Sunderland stars back for Fulham clash

Sunderland manager Ricky Sbragia is expected to turn to his big guns once again for Fulham’s Barclays Premier League trip to the Stadium of Light tomorrow night.

The Scot rested strikers Kenwyne Jones and Djibril Cisse, as well as midfielders Dean Whitehead and El-Hadji Diouf, from the starting line-up for Saturday’s FA Cup fourth-round clash with Blackburn, but all four could return.

Teemu Tainio is available after serving a one-match ban, while George McCartney could feature once again after returning from his long-term foot injury as a substitute at the weekend, and Paul McShane can play after being cup-tied.

However, Pascal Chimbonda is expected to re-join Tottenham later today and Kieran Richardson remains a doubt despite resuming training after an ankle problem, while Nyron Nosworthy (hamstring) and Craig Gordon (ankle) are still out.

Provisional squad: Fulop, Colgan, Bardsley, McShane, McCartney, Ferdinand, Collins, Whitehead, Malbranque, Leadbitter, Tainio, Edwards, Yorke, Reid, Henderson, Diouf, Cisse, Jones, Murphy, Healy, Chopra.