After a frustrating draw with Preston North End in midweek, Sunderland are straight back to Championship action when they welcome Coventry City to the Stadium of Light on Saturday afternoon.
Coventry made the shock decision ahead of the game to sack long-serving and hugely successful boss Mark Robins, putting first-team coach Rhys Carr in temporary charge. Like Régis Le Bris, he has a number of injury and availability issues to continue ahead of the game. Here’s all the team news across both camps as we have it...
9. Jenson Seelt - available
Poveda's surprise absence cleared the way for Seelt to return to return to the squad for the first time in 11 months on Monday night. It might be that Sunderland opt to give him another full game in the U21s on Monday night instead of travelling to Leeds - if its felt he isn't needed as cover just yet. Photo: Frank Reid
10. Aji Alese - out
Alese will miss the rest of the season with a broken leg, with Sunderland hopeful that he'll be back in action in pre-season. Photo: Nathan Stirk
11. Niall Huggins - out
Recovering from major knee surgery and not expected to feature until some time later this year. Photo: Frank Reid