Sunderland face Hull in a pre-season friendly at the MKM Stadium. Last time out Sunderland lost at Hearts and Hull beat Stockport County. The Black Cats lost 3-0 at Hearts as the home side looked well ahead of the Wearsiders in terms of fitness and intensity. Anthony Patterson, Chris Rigg and Wilson Isisdor were again absent, Regis Le Bris says that Wilson could be back after the Hull game but Rigg and Patterson need another 10 days. Reinildo will also miss the next few games as he catches up on fitness. Triantis and Johnson were not in the squad at Hearts but could be recalled. Granit Xhaka will sign for Sunderland on Tuesday, after the medical and will be unlikely to feature in this game. Mason Burstow’s second-half header earned Hull City victory over League One side Stockport County in the Tigers’ first public domestic friendly of the summer. The forward powered home an unstoppable header from Ryan Giles’ inch-perfect cross with 15 minutes remaining to secure a fourth successive pre-season win for Sergej Jakirović’s men. Mason Burstow has since joined Bolton on loan and won't feature. Regis le Bris: Sergej Jakirović: Team Lineups: Sunderland AFC Squad: Moore, Hume, Seelt, Ballard, H. Jones, Sadiki, Le Fee, Diarra, Talbi, Adingra, Mayenda Subs: Nna Noukeu, Huggins, Lavery, Browne, Roberts, Neil, H. Jones, Aleksic, Ogunsuyi, Tutierov, Abdullahi Injured: O’Nien, Alese, Cirkin, Hjelde, Mundle, Patterson, Rigg, Isidore. Hull City: Pandur, Drameh, Egan, Hughes, Giles, Slater, Crooks, Palmer, Kamara, Brown, Joseph Subs: Phillips, Wadsworth, Ajayi, Ashbee, McCarthy, Vaughan, Myers, Tinsdale, Sellers-Fleming. My two pence: It was a tough watch against Hearts, well done to all of those that travelled to watch it. Hull are probably at a similar fitness level, so I'm hoping for a better outcome than the last game. But remember it means absolutely zilch in pre-season I’m going for a 2-0 Sunderland win Live Stream: The game will be available to stream live at https://www.safc.com/videos/subscriptions Ha’way the Lads
Intrigued what the starting line up will be, most of the 1st teamers played 60 on Saturday so I'd thought they would play less tomorrow but I could see most playing the same again Id like to see Roberts and Aleksic start in the wider areas just to rotate a little and potentially even Abdullahi upfront Id put Seelt and Huggins on the bench as well just to rest them.as they are back from bad injuries My team Moore Hume ballard Johnson or J.Jones H.Jones Sadiki diarra Roberts Le Fee Aleksic Adbullahi Id maybe start Browne instead of Le Fee but all about manging minutes
It’s another busy week of pre-season for Sunderland AFC, with plenty happening both on and off the pitch as preparations for the 2025–26 campaign step up a gear. Tuesday Night at Hull City The Lads head to the MKM Stadium on Tuesday 29th July (7:45pm KO) to take on Hull City in our latest pre-season fixture. Tickets are now off sale, but supporters can watch the game live on SAFC Live for £6.99. https://www.safc.com/videos
Hopefully parade him before kick off, not sure how many tickets have been sold so if not many then it might not be worth doing it
Would love to see us stop using ELF as part of the front pair out of possession. We haven’t got many chances to experiment now before the big day. Need to take whatever chances we can to do so.
Agreed. However I’d like us to go even weirder and have Adingra join in up top with ELF sliding over. Then he just has to step inside once the ball is secured to combine with the other two central players.
Lucky if there’s 8k there on Saturday. ELF was introduced against Stoke in the cup when there was no ****er there mind
