TONY Mowbray has had to deal with more Sunderland injury woe, with the head coach forced into changes at Norwich City.
As well as being without Aji Alese, who was this week ruled out for the rest of the season with a thigh injury, there's no Amad Diallo or Alex Pritchard for the Black Cats at Carrow Road.
Luke O'Nien comes into the team in defence, Eduoard Michut replaces Pritchard in midfield and Abdoullah Ba is in for Amad. There is some good news for the Black Cats, though, with Lynden Gooch returning to the squad after a long layoff with a knee injury.
While it's a blow for Sunderland to have to go without Amad and Pritchard today, neither are expected to be sidelined for long.
Mowbray said: "Amad and Alex Pritchard will be a huge miss for us today, but neither injury is serious and we hope they will both be back in the squad next week."
For Norwich, top scorer Josh Sargent returns to the squad after injury.
Sunderland: Patterson, Hume, Batth, Ballard, O'Nien; Michut, Neil; Ba, Roberts, Clarke, Gelhardt
Subs: Bass, Lihadji, Bennette, Gooch, Ekwah, Anderson, Taylor
Norwich: Gunn, Aarons, Hanley, Gibson, Giannoulis, Sara, McLean, Nunez, Hernandez, Idah, Pukki
Subs: Krul, Omabamidele, Marquinhos, Tzolis, Sorensen, Sargent, Gibbs
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