Leeds United v Hull City team news - Blow for Whites as injury rules out Saiz
In a blow for head coach Thomas Christiansen, the influential Spaniard failed to make the squad for the Whites with the Spaniard having suffered a calf strain in training.
Hernandez came in for Saiz in the number 10 role while Kemar Roofe kept his place as the lone striker as Pierre-Michel Lasogga returned from a calf injury to feature among the substitutes.
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Hide AdWinger Stuart Dallas again missed out with an ankle injury while striker Caleb Ekuban will be absent until the end of next month out having fractured a bone in his foot.
Hull, who were looking for their first win under new manager Nigel Adkins, named an unchanged line-up.
Leeds United: Wiedwald, Ayling, Cooper, Jansson, Berardi, Vieira, Phillips, Cibicki, Hernandez, Alioski, Roofe. Subs: Lonergan, Shaughnessy, Pennington, O'Kane, Anita, Lasogga, Grot.
Hull City: McGregor, Tomori, Aina, Dawson, Mazuch, Hector, Larsson, Toral, Irvine, Grosicki, Dicko. Subs: Marshall, Clark, Clackstone, Henriksen, Stewart, Bowen, Diomande.
Referee: Stephen Martin.