Sunderland lineup vs. Brighton: Predicted XI for Premier League clash

By Oliver Thomas | 08 Oct 2026 17:05, Last updated: 08 Oct 2026 17:49

Sunderland volition person to header without striker Brian Brobbey and defender Daniel Ballard for Saturday’s Premier League clash with Brighton & Hove Albion astatine the Stadium of Light.

Both players picked up hamstring injuries during the planetary interruption and person joined Habib Diarra (hamstring) and Romaine Mundle (knee) successful the attraction room.

In the lack of Brobbey, who scored a hat-trick successful the 5-3 decision to Man City 3 weeks ago, Wilson Isidor is seemingly the astir apt campaigner to deputise arsenic the cardinal striker.

The Haiti planetary could beryllium joined successful onslaught by wingers Nilson Angulo and Malick Fofana, who is pushing to commencement his archetypal Premier League crippled since joining connected Transfer Deadline Day.

Captain Granit Xhaka has been fixed a suspended good by Swiss authorities aft admitting helium obtained a COVID-19 vaccine certificate during the pandemic. The 33-year-old volition look nary further punishment and is truthful acceptable to proceed successful midfield alongside Enzo Le Fee and Noah Sadiki.

With Ballard sidelined, caput manager Regis Le Bris could telephone upon Luke O’Nein oregon Omar Alderete to commencement astatine centre-back alongside Kevin Danso, but helium whitethorn alternatively determination Nordi Mukiele implicit from right-back into the bosom of the defence.

This would unfastened the doorway for either Thomas Meunier oregon Trai Hume to commencement astatine right-back, portion Reinildo Mandava is disposable to instrumentality from suspension to regenerate Dayann Methalie astatine left-back.

Sunderland imaginable starting lineup:

Roefs; Meunier, Mukiele, Danso, Reinildo; Xhaka, Sadiki; Fofana, Le Fee, Angulo; Isidor

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