Overview
- Kickoff is 14:00 GMT at the Stadium of Light, with live coverage in the UK on Sky Sports and in the U.S. via DirecTV Stream and Sling TV.
- Sunderland start Roefs; Mukiele, Cirkin, Alderete, Hume; Xhaka, Geertruida; Rigg, Le Fée, Adingra; Brobbey, while Leeds name Perri; Bogle, Rodon, Bijol, Struijk; Gudmundsson, Ampadu, Stach; Aaronson; Okafor, Calvert-Lewin.
- Sunderland are without six players at AFCON — Habib Diarra, Noah Sadiki, Reinildo, Arthur Masuaku, Bertrand Traoré and Chemsdine Talbi — and Luke O'Nien is suspended.
- Defender Dan Ballard is injured, so Dennis Cirkin comes in for his Premier League debut as Sunderland look to protect an unbeaten home league record.
- Leeds enter on a four-game unbeaten run but with only one league away win this season, as Dominic Calvert-Lewin pursues a hot streak of six goals in his last five league matches and Lukas Nmecha returns to the bench.