Team news:
Grayson selects his XI

Simon Grayson has selected his side to face Livingston FC this evening.

Mika starts in between the posts with Max Stryjek on the bench as Vito Mannone is rested, with Brendan Galloway making his first start for the club.

John O’Shea captains the Black Cats and starts in the centre of defence alongside Lamine Kone, as Darron Gibson, Jack Rodwell and Didier Ndong form the central midfield.

Up top, Wahbi Khazri, who was on target at Easter Road,  is tasked with supplying Lynden Gooch as Josh Maja and Jeremain Lens – Sunderland’s other pre-season scorers – start on the bench.

Lamine Kone, Lee Cattermole and George Honeyman are also amongst the substitutes.

Sunderland: Mika, Jones, Galloway, Djilobodji, O’Shea, Love, Gibson, Rodwell, Ndong, Khazri, Gooch.
Substitutes:
Stryjek, Beadling, Matthews, Embleton, E Robson, Maja, Asoro, Kone, Lens, Cattermole, Honeyman, Ledger.