Nathan Bishop starts in the league for the first time, as Mike Dodds makes two changes to his starting line-up for the final Sky Bet Championship fixture of the season against Sheffield Wednesday.
Patrick Roberts also returns with Chris Rigg and Anthony Patterson dropping to the bench. Bradley Dack has a spot among the substitutes, but Leo Hjelde and Mason Burstow miss out.
Nazariy Rusyn and Dennis Cirkin returned to full training this week but have not been included in the Black Cats’ final matchday squad of the campaign.
Dan Neil, Elliot Embleton, Jenson Seelt, and Niall Huggins all remain sidelined.
SAFC XI: Bishop, Hume, Ballard, O’Nien ©, Alese, Ekwah, Aouchiche, Roberts, Styles, Clarke, Jobe.
Substitutes: Patterson, Evans, Pembele, Hemir, Mundle, Ba, Rigg, Watson, Dack.