TONY MOWBRAY has made ten changes for this evening's Carabao Cup first-round game against Crewe Alexandra.

Dan Neil is the only player to keep his place from the side that kicked off the Championship campaign against Ipswich Town on Sunday.

Mowbray has handed first-team debuts to two of his summer signings, with Nathan Bishop starting in goal after joining from Manchester United and Nectarios Traintis lining up at centre-half after his summer switch from Australia.

Danny Batth will partner Triantis at the heart of the back four despite the ongoing speculation linking him with a potential move to Blackburn, with Zak Johnson and Niall Huggins filling the full-back berths.

Teenager Chris Rigg plays alongside Neil at the heart of midfield, with Abdoullah Ba and Ellis Taylor playing on either side of Alex Pritchard in midfield.

Pritchard will swap places with Jewison Bennette in the attacking position, with Mowbray opting to rest Hemir after he led the line against Ipswich at the weekend.

Mowbray has named a number of senior players on the substitutes' bench, although Lynden is missing from the squad after picking up a knock at the weekend.


SUNDERLAND (4-2-3-1): Bishop; Johnson, Batth, Triantis, Huggins; Neil, Rigg; Ba, Pritchard, Taylor; Bennette.

Subs: Patterson (gk), Bellingham, Roberts, O'Nien, Clarke, Ewkah, Dack, Spellman, Crompton.

CREWE (4-2-3-1): Davies; Cooney, Offord, Billington, Williams; Tabiner, O'Riordan; Tracey, Powell, Holicek; Baker-Richardson.

Subs: Booth (gk), Lunt, Demetriou, Long, Thomas, Griffiths, Nevitt, Adebisi, Woodcock.