Team news: Moyes selects his side

David Moyes has made one change to the starting XI for today’s Premier League clash against Leicester City.

Papy Djilobodji returns from suspension and replaces John O’Shea who drops to the bench, with Jermain Defoe and Victor Anichebe once again leading from the front.

The big news, however, comes from the bench as Jan Kirchhoff is named in the matchday squad for the first time in two months .

Seb Larsson, who returned to the squad last weekend, is also named among the substitutes, as are Wahbi Khazri and Adnan Januzaj.

Sunderland: Pickford, Jones, van Aanholt, Kone, Djilobodji, Denayer, Ndong, Pienaar, Watmore, Anichebe, Defoe.
Substitutes: Mannone, Larsson, Khazri, O’Shea, Manquillo, Kirchhoff, Januzaj.

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