Head coach Régis Le Bris has some big calls to make as Sunderland return to Europa League action on Thursday night.
Thomas Meunier and Wilson Isidor remain major injury doubts, while Brian Brobbey is set to be rested again before returning from a hamstring injury against Leeds United on Sunday. A number of players will miss out again having not been registered in the Europa League squad due to homegrown player restrictions, including Chemsdine Talbi, Jocelin Ta Bi and Juan Riquelme.
Here’s our best guess as to how Le Bris might approach it, both with his starting XI and from the bench...

21. Sub - Jack Whittaker
Named on the bench last week and likely to be involved again here. | Chris Fryatt, Echo

22. Sub - Trey Ogunsuyi
If Isidor is out then the youngster will likely be on the bench as cover for Tutierov. | Chris Fryatt, Echo


