Sunderland face a hard test at Millwall, with a long and ever-growing list of absentees. Régis Le Bris has been obliged to make six changes for Sunderland’s match against Millwall on Saturday afternoon. Dennis Cirkin’s absence extends an already long list of absentees. Cirkin injured his wrist during the 0-0 draw with QPR, and although playing through the agony for the next two games, surgery was required over the international break.
As a result of his absence, Aji Alese returns to the starting lineup after recovering from an injury. Anthony Patterson also returns to the starting lineup after recovering from injury during the international break. Aaron Connolly, Tommy Watson, Dan Ballard, and Eliezer Mayenda replace Trai Hume, Patrick Roberts, Romaine Mundle, and Alan Browne in the starting eleven. Due to Sunderland’s injury problems, Le Bris has picked a fairly youthful bench for the encounter, with Nazariy Rusyn and Leo Hjelde also missing out.
Sunderland XI: Patterson, O’Nien, Ballard, Mepham, Alese; Neil, Rigg; Mayenda, Connolly, Watson; Isidor. Subs: Moore, Anderson, Aleksic, Ogunsuyi, Jones, Aouchiche, Ba, and Middlemas.
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