Rusyn starts: Sunderland predicted line up to face Stoke City
Sunderland are hosted by Stoke City in the Championship this weekend.
Sunderland head to the bet365 Stadium to face Alex Neil's Stoke City side tomorrow, with the Black Cats looking to close the gap on the current top two.
Leicester City and Ipswich Town are the early leaders in the second tier, with 4th place Sunderland already nine points behind the Tractor Boys in 2nd.
Stoke meanwhile are down in 21st. The Potters have taken just 10 points from their opening 11 and pressure is starting to mount on Neil following the club's busy summer transfer window.
Who's out for Sunderland?
Sunderland Echo report that midfield trio Bradley Dack, Pierre Ekwah, and Alex Pritchard could all return to action.
Dan Ballard appears to be facing a late fitness check whilst Niall Huggins is 50/50 to be involved.
Dan Neil is suspended.
All of Corry Evans, Jay Matete, Dennis Cirkin, Aji Alese, Eliezer Mayenda, and Timothee Pembele remain sidelined.
Predicted line up
Patterson (GK)
Hume
O'Nien
Seelt
Huggins
Ekwah
Roberts
Clarke
Bellingham
Ba
Rusyn
Tomorrow's game kicks off at 3pm.
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