League One will witness a Yorkshire derby as East meets South on Wednesday night, when Doncaster Rovers travel to the KCOM Stadium to take on Hull City.
The Tigers will be looking to avenge their FA Cup defeat to Stevenage on Sunday.
Tom Eaves put the Tigers ahead in the game before Stevenage grabbed an equaliser, taking the game to penalties, where the hosts came out 6-5 winners.
Doncaster’s goals have been shared throughout the team this season with midfielder Ben Whiteman the top scorer with four.
Madger Gomes has three to his name also from midfield and it is stopping that creativity going forward which will be key for the Tigers.
Stopping Whiteman playing is the key, with the captain’s influence a big part of Doncaster’s success.
Richie Smallwood and Greg Docherty will be tasked with that, or Dan Batty if he features, and for all City’s threats out wide, it will be what happens in the middle of the park that likely settles this encounter.
Doncaster Rovers did make it through their FA Cup tie against Carlisle United, winning 2-1, thanks to two brilliant strikes for club captain, Ben Whiteman.
Hull attacker, Malik Wilks is well known to Rovers fans after his exploits while on loan with the club in the 2018/19 season.
Having arrived on loan from Leeds United, the winger scored 16 goals in 55 appearances and became a real fans favourite as the club secured a play-off place.
He joined Barnsley on a permanent deal last summer but struggled to make an impact at Oakwell and joined the Tigers on loan in January in a move which saw him re-united with Grant McCann.
He made the move permanent in the summer and already has eight goals under his belt so far this season.
Doncaster Rovers did make it through their FA Cup tie against Carlisle United, winning 2-1, thanks to two brilliant strikes for club captain, Ben Whiteman.
This will be the first competitive meeting between Hull City and Doncaster Rovers since August 2017 in the League Cup second round, with Donny winning 2-0.
Doncaster last faced Hull in league competition in the 2011-12 Championship season, when both of their meetings were drawn.
Hull have won 10 of their 13 league matches this season (L3), the earliest they have reached 10 wins in any Football League campaign since 1948-49 (11 games).
Doncaster have only failed to score in one of their 12 league games this season; only opponents Hull (none) have failed to score on fewer occasions in League One this term.
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