Sunderland have made three changes to the side that tasted defeat at Manchester United with Vito Mannone lining up against Burnley at Turf Moor.
Jordan Pickford misses out after suffering a knee injury at Old Trafford, with summer signing Mika called up to the bench.
Seb Larsson replaced the unavailable Adnan Januzaj on Boxing Day and the Sweden international retains his place as the on-loan United youngster returns to the starting XI.
Didier Ndong drops to the bench as Jason Denayer isn’t named in the matchday squad, with captain John O’Shea back in the line-up.
Javier Manquillo, Jack Rodwell and Steven Pienaar are also available in reserve after returning from injury.
Sunderland: Mannone, Jones, Kone, Djilobodji, O’Shea, van Aanholt, Larsson, Januzaj, Borini, Anichebe, Defoe.
Substitutes: Mika, Love, Manquillo, Rodwell, Pienaar, Ndong, Khazri.