Sunderland face Nottingham Forest at the Pinatar Arena on Friday night
Sunderland’s pre-season preparations take a big step up in intensity on Friday night as they take on Nottingham Forest at Pinatar Arena (6pm UK time, 7pm local time).
Regis Le Bris will rotate his squad across the two fixtures and is expected to make plenty of substitutions within them, but the sheer calibre of tonight’s opponent means he is likely to select plenty of established players. Here, we take our best guess at predicting what that starting XI and subs might look like.
Abdoullah Ba, Nectar Triantis, Jenson Seelt and Niall Huggins are all with the team in Spain but aren’t available for selection due to injury issues. We’ll have full coverage, analysis and reaction from the game.