Injury guru Ben Dinnery gives his weekly update ahead of today's match
Garry Monk will welcome back Wilfried Bony for the trip to the Stadium of Light after the Ivorian striker was sent-off last weekend during the defeat to Southampton. Leon Britton [knee – stress fracture] and Jordi Amat [LCL] are still around a month away while Rory Donnelly continues his recovery following ankle surgery. Dwight Tiendalli [minor groin strain] has a chance but the Swans starting eleven could remain unchanged despite their midweek win over Everton in the Capital One cup.
Gus Poyet has been particularly cagey regarding the availability of his players ahead of the game on Saturday with doubts regarding “a couple [who still] have a few problems, I don’t want to give too much information away but we need to wait for one of them until tomorrow morning [to make a decision].” The Black Cats have concerns over Emanuele Giaccherini [ankle], Connor Wickham [back], Wes Brown and Steven Fletcher [both calf] – but in my opinion the Italian midfielder could be the one to miss out after hobbling off at Turf Moor last weekend. However full-back Jones and Buckley will feature after their impressive performance against Stoke “Will [Buckley] is going to play & Billy [Jones] as well, for sure,” confirmed Poyet. On-loan defender Seb Coates has been ruled out with a thigh injury.
Thanks as usual to Ben for providing us with up-to-date team news. You can follow him on Twitter @BenDinnery, and you can also find him on Talksport, ESPN & PremierInjuries.com
Chek out our in-depth preview of the Sunderland v Swansea here (link)
Chek out our in-depth preview of the Sunderland v Swansea here (link)