Huddersfield Town 1 Sunderland 0: Highlights after Matty Pearson goal and Patrick Roberts injury blow

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Sunderland's Championship match against Huddersfield Town at the John Smith's Stadium.

The Black Cats will be looking to make it back-to-back wins following Saturday's 3-1 win over Plymouth at the Stadium of Light, with Michael Beale's side set to travel to Birmingham this weekend.

We'll have all the build-up ahead of tonight's game, as well as in-game analysis and post-match reaction. Stick around and refresh the page for live updates throughout the evening.

We'll start with the Sunderland team news.

Bradley Dack remains sidelined with a hamstring injury and isn't expected to return until next month. New signing Callum Styles is also unavailable following a surgery on his appendix in January, but could make his Sunderland debut against Birmingham on Saturday.

Corry Evans is set to step up his recovery following an ACL injury and will train with the under-21s squad before being phased back into the first-team set-up.

Aji Alese, Dennis Cirkin, Corry Evans and Niall Huggins remain sidelined, while Elliot Embleton has picked up a minor ankle issue after recovering from a thigh injury.

Here's what Sunderland boss Michael Beale had to say about Huddersfield - with caretaker boss Jon Worthington set to take charge of the Terriers for a third successive match:

"They have had the change in house but are at a stage of the season, like ourselves, where every three points is so important. It's a home game for them and they've lost one in five away at Southampton. Sometimes the form guide and league table are two different things completely.

"It will be a really tough game. I've watched them. They are quite direct in terms of they are not a team that wants too much possession, but they play the most forward passes, certainly in the last five or six games, in the league.

"They are fifth for shots so that tells you what's coming. We are going to need to be defensively strong, we need to make sure we are up for the midfield battle all over the pitch."

Huddersfield start the evening just two points above the relegation zone but were 3-2 up against Southampton on Saturday with 10 minutes remaining, before losing 5-3.

That was the side's first defeat in five league games, while the Terriers beat Sheffield Wednesday 4-0 in the other game Worthington has taken charge of - following Darren Moore's sacking at the end of January.

Here's what Worthington had to say about Sunderland and how he wants his team to play during his pre-match press conference:

On Sunderland: "Good team, young team. I think they've got some good individuals. Every game is a challenge and we won't be treating it any different to the previous two games."

How he wants his side to play: "I think for me it's trying to be as on the front foot as possible, be aggressive as we can to win the ball as high up the pitch as possible, as close to the opposition's goal. I'm a big believer in reactive pressure in terms of if you do make a mistake or you lose the ball in the attacking half that we win it back as quickly as possible to create more opportunities around their goal.

"It's some simple things about passing forward and running forward. If you mix that in with peoples' ability to fight and show they care, that's how I see the game."

Here are our predicted line-ups for tonight's match:

Predicted Huddersfield XI: Nicholls, Pearson, Lees, Nakayama, Kasumu, Matos, Hogg, Spencer, Thomas, Radulovic, Rudoni

Predicted Sunderland XI: Patterson, Hume, Ballard, O'Nien, Hjelde, Neil, Ekwah, Roberts, Bellingham, Clarke, Rusyn