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Last time out Sunderland beat Swindon and Crew drew with Blackpool.
Sunderland host Crewe Alexandra at the stadium of Light in the Skybet League One.
Sunderland remain unbeaten in League One after Saturday’s 2-0 win against Swindon, and move up to 5th place with a game in hand.
Having signed Dion Sanderson from Wolves (on loan) at the end of the transfer deadline the young defender could be a part of the squad for Tuesday. The Black Cats are also exploring the free agent market for another centre-back after suffering several injury setbacks in that position. They will be without defenders Arby Xhemajli, Morgan Feeney, Tom Flanagan and Jordan Willis.
Tom Flanagan will miss out as the Northern Ireland international is set to see a specialist to assess an ankle injury sustained while on international duty, as Phil Parkinson also sweats on the fitness of Denver Hume. Hume was back in light training on Friday, but Parkinson will look at bringing in a free agent as cover for him.
The Railwaymen sit in mid-table on 7 points, and have beaten Wigan and MK Dons so far this season. Former Black Cat, Mikael Mandron will be looking forward to a return to the North East having scored 5 in 7 games at his new club.
Manager David Artell will assess a couple of niggles sustained in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Blackpool before heading off for Wearside.
Crewe last visited the Stadium of Light more than 16 years ago in their Championship days and Artell said: "It's why we are in League One and it is going to be a great challenge for the club."
Phil Parkinson:
“I thought that Chaz’s all-round performance today was excellent. He won headers, ran the channels, pressed, and got the goal. That’s what he is capable of. It was a great win for us.”
"Jordan has had an X-ray and there's no break, so that's good news, his foot is just badly bruised and it came up in a lump straightaway, so we were worried about it but it is not as bad as first feared. "It's getting better by the day, and he will be assessed tomorrow."
"He’s a good player (Sanderson) and he will add something to the team and to the squad."
“I was very pleased to get him before Jordan’s injury, but now even more so. Throughout the season there are going to be injuries and suspensions, the squad has to be strong enough to cope with them, and I feel that we are getting there.”
“We’re still looking at free agents.”
David Artell:
“It was our worst performance of the season but our best result. We didn’t do enough with the ball and made poor decisions, especially in the first half. We made more of a fist of it in the second half and although we didn’t play as well as we have done previously, we stuck at it and got a point.”
“You also have to give Critch and Blackpool credit too. They made it difficult for us and had a lot of possession, but saying that I don’t think they had many chances either. They probably feel a bit more aggrieved than us that they didn’t get the three points, but I must give our lads some credit too because we haven’t been able to train and prepare like we are used to this week.”
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Prutton predicts: meh
Match Appointments:
Referee: NEIL HAIR
Assistant Referees: Geoffrey Liddle and Andrew Dallison
Fourth Official: Andrew Miller
Team Line ups
Sunderland: Burge, Diamond, O’Nien, McLaughlan, Wright, Gooch, Power, Leadbitter, Scowen, Maguire, Wyke.
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Subs: Matthews, Sanderson, Dobson, Graham, O’Brien, Grigg, Neil
Injured: McGeady, Feeney, Xhemajli, Willis
Doubtful: Embleton, Hume
Crewe Alexandra: Jaaskelainen, Ng, Pickering, Beckles, Offord, Wintle, Murphy, Ainley, Mandron
Subs: Richards, Johnson, Finney, Lowery, Dale, Porter, Zanzala
Injured: tbc
Betting Odds:
Home 4/7 Away 17/4 Draw 29/10
My two pence:
A solid performance at Swindon, another clean sheet and 3 more points, so I’m not complaining.
I’m never sure of what Parky is going to do so I’ve gone for the team that finished on Saturday as we won't have Flanagan or Willis available.
I’m going for a 2-0 home win.
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Ha’way the Lads
