Martin O'Neill has made one change to his side for this afternoon's Barclays Premier League clash with Tottenham Hotspur.
John O'Shea returns to the side following illness and replaces Danny Rose, who is ineligible against his former club.
Sunderland: Mignolet, Gardner, Kilgallon, O'Shea (c), Cuellar, Larsson, Colback, Johnson, McClean, Sessegnon, Fletcher.
Subs: Campbell, Wickham, McFadden, Vaughan, Dong-won, Bramble, Westwood.
Spurs: Lloris, Walker, Naughton, Dawson (c), Caulker, Sandro, Dembele, Lennon, Bale, Adebayor, Defoe.
Subs: Dempsey, Vertonghen, Huddlestone, Parker, Sigurdsson, Livermore, Friedel.