ROY KEANE has made two changes to the Sunderland starting line-up for this afternoon's visit of Blackburn to the Stadium of Light.
As well as replacing the suspended Dickson Etuhu with Liam Miller in midfield, Keane also left out full-back Greg Halford.
Nyron Nosworthy, absent from last week's draw with Middlesbrough, was recalled to the centre of defence, with Paul McShane asked to play right-back again.
SUNDERLAND (4-4-2): Gordon; McShane, Nosworthy, Higginbotham, Collins; Leadbitter, Miller, Yorke, Wallace, Chopra, Jones. Subs (not used): Ward, Harte, Murphy, O'Donovan, Connolly.
BLACKBURN (4-4-2): Friedel; Emerton, Samba, Ooijer, Warnock; Bentley, Mokoena, Tugay, Dunn; Derbyshire, Santa Cruz. Subs (not used): Savage, Pedersen, Khizanishvili, Rigters, Brown.
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