Sunderland are back in Premier League action on Wednesday night when they face Brentford

Régis Le Bris has made two changes to his Sunderland side to face Brentford at the Gtech Stadium on Wednesday night.

The head coach has opted against wholesale changes amid a challenging schedule for the Black Cats, but has reverted to a back four. Dan Ballard returns to the starting XI having impressed from the bench at Spurs following two games on the sidelines with an achilles issue, replacing Dennis Cirkin. That means Nordi Mukiele moves out to right back, and Trai Hume switches flanks to play on the left.

Le Bris has also opted to make one change further forward, with Chris Rigg replacing Eliezer Mayenda. Mayenda has played a second striker in the last two games but the move back to a 4-4-3 shape sees Rigg selected as a right winger.

There is an injury blow for the Black Cats on the bench, with Wilson Isidor not fit enough to take his place on the bench after a fitness test on Tuesday.

Sunderland XI: Roefs; Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Hume; Xhaka, Geertruida; Rigg, Le Fee, Adingra; Brobbey

Subs: Patterson, O’Nien, Cirkin, Mayenda, Mundle, Jones (H), Hjelde, Neil, Tutierov

Rico Henry and Keane Lewis-Potter replace Aaron Hickey and Mikkel Damsgaard for Brentford, who are both named on the bench.

Brentford (4-3-3): Kelleher; Kayode, Ajer, Collins, Henry; Janelt, Jensen, Yarmoliuk; Schade, Thiago, Lewis-Potter

Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, van den Berg, Pinnock, Henderson, Nelson, Damsgaard, Peart-Harris, Donovan

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Régis Le Bris delivers verdict on Sunderland’s form and run of draws during AFCON

Le Bris says the team are determined to turn their recent draws into wins but is pleased with the progress of the group, especially

“It's a good run, we showed great consistency and this good level of play across different scenarios,” Le Bris said.

“Probably we want to turn this consistency into more wins because I know we have this ambition within the squad is really there, but so far it's good. I think it's a strong platform to evolve and to improve. We would like to win more games but this league is so demanding that sometimes one point is good, it's really good. From this consistency, this character, this ability to manage different scenarios I think we have the ability to improve different areas. It's still a learning process, we don't have many training sessions to do that. Games are the training sessions and you want to get better.

“Probably we have now new tools in our squad,” Le Bris added.

“So we have to go across tough periods to create new abilities, new confidence as well. From this tool it will be really positive I'm sure.”

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