Tony Mowbray made two changes against Huddersfield Town to the Sunderland side that started the weekend win against Birmingham City - both of them forced upon him. Luke O'Nien returned in defence, taking the place of Dennis Cirkin, who was serving a one-match suspension after being sent off against the Blues.
And the second change saw on-loan Leeds United frontman Joe Gelhardt come back into the starting XI, taking the place of Edouard Michut. Michut was absent from the matchday squad, with the French midfielder picking up an injury at the weekend.
Mowbray had said on the eve of the game that a player had suffered a knock at the weekend and would not feature tonight, but he would not say who it was at that stage. Academy graduate Dan Neil started in midfield, which saw him make his 100th appearance for the club.
Huddersfield boss Neil Warnock also made two changes, in his case to the side that lost at Swansea City at the weekend. Josh Koroma and Josh Ruffles came into the side in place of Ramarni Edmonds-Green and Jonathan Hogg.
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Former Sunderland striker Martyn Waghorn - who is on loan with the Terriers from Coventry City - was on the bench. You can follow the game as it happens in our live match blog here, with all the latest analysis and reaction.
Tonight's teams
Sunderland: Patterson, Hume, Batth, O'Nien, Gooch, Neil, Amad, Roberts, Pritchard, Clarke, Gelhardt
Subs: Bass, Ba, Taylor, Lihadji, Ekwah, Anderson, Watson
Huddersfield Town: Vaclik, Lees, Helik, Pearson, Kasumu, Koroma, Rudoni, Ruffles, Headley, Diarra, Ward
Subs: Balkopic, Rhodes, Hungbo, Edmonds-Green, Jackson, Lowton, Waghorn
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