Hull City face a nervous wait to find out the extent of Lewie Coyle’s hamstring injury which forced him off early in the second half of the Tigers latest 2-1 friendly victory.
Coyle, who was one of 10 changes at half-time against Istanbulspor, stretched for a ball and immediately clutched his hamstring before coming off.
Cody Drameh, who played in the first period, was drafted back onto the pitch in Coyle’s absence and teed up Kyle Joseph to equalise, before Pharrell Brown slammed in a late winner.
City will now assess their skipper ahead of Saturday’s clash with Kasimpasa, which will round off what has been a promising start to the week.
Boss Sergej Jakirovic also hopes to have Steven Alzate and Gustavo Puerta back to face Shota Arveladze’s side after the pair missed the clash with Istanbulspor at the club’s training base in Riva.
“We will see our medical checks, but it (Coyle’s injury) was a hamstring, I think,” the Bosnian told Hull Live. “It came after one sprint, but we will see after with the medical staff. He told me that he felt something there, and we will see.
“Alzate had some kind of problem with his calf, and because of that, we didn’t want to risk it with him and Gustavo had a problem with his head. I think if both of them can make training over the next couple of days then they have a good chance of being involved on Saturday.”
Jakirovic declared himself pleased with the manner of the comeback, especially after conceding on the stroke of half-time. He praised teenager Cathal McCarthy for his first senior outing in midfield and Kyle Joseph, who netted the equaliser.
“Yes, of course (winning is a good habit), especially because we are working very hard and we see we have some very heavy legs today,” he continued.
“We also had a few problems before this game with Gustavo, so we didn’t have so many options in the midfield, but Cathal McCarthy played very, very nicely. I’m very happy because Kyle scored the goal. This is for me very, very good.
“Before their goal, we had some opportunities or some transitions with bad decisions, with maybe technical issues, but of course, after the second half, they responded good and this is good psychologically for us.”
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