Dan Shittu has failed to recover from the hamstring injury he picked up at Vicarage Road on Sunday and misses tonight's Championship play-off second leg at the KC Stadium.
The nine-goal defender is replaced by Jay DeMerit while Adrian Mariappa has displaced Lloyd Doyley at right back.
Aidy Boothroyd has, as expected, brought leading scorer Darius Henderson straight back into the side at the expense of Lionel Ainsworth who drops to the bench.
Tommy Smith will revert to the right flank as Boothroyd fields his favoured 4-4-2 formation after Sunday's experimental 4-3-3 set-up.
Hull boss Phil Brown has named an unchanged team from the side who 2-0 at Vicarage Road.
Hull: Myhill; Ricketts, Brown, Turner, Dawson; Garcia, Ashbee, Hughes, Barmby; Campbell, Windass.
Watford: Lee; Mariappa, DeMerit, Bromby, Sadler; Smith, Eustace, Williamson, McAnuff; Henderson, Ellington.
Subs: Poom, Ainsworth, Doyley, Priskin, O'Toole.
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