No easy route back for Breen

Gary Breen returns to the Sunderland squad for tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership visit to Bolton after serving a one-match ban – but he will have to be content with a place on the substitute bench.

Caretaker manager Kevin Ball sticks with Steve Caldwell and Danny Collins at the heart of the defence but will almost certainly have to make a change with Julio Arca struggling to overcome a hamstring injury.