Sunderland are looking to build on their FA Cup third round success when they face Crystal Palace this weekend

Sunderland are back in Premier League action this weekend as they welcome Crystal Palace to the Stadium of Light.

Both Régis Le Bris and Oliver Glasner have a significant number of team and injury news concerns ahead of the hame. Here, we bring you up to date with the early team news from both camps...

The Sunderland team and injury news

Sunderland will be without Habib Diarra and Chemsdine Talbi, after Senegal and Morocco booked their place in the semi finals of the Africa Cup of Nations over the weekend.

Those games will be played in midweek but even if either side loses, the pair will be involved either in the third place play-off on Saturday or the final itself on Sunday. Having returned to Wearside late last week having represented Mozambique at the tournament, Sunderland are hopeful that Reinildo will be back this weekend. Bertrand Traoré is a doubt, however, having returned from the tournament with an injury issue. As of Saturday, Le Bris said Sunderland were as of yet not clear on how severe the issue was.

Brian Brobbey is expected to be available, with Le Bris confirming that his substitution in extra time at Everton was precautionary due to tightness in his hamstrings. Brobbey will be monitored this week but is likely at this stage to be involved.

Aji Alese and Ahmed Abdullahi remain longer-term absentees, the pair have endured difficult comebacks from serious injuries suffered last season and will return in the U21s before being considered for the senior group.

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The Crystal Palace team and injury news

Crystal Palace have a lengthy list of absentees, with Ismaïla Sarr absent due to AFCON commitments. Like Diarra, he will feature for Senegal against Egypt in the semi final on Wednesday before playing his final game of the competition over the weekend.

Glasner should be able to welcome Jefferson Lerma back to his squad following a concussion, but is expected to be without a number of other senior players. Daicha Kamada, Cheick Doucoure, Nathaniel Clyne and Daniel Munoz have all been absent in recent weeks with injury and though Munoz is not expected to be out for too much longer there is a chance that this game comes too soon. Glasner has previously said that Clyne should be back to face Chelsea the following weekend.

Chadi Riad is close to a return and played 45 minutes in the U21s over the weekend, but this game will likely come too soon. Eddie Nketiah has also been absent with an injury issue since the turn of the year and is not expected to feature in this game. Youngsters Caleb Kporha and Rio Cardines remain sidelined with injury, but defender Chris Richards did make his return from injury in the FA Cup defeat to Macclesfield.

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