Millwall 1 Sunderland 1: Highlights as Jack Clarke penalty earns Cats a point after Kevin Nisbit goal

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How it played out as Sunderland came from behind to draw 1-1 with Millwall at The Den.

Sunderland came from behind to draw 1-1 with Millwall at The Den.

The Black Cats fell a goal down just before half-time when Kevin Nisbet turned Brooke Norton-Cuffy’s cross past goalkeeper Anthony Patterson.

Sunderland managed to draw level 12 minutes, though, from time when Jack Clarke won and converted a penalty.

Here's how the game played out:

Millwall vs Sunderland

Key Events

  • Sunderland face Millwall in the Championship (3pm kick-off).
  • The Black Cats will be looking to bounce back following defeats against Plymouth and Huddersfield
  • Millwall have also lost back-to-back games against Coventry and Ipswich and are 19th in the Championship table.

Here come the players!

Ready to go.

What to make of those sides

So Sunderland have made four changes following Wednesday's defeat against Huddersfield.

Mason Burstow, Abdoullah Ba, Niall Huggins and Pierre Ekwah all return to the starting XI for The Black Cats, with Patrick Roberts, Jobe Bellingham and Eliezer Mayenda dropping to the bench.

Jenson Seelt isn't named in the squad, while Nazariy Rusyn remains sidelined with a groin injury.

Millwall have made five changes after their 3-1 loss against Ipswich on Wednesday, with Jake Cooper, Ryan Leonard, George Honeyman, Billy Mitchell and Kevin Nisbet returning to the starting XI.

How Millwall will line up

George Honeyman starts for the hosts, with Duncan Watmore on the bench.

How Sunderland will start

We've arrived at The Den

Team news coming soon...

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

Predicted Millwall XI: Sarkic, Harding, Hutchinson, Wallace, Norton-Cuffy, Mitchell, Saville, Longman, Honeyman, Nisbet, Flemming

Predicted Sunderland XI: Patterson, Hume, Ballard, O'Nien, Huggins, Ekwah, Neil, Roberts, Aouchiche, Clarke, Burstow

Frank Reid

Millwall have also lost back-to-back games under new boss Joe Edwards and are 19th in the table.

Former Sunderland forward Duncan Watmore missed Wednesday's defeat against Ipswich with an injury but could return to the squad against his former club.

After the game against Ipswich, Edwards said: "The whole performance was poor – but in particular the first half.

"We needed no warning of what they are capable of. All the things they did in the first half we saw in the build up to the game and we spoke about it and planned for it.

“But we started the game and we are a yard or two off in every moment, the basics were wrong. Similar to our game on Saturday it felt as if once the first one went in it really hurt our belief and from there it looked like there was one team in the game."

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Mowbray on Millwall

Here's what Sunderland boss Tony Mowbray had to say about today's match, following Wednesday's defeat against Huddersfield.

“In this division there’s always a game around the corner to put things right.

“It’s a difficult place to go, but we’ll prepare the team for what will hopefully be a positive performance and the result to match.

“We weren’t good enough on Wednesday – we knew what to expect, but we lacked the creativity and we have to take that on the chin.

“The supporters turn up in great numbers week in, week out and that’s why it’s disappointing when we put in a performance that’s under par.

“All our focus is now on Millwall and getting back to winning ways.”

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We'll start with the Sunderland team news.

Nazariy Rusyn missed Wednesday's 2-1 defeat against Huddersfield with a groin injury and remains a doubt for today's match.

Dennis Cirkin remains sidelined with a hamstring issue, while Corry EvansJay Matete, Aji Alese and Timothee Pembele are still sidelined.

Jewison Bennette is also unavailable after picking up a virus while away with Costa Rica.

Chris Rigg is available again after representing England at the U17s World Cup.

Frank Reid

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Sunderland's Championship match against Millwall.

The Black Cats will be looking to bounce back following back-to-back defeats against Plymouth and Huddersfield, results which have seen them drop to 11th in the Championship.

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.

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