Sunderland confirm yet another injury blow ahead of Championship clash with Burnley

Amad has been handed his second start of the season as a result. Sunderland say that Roberts is absent after picking up a knock in training, raising some hope that his absence will be a brief one.

The Black Cats do not play in the upcoming midweek but then play four important games before the World Cup break in mid-November.

Lynden Gooch is again missing with a foot problem, handing a first league start of the campaign to North Ireland youngster Trai Hume. Those injuries have brought both Jay Matete and Leon Dajaku back into the matchday squad after missing out in the midweek defeat to Blackburn Rovers.

Sunderland XI: Patterson; Hume, O’Nien, Batth, Cirkin; Evans, Neil; Amad, Pritchard, Embleton; Clarke

Subs: Bass, Dajaku, Ba, Bennette, Michut, Wright, Matete