Elliott Dickman has named a young side to take on Derby county at Eppleton CW.
Goalkeeper Michael Woud starts with Brandon Taylor and Alex Storey also included, as Chris Allan and Sam Brotherton also get the chance to impress.
After coming off the bench at the Riverside, Elliot Embleton is named in the starting XI alongside Owen Gamble and Tom Beadling who were unused substitutes during the Emirates FA Cup defeat to Middlesbrough.
Under-18 forward Connor Slack is on the bench.
Derby, meanwhile, name an experienced side that includes first-teamers Jason Shackell, Ikechi Anya and former Black Cat Darren Bent.
Sunderland: Woud, Gamble, J Robson, Beadling, Taylor, Storey, Wright, Embleton, Greenwood, Allan, Brotherton.
Substitutes: Edmundsson, Talbot, Poame, Slack.
Derby County: Mitchell, Bogle, Karic, Shackell, Wassall, Stabana, Anya, Babos, Bent, Thomas, Walker.
Substitutes: Cover, Barnes, Jakobsen, Zanzala, Taylor.