Lee Johnson named an unchanged side against Sheffield Wednesday, sticking with the same XI that began Monday's win at Doncaster Rovers.
Midfielder Carl Winchester missed that game due to a calf problem and was rated as 50-50 going into tonight's match, but he was not even included on the Black Cats' bench at the Stadium of Light.
Johnson named the same seven subs as at Doncaster, with Dennis Cirkin, Denver Hume, and Frederik Alves the only senior outfielders, alongside youngsters Ollie Younger, Will Harris, and Benji Kimpioka.
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Sheffield Wednesday have had 19 days without a game due to Covid postponements, and boss Darren Moore made two changes to the side that won at Crewe last time out.
In came Chey Dunkley and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, in place of Ciaran Brennan and Theo Corbeanu.
Tonight's teams
Sunderland: Hoffmann, Wright, Flanagan, Doyle, Gooch, Neil, Evans, Dajaku, Pritchard, Embleton, Stewart
Subs: Burge, Alves, Cirkin, Younger, Hume, Harris, Kimpioka
Sheffield Wednesday: Peacock-Farrell, Palmer, Dunkley, Johnson, Hunt, Bannan, Wing, Dele-Bashiru, Mendez-Laing, Paterson, Gregory
Subs: Wildsmith, Brennan, Shodipo, Corbeanu, Adeniran, Sow, Berahino
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