Sunderland v Bournemouth Team News: Fabio Borini and Vito Mannone return

The Italian pair took the places of Danny Graham and Jordan Pickford for the visit of fellow strugglers Bournemouth, in the only two changes to the side.

New signing Dame N'Doye was included among the substitutes, although there was no place for fellow January capture Jan Kirchhoff.

Sunderland: Mannone, Jones, O'Shea, Brown, van Aanholt, Cattermole, M'Vila, Johnson, Lens, Borini, Defoe. Subs: Pickford, Coates, Rodwell, Watmore, Fletcher, N'Doye, Yedlin.

Bournemouth: Boruc, Smith, Francis, Cook, Daniels, Gosling, Surman, Arter, Pugh, Stanislas, Afobe. Subs: Federici, Distin, O'Kane, Iturbe, Ritchie, Murray, Grabban.