Sunderland vs Hull City - prediction, team news, lineups

Clashing successful the EFL Cup 3rd round, top-flight sides Sunderland and Hull City volition conscionable astatine the Stadium of Light connected Tuesday. 

With 1 triumph apiece from 2 erstwhile league cupful ties, the Black Cats and the Tigers indispensable combat to scope the past 16.

Match preview

After their bonzer exploits implicit the past 2 seasons, Sunderland person started the existent run steadily by taking 4 points from a imaginable 9 successful the Premier League. 

The Black Cats responded to an opening decision against Ipswich Town by beating Fulham, earlier picking up a constituent distant to Brentford connected Saturday.

Though they fell down soon aft the break, Enzo Le Fee's precocious punishment secured a stock of the spoils, again demonstrating Sunderland's resilience.

No squad has earned much points from losing positions since they returned to England's apical tier past summer, and that grit helped them snatch a European spot successful May.

Between 2 pugnacious league games against Arsenal and Manchester City, Regis Le Bris volition soon pb his nine into their Europa League debut, arsenic AZ Alkmaar sojourn the Stadium of Light.

First, having been granted a bye into the 3rd circular acknowledgment to their European participation, they indispensable conscionable Hull successful the EFL Cup.

Tuesday's necktie volition beryllium the 3rd betwixt these sides: the Black Cats won 2-1 astatine this signifier successful 1961-62, portion the Tigers prevailed connected penalties successful the archetypal circular six years ago.

Spot kicks besides helped Hull past Stoke City successful the erstwhile round, and they are present looking to scope circular 4 for the archetypal clip since 2016.

Indeed, the Yorkshire nine person won nary of their past 10 EFL Cup ties wrong mean time, arsenic each 3 wins during that spell came via shootouts.

Widely expected to combat relegation earlier the caller play began, Hull are presently flying precocious connected their Premier League return, boasting an awesome tally of 7 points truthful far.

One of lone 4 teams inactive with a 100% grounds aft 2 games - having defeated Manchester United and Coventry City - Sergej Jakirovic's broadside past held Aston Villa to a goalless gully connected Saturday.

Though they sacrificed astir of the ball, a 3rd consecutive cleanable expanse showed their antiaircraft subject nether Bosnian brag Jakirovic, who is apt to marque immoderate changes successful midweek.

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Team News

With 1 oculus connected a pugnacious trio of upcoming fixtures, Le Bris is besides expected to rotate his squad by handing minutes to fringe players, and possibly deadline-day signing Malick Fofana.

Another caller arrival, Kevin Danso made his debut against Brentford, but Omar Alderete whitethorn instrumentality to the hosts' lineup successful cardinal defence.

However, Sunderland volition beryllium without Habib Diarra for the adjacent 2 months, aft the Senegal midfielder suffered a hamstring wounded during the gully with Fulham.

Hull person a overmuch longer lack list, featuring the likes of Jack Butland, Oscar Zambrano, Charlie Hughes, Darko Gyabi and Hidemasa Morita.

More positively, Joe Gelhardt precocious returned to afloat grooming and tin vie with respective summertime signings for a spot successful the visitors' squad.

Tim Iroegbunam, Robinio Vaz, Sorba Thomas and Brooke Norton-Cuffy were each acquired connected deadline day, and the second could supplant Lewie Coyle astatine close wing-back.

Sunderland imaginable starting lineup:

Ellborg; Mukiele, Alderete, O'Nien, Methalie; Ahoka, Sadiki; Hume, Le Fee, Fofana; Isidor

Hull City imaginable starting lineup:

Tzolakis; Egan, McNair, Herrington; Norton-Cuffy, Iroegbunam, Hjerto-Dahl, Targett; Thomas, Millar; Cho

We say: Sunderland 1-2 Hull City

As Sunderland's priorities are the Premier League and an breathtaking European adventure, they whitethorn instrumentality their oculus disconnected the shot successful this competition.

Hull person built a beardown squad implicit the summer, truthful Jakirovic tin spend to rotate and inactive enactment retired a precise competitory XI - and that should spot them scope the past 16.

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