Papy Mendy has recovered from injury and is preferred to the now fully fit Matty James on the bench - the Frenchman's first inclusion since August.
SUNDERLAND: Pickford, Jones, Van Aanholt, Djilobodji, Kone, Pienaar, Denayer, Ndong, Watmore, Anichebe, Defoe (c)
SUBS: Mannone, O'Shea, Januzaj, Manquillo, Kharzi, Kirchhoff, Larsson
CITY: Zieler; Simpson, Huth, Morgan (c), Fuchs; Mahrez, Amartey, King, Albrighton; Slimani, Vardy
SUBS: Hernández, Musa, Hamer, Schlupp, Okazaki, Gray, Mendy