Sunderland boss Martin O’Neill has named an unchanged team for this afternoon’s Premier League clash with West Brom as he goes in search of back-to-back victories.
Craig Gardner had to make do with a seat on the bench on his return from suspension with O’Neill keeping faith with the men who won 3-1 at Fulham on Sunday.
Baggies counterpart Steve Clark has handed returns to Gareth McAuley and Chris Brunt as Gabriel Tamas and Chris Brunt replace Gabriel Tamas and the injured Youssouf Mulumbu.
Sunderland: Mignolet, Bardsley, O’Shea, Cuellar, Rose, Larsson, Cattermole, Colback, Johnson, Sessegnon, Fletcher.
Subs: Westwood, Gardner, Campbell, Kilgallon, Vaughan, McClean, Saha.
West Brom: Myhill, Jones, Olsson, McAuley, Ridgewell, Odemwingie, Yacob, Morrison, Brunt, Gera, Long.
Subs: Luke Daniels, Popov, Rosenberg, Dorrans, Lukaku, Tamas, Fortune.
Referee: Mike Dean/