MICHAEL Obafemi will make his first Millwall start as the Lions prepare to go toe-to-toe with Hull City.
The striker, signed on loan from Burnley last month, was handed 15 minutes off the bench in last week’s 1-1 draw with Preston North End.
But now he will start at the MKM Stadium and comes in as part of five changes made by Millwall head coach Joe Edwards.
Kevin Nisbet is out with injury, joining Ryan Longman on the sidelines. But Hull loanee Longman would not have been able to play against his parent club in any case.
Joe Bryan drops to the bench while it’s all change in central midfield as George Honeyman and Billy Mitchell drop out.
Coming in alongside Obafemi is Murray Wallace, George Saville, Casper De Norre and Duncan Watmore.
Watmore was sick and missed the matches against Preston while De Norre will make his first start in 13 games having spent weeks on the bench after recovery from his calf issue.
Tom Bradshaw and Shaun Hutchinson are among the substitutes after recovering from their recent injury issues.
There is some eye-catching team news from Hull’s side as well as Jaden Philogene, who terrorised Millwall’s defence during the 2-2 draw at The Den in October, returning to the line-up after eight games out injured.
Ryan Giles, on loan from Luton Town and Anass Zaroury, on loan from Burnley like Obafemi, both make their Hull debuts from the start.
Dropping out are Matty Jacob, Jason Lokilo and Greg Docherty.
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Hull: 4-2-3-1: Allsop; Coyle (c), Jones, Greaves, Giles; Morton, Slater; Philogene, Carvalho, Zaroury; Tufan.
Substitutes: Pandur, Sellars-Fleming, Docherty, McLoughlin, Ohio, Sharp, Jacob, Ashbee, Omur.
Millwall: 3-4-3: Sarkic; Tanganga, Harding, Cooper (c); Norton-Cuffy, De Norre, Saville, Wallace; Watmore, Flemming, Obafemi.
Substitutes: Bialkowski, McNamara, Hutchinson, Mitchell, Bradshaw, Campbell, Bryan, Esse, Honeyman.