Oxford United welcome the Tigers tonight, with both teams enduring something of a sticky patch.

The U’s are without a win in eight matches, while Tim Walter’s Hull side have gone five games without a victory.

Immediately before that run though, the Tigers beat Stoke City, Cardiff City and Queens Park Rangers in consecutive matches, scoring 10 goals.

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United head coach Buckingham has been impressed when things have clicked for the Tigers.

He said: “They’re very fluid with their movement. They’ve got some real ideas in how they want to play the game, which are very different to any other team I’ve seen in this league.

“They’re very free-flowing, both in terms of the ball, but also their positions, especially when they build up the pitch.

“That’s something we have to be aware of, and it’s another challenge we will prepare ourselves for.

“You can see what they’re trying to do, and you see when it comes together, how effective it can be.

“But at the same time, when teams see what you’re doing, they try and put a stop to that.

“We’ve seen that this year when we’ve stopped teams doing one thing, they do another.

“It’s making sure that as a head coach, you get the time to implement your ideas and for people to understand them.

“Then it’s making sure you adapt and evolve your ideas because if you’ve only got one way of doing something, it becomes very predictable.”

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Buckingham added: “They didn’t get off to the start they wanted, then it really came together for them, and they played some really good football.

“It’s similar to us. Everyone is still finding their way to an extent. When they play the way they seem to want to, it’s very dangerous and really causes any team in the league a problem.

“I’m just focusing on us for this game. It’s about making sure we respond. We can be disappointed with Saturday, but what we can’t do is try and make up for that.

“What we can do is make sure we go about our business in a much better way, and that’s what we’re all trying to do.

“We will never pay all of our attention to the opposition. We’ll give them the respect they deserve and set up for what we think we may face, but all of the time has been on what we want to do and how we want to go about what we do, both with the ball firstly, and then making sure we’re prepared for what we face out of possession.”