tyler Smith.

Having ended their nightmare run of six straight defeats against Cardiff City on Good Friday, Arveladze is keen to build on that success against a Royals side knowing a rare victory in East Yorkshire would secure their Championship safety with a couple of games to go.

“We want to show our own supporters that we love to play football, especially at home,” the Georgian told Hull Live. "When they come and support us, we always want to give them the maximum we can. It’s all about the game we want to find. We’ve had (periods during) the last six or seven games, but not for the entire game.

“We’ve had some golden times. We want to see this for (the entire) 90 minutes, so we’re working on that.”

Speaking about the threat Paul Ince's men may post,