Team news and live score updates as Sunderland take on Hearts in Craig Gordon testimonial

Sunderland return to pre-season action at Tynecastle on Saturday afternoon

Sunderland return to action in their fourth pre-season friendly at Tynecastle on Saturday afternoon.

The Black Cats face Hearts of Midlothian as the Edinburgh club celebrate the career of former Sunderland goalkeeper Craig Gordon at the start of his testimonial year. But it’s also a crucially important game for Régis Le Bris and his Sunderland players, with that opening fixture against West Ham United now just three weeks away.

We’ll be bringing you live updates throughout the day in our live blog so stay tuned. We’ll start with the team news around an hour before kick off and be with you right through until full time and the post-match reaction.

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