Donald Love and Lynden Gooch have been handed starts against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux.
Chris Coleman has opted to match Wolves’ five-at-the-back policy with Marc Wilson joining Ty Browning and John O’Shea in central defence, as Love and Matthews start at wing back.
Gooch and George Honeyman are tasked with supporting lone frontman Lewis Grabban, with Aiden McGeady dropping to the bench as Callum McManaman misses out due to suspension.
Robbin Ruiter, Lee Cattermole and Darron Gibson also start, as Tom Beadling, Elliot Embleton and Joel Asoro feature on the bench.
Sunderland: Ruiter, Wilson, Browning, O’Shea, Love, Matthews, Gibson, Cattermole, Honeyman, Gooch, Grabban.
Substitutes: Steele, Vaughan, Galoway, Asoro, Beadling, Embelton, McGeady.
