Hull City 1 Sunderland 1: Highlights after Ozan Tufan and Ross Stewart goals and Elliot Embleton red card

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Sunderland’s Championship fixture against Hull City.

The Black Cats will be looking to bounce back following Monday’s defeat against West Brom when they conceded two second-half goals at the Stadium of Light.

We’ll have all the build-up ahead of today’s match, as well as in-game analysis and post-match reaction.

Stick around and refresh the page for live updates throughout the day.

We’ll start with the Sunderland team news.

Ross Stewart could make his long-awaited comeback after over three months out with a thigh injury, and has travelled with the squad to face Hull.

Stewart had been expected to return against West Brom on Monday but had reported some further discomfort in his thigh.

Midfielder Edouard Michut was also set to travel with the squad to Hull and may be involved after a month out with a muscle injury.

Defender Daniel Ballard is also close to making his first-team return after playing an hour for the under-21s side on Monday.

Here’s what Sunderland boss Tony Mowbray had to say about Hull and their new boss Liam Rosenior, who has now taken charge of four matches.

“They’ve got a new manager, he is starting to make an impact on their team - I think Liam is a very bright coach, having come up against him when he was working with Wayne [Rooney] at Derby - they are a football team that are going to try and use the ball and give you some problems.

“We have to be ready for it and we have been preparing for them, and hopefully we can give them some problems as well.

“Looking at the data on Liam this week, he has improved a lot of stuff regarding possession of the ball, touches in the final third, shots on target. A lot of stuff has improved under Liam and it doesn’t surprise me.

“I watched the game against Watford away and they got a 0-0. It’s tough to go to Watford with the quality of players they have got so you’ve got to say well done for putting such a good performance in. They will be looking to build on that and we have to be mindful of them.

“I feel their position is a bit false because of the focus and the new way of playing that the new manager has brought.”

Rosenior has taken five points from his first four games in charge, including goalless draws against Millwall and Watford, a win at Cardiff and defeat against Reading.

To find out more we caught up with Nathaniel Whittingham from The To Hull & Back Podcast on the latest episode of The Roar Podcast

You can listen to the full episode here

Here’s what he said when asked about Rosenior’s appointment:

“He was part of the club at our best moment getting to the FA Cup final and getting promoted to the Premier League.

“We want to give him a bit of time, longer than Shota Arveladze, because he is an inexperienced manager and has only managed at League One level with Derby as an interim before us.

“I think the two goalless draws may seem boring at first but we’ve struggled so much to defend and keep clean sheets. We’ve only had three clean sheets this season and two of them have come under him.

“Hopefully we can also get our home form much better because his one win was away at Cardiff.”

Here’s what Rosenior had to say about Sunderland and their defeat against West Brom.

“I watched it and they were unfortunate. I thought they played really well in the first half against a good West Brom team.

“They were unlucky, it was a great cross and a great header which wins West Brom the game.

“We know Sunderland have got some really, really good players, good attacking players. They play a really nice brand of football.

“I think it will be an open game on Saturday.”

Here are our predicted line-ups for today’s match:

Predicted Sunderland XI: Patterson, Gooch, O’Nien, Batth, Cirkin, Evans, Neil, Amad, Pritchard, Clarke, Simms

Predicted Hull XI: Ingram, Christie, Jones, McLoughlin, Greaves, Woods, Seri, Slater, Tufan, Longman, Estupinan

So it’s one change from the side which started against West Brom as Jack Clarke replaces Pritchard, who drops out of the squad due to a minor calf strain.

Ross Stewart and Daniel Ballard both return to the bench following lengthy injury setbacks.

Jewison Bennette is also back in the squad following his involvement at the World Cup with Costa Rica.

Hull make two changes following their goalless draw at Watford last time out, as top scorer Oscar Estupinan and full-back Lewie Coyle return.