Régis Le Bris has some big calls to make as Sunderland return to Carabao Cup action at the Stadium of Light this week.
The competition quite clearly sits bottom of the club’s priorities for the campaign ahead, but they are just one game away from a quarter final and have a number of senior players who would benefit from more minutes. Here’s our best guess as to how he will approach it, both from the start and with his bench...
13. Sub - Thomas Meunier
Meunier could return from the bench here, hopefully paving the way for more involvement at Coventry on Saturday. | Sunderland Echo, Chris Fryatt
14. Sub - Juan Riquelme
Riquelme played 45 minutes in the U21s on the Monday night which suggests he'll be on the bench here and could get some late minutes. | Sunderland Echo, Chris Fryatt
15. Sub - Alan Browne
Browne could be in contention for a start but seems likely to get minutes off the bench either way as he did in the previous round. | Getty Images
16. Sub - Nilson Angulo
Will have his minutes very carefully managed after two big performances in the last few days but could come off the bench. | Chris Fryatt