Cardiff City: Bluebirds facing Jak Alnwick injury blow

Horvath is likely to step in in midweek, the fixture with the Tigers coming ahead of Friday’s FA Cup fifth round trip to Premier League Aston Villa.

Riza will also be without defender Goutas who was sent off for bringing down Bali Mumba as he went through on goal. The Cardiff manager said he had not watched the incident back so gave no suggestion the club would appeal the dismissal.

“From where I was standing, I don’t know if he just got the wrong side of him or if he caught him,” added Riza.

Top scorer Callum Robinson could return against Hull, Riza admitting the striker missed the draw with a “slight” injury with his fitness being managed. Yousef Salech started in 11-goal Robinson’s absence, scoring his fourth goal since joining the club in January.

Salech and Wales captain Aaron Ramsey were the two players introduced from last week’s draw with Bristol City, with Riza adding: “Aaron played 100-odd minutes and did well. We need everybody in the squad. We have 13 more games to go before the end of the season and we will need everybody involved.”

On the draw, that keeps Cardiff three points above the Championship relegation places, Riza added: “It could be an important point. We have a game in hand, we came here to win the game and it was heading that way. The red card helped them get their tails up. We tried to stop them but they scored the goal and we’re happy to come away with a point because it was difficult.”