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James Hunter

Sunderland boss Tony Mowbray makes one change against Blackburn Rovers

Captain Corry Evans returned to the Sunderland side, lining up against his old club Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. The experienced Northern Ireland international replaced the injured Lynden Gooch in the side, with that change the only alteration made by ex-Rovers boss Tony Mowbray following the weekend home win against Wigan Athletic.

That meant Luke O'Nien was expected to continue at right-back, having filled that role once Gooch went off at the weekend at half-time with a foot problem. Evans - who had missed the Wigan game through suspension as he served a one-match ban after accumulating five yellow cards - slotted into central midfield alongside Dan Neil.

Blackburn boss Jon Dahl Tomasson made four changes, in his case to the side that won 2-1 at Middlesbrough on Saturday. He brought in Hayden Carter, Sammie Szmodics, Ryan Hedges, and handed 19-year-old Jake Garrett his Championship debut.

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Harry Pickering missed out through injury, Lewis Travers was suspended after picking up five yellow cards, while Ashley Phillips and Adam Wharton were the other men to make way. You can follow the game as it happens in our live match blog here.

Tonight's teams

Sunderland: Patterson, O'Nien, Batth, Alese, Cirkin, Roberts, Neil, Evans, Embleton, Pritchard, Clarke

Subs: Bass, Amad, Wright, Bennette, Ba, Michut, Hume

Blackburn Rovers: Kaminski, Carter, Hyam, S Wharton, Hedges, Garrett, Morton, Brittain, Szmodics, Gallagher, Brereton Diaz

Subs: Pears, Phillips, Mola, A Wharton, Buckley, Dolan, Vale

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