Jack Ross has made one change for today’s game against Walsall.
Tom Flanagan replaces Jimmy Dunne in the starting XI for the Stadium of Light showdown, with the on-loan Burnley man dropping to the bench.
Will Grigg continues to lead the line and is once again backed up by Aiden McGeady and Lewis Morgan, with Max Power retaining his place following the trip to Oakwell.
Reece James remains sidelined, while George Honeyman serves the second game of a three-match ban following a red card at Wycombe Wanderers.
Sunderland: McLaughlin, Flanagan, Baldwin, O’Nien, Matthews, Leadbitter, Cattermole, Power, McGeady, Morgan, Grigg.
Subs not used: Ruiter, McGeouch, Wyke, Gooch, Sterling, Dunne, Hume.
