Aji Alese and Lynden Gooch return to the starting eleven as Tony Mowbray makes three changes from the team that lined up last time out against Birmingham City in the Sky Bet Championship.
Alese and Gooch both return to the side following a period out through injury, lining up alongside Danny Batth and Luke O’Nien.
Ellis Simms leads the line with Amad Diallo, Jack Clarke and Alex Pritchard in support behind the striker.
The Lads are looking to get back into the swing of league action following a World Cup break, hoping to build on their 2-1 victory at Birmingham.
Sunderland XI: Patterson; Gooch, O’Nien, Batth, Alese; Evans, Neil; Pritchard, Clarke, Amad; Simms
Substitutes: Bass, Hume, Cirkin, Roberts, Embleton, Dajaku, Ba
Millwall XI: Long, McNamara, Wallace, Cooper, Mitchell, Bradshaw, Flemming, Cresswell, Voglsammer, Saville, Honeyman
Substitutes: Bialkowski, Hutchinson, Evans, Malone, Shackleton, Styles, Bennett