Marco Silva admits away form must improve as Hull City fight relegation

Hull City boss Marco Silva has admitted that his side need to improve their dismal away form if they are to avoid relegation.

The Tigers are unbeaten at home since Silva took over in January, winning three of their four games at the KCOM Stadium.

However, they have taken just five points from 14 away matches in the Premier League this season, winning just once.

Three of their four away league matches under Silva - at Arsenal, Chelsea and Leicester - have ended in defeat, preventing them climbing out of the relegation zone.

"Of course we do need to improve our performance away," said Silva, whose team travel to Everton - where Hull have not won since 1952 - on Saturday.

"In some (away) games we have improved. We've shown progress, but the results achieved are not the best.

"Only against Man United we had a very good result (0-0), but the others, no, and our last performance away against Leicester was not the best, that's clear.

"We need to improve this situation and we've worked this week in a bid to take points.

"Our form at home has been very good because we've achieved results and this gives confidence to our players.

"We've had good performances away, but not achieved the results. We need to change this as soon as possible, because of the 10 games we have left, five of them are away and we need to take points."

Silva will be without Evandro and Oumar Niasse at Goodison Park. Playmaker Evandro has a calf injury and on-loan Everton forward Niasse is ineligible to play against his parent club.