Jack Ross has made several changes for today’s game against Bristol Rovers.
Lee Cattermole returns to the starting XI after making his comeback earlier this week, with Adam Matthews and Lynden Gooch also fit to start.
Josh Maja leads the line, but Tom Flanagan and Dylan McGeouch miss out, as Glenn Loovens partners Jack Baldwin at the back.
Along with Matthews, Reece James completes the back four, while Max Power and George Honeyman feature in midfield.
Chris Maguire is named on the bench, as is Duncan Watmore.
Sunderland: McLaughlin, Loovens, Baldwin, Matthews, James, Cattermole, Honeyman, Power, McGeady, Gooch, Maja.
Substitutes: Ruiter, Oviedo, Ozturk, Maguire, O’Nien, Watmore, Sinclair.
