Phil Parkinson named an unchanged side, sticking with the same starting XI that beat Bristol Rovers at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.
He also named the same seven subs, which meant January signing Declan John is still waiting for his first appearance in the matchday 18.
Fleetwood Town boss Joey Barton also decided against making changes to a winning side, in his case fielding the same XI that started the weekend win over promotion rivals Portsmouth.
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Tonight's teams
Sunderland: J McLaughlin, Willis, Ozturk, Flanagan, O'Nien, Dobson, Power, Hume, Gooch, Maguire, Wyke
Subs: Burge, Watmore, Lafferty, Semenyo, C McLaughlin, Smith, Scowen
Fleetwood: Cairns, Coyle, Andrew, Connolly, Souttar, Burns, Whelan, Coutts, Madden, Gibson, McKay.
Subs: Crellin, Morris, Biggins, Sowerby, Saunders, Holgate, Thorvaldsson
