SL preview: Huddersfield v Hull FC (Thu)

Huddersfield head coach Paul Anderson has named an unchanged squad from last week’s 22-8 defeat to Wigan.

Opposing head coach Peter Gentle makes one change to the Hull FC squad, with returning prop Andy Lynch replacing Liam Kent.

Huddersfield 19-man squad:

Grix, Cudjoe, Wardle, McGillvary, Brough, Robinson, Crabtree, Lunt, Kopczak, Ferres, Faiumu, Lawrence, Patrick, Chan, Ta’ai, Murphy, Ferguson, Blackmore, Wood.

Hull FC 19-man squad:

Bowden, Briscoe, Crookes, Ellis, Green, Heremaia, Holdsworth, Horne, Houghton, Johnson, Lynch, Miller, Pitts, Shaul, Tickle, Watts, Westerman, Whiting, Yeaman.

Previous play-off meetings:

Hull FC 46, Huddersfield 10 (SLEPO, 16/9/12)

Hull FC 22, Huddersfield 16 (SLEPO, 22/9/07)

Super League summary:

Huddersfield won 13

Hull FC won 24 (includes wins in 2007 and 2012 play-offs)

1 draw

Huddersfield highest score: 34-20 (A, 2011) (Widest margin: 24-0, A, 2009)

Hull FC highest score: 46-10 (H, 2012 EPO) (also widest margin)

Numbers:

2 – Tom Briscoe needs two tries to reach a career century of touchdowns. Briscoe has touched down 88 times for Hull FC since 2008, to go with 10 tries for England since 2009.

4 – Huddersfield have won their last four home meetings with Hull FC, with the Black and Whites’ last away victory against the Giants coming 24-20 on 6 March, 2009.

100 – Shaun Lunt needs one appearance to reach 100 for Huddersfield. Lunt made a try-scoring Giants debut in a 30-8 win against Catalan Dragons at Stade Gilbert Brutus on 14 February, 2009.

300 – Kirk Yeaman needs one appearance to reach 300 for Hull FC. Yeaman made his debut for the club as a substitute in a 28-12 win against London Broncos at the Boulevard on 19 August, 2001.

2000 – Danny Tickle is 7 points away from 2,000 in Super League (224 for Halifax, 2000-2002; 538 for Wigan, 2002-2006 and 1,231 for Hull FC, 2007-2013)