11 am kickoff
Roy Keane has promised changes against Chelsea - and it could mean a first start of the season for Kewnyne Jones.
Jones impressed after coming off the bench in Wednesday's 1-0 defeat by Stoke.
Craig Gordon (ankle) is still struggling so Marton Fulop is expected to start his third game in a row.
Teemu Tainio, Nyron Nosworthy, Pascal Chimbonda and Grant Leadbitter are pushing for a return to the starting line-up.
Phil Bardsley has a dead-leg but he should recover in time to travel to London later today.
Sunderland (from): Gordon, Fulop, Colgan, Bardsley, Chimbonda, Ferdinand, Nosworthy, Collins, McCartney, Malbranque, Whitehead, Tainio, Leadbitter, Miller, Yorke, Richardson, Reid, Diouf, Jones, Cisse, Chopra, Murphy, Healy, Waghorn.