Tony Mowbray will be forced into at least two changes when Sunderland take on Huddersfield Town on Wearside tomorrow, with one of his first-teamers sitting out training today with a minor injury. The Black Cats boss already knew he would have to make one change with defender Dennis Cirkin due to serve a one-match suspension after his red card in Saturday's win against Birmingham at the Stadium of Light, and Luke O'Nien is expected to replace him.
But Mowbray said this lunchtime that another, unnamed, player had picked up an injury in the Birmingham game and is set to miss out against Neil Warnock's relegation-threatened Terriers as Sunderland look to bolster their play-off challenge. "We've picked up another injury from the weekend," said Mowbray, "I don't really want to say who it is because Neil [Warnock] sometimes likes to get his men to mark certain men so you'll see when the teamsheet goes in.
"But we are one more down from the weekend. It's not a bad injury, though, I think and he might just miss out on this game - fingers crossed."
