Sunderland
vs
Stoke City
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Stoke will be without long-throw specialist Rory Delap due to suspension.
Delap starts a three-match ban after he was sent off against Manchester City last Saturday, but Pulis's squad is bolstered by newcomers Henri Camara and Stephen Kelly.
Danny Pugh will continue at left-back as Danny Higginbotham remains sidelined with a calf injury.
squads
Sunderland:.Fulop, Gordon, Bardsley, McCartney, Ferdinand, Collins, Davenport, Ben Haim, Whitehead, Malbranque, Leadbitter, Tainio, Richardson, Edwards, Yorke, Reid, Cisse, Jones, Murphy, Healy.
Stoke: Sorensen, Kelly, Wilkinson, Shawcross, Abdoulaye Faye, Pugh, Cresswell, Amdy Faye, Diao, Whelan, Etherington, Beattie, Simonsen, Fuller, Camara, Griffin, Sonko, Lawrence, Kitson, Olofinjana, Tonge.