The Black Cats won 3-0 at Wigan last weekend, courtesy of Bailey Wright’s header and two Ross Stewart penalties.
Sunderland will have to build on that momentum, though, with teams around them picking up points and holding the advantage of games in hand.
Neil switched his side’s formation to play with a 4-2-3-1 system against Wigan and the game plan was executed perfectly.
Here’s the Sunderland side we think could start at Charlton:
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