Tony Mowbray named the strongest line-up available to him for tonight's FA Cup fourth round replay against Fulham. He made just one changed to the Sunderland side that started the weekend draw at Millwall, and that change was forced upon him.
On-loan Leeds United striker Joe Gelhardt was the man to drop out as he is cup-tied, and his place was taken by Abdoullah Ba. In the absence of Gelhardt, and with top scorer Ross Stewart suffering a season-ending injury in the initial meeting with Fulham ten days ago, Mowbray was left without an out-and-out centre-forward, but opted to pair Ba and Amad up front.
Sunderland's starting line-up also featured only one change to the one that had faced Fulham in the initial tie, with Ba in for Stewart. Luke O'Nien was available again after serving a three-match suspension but had to settle for a place on the bench.
