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Defence: Trai Hume, Dan Ballard, Omar Alderete, Reinildo <\/p>\n
Jenson Seelt was unlucky last week \u2013 he was playing well, but an awkward fall saw him exit stage left early in the second half, and his replacement, Omar Alderete, was excellent when he came on. He set up Mayenda\u2019s goal, and played a huge part in our second half performance. While the club do evidently see a lot of potential in Seelt, I can\u2019t imagine they imagine him playing too many Premier League games this season, and I think Alderete will come into the starting XI today. Other than that, it\u2019ll be unchanged if everyone\u2019s fit.<\/p>\n
Getty Images<\/p>\n Getty Images<\/p>\n NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n Getty Images<\/p>\n Midfield: Granit Xhaka, Habib Diarra, Noah Sidiki <\/p>\n The midfield three of Xhaka, Diarra and Sidiki looked excellent on Saturday. Granit\u2019s quiet authority was vitally important, and we need him to do that week in, week out. Diarra\u2019s got a lot of praise post match, and rightly so, however Sidiki\u2019s energy was equally important too. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing how they do this afternoon.<\/p>\n Getty Images<\/p>\n SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND – AUGUST 16: Habib Diarra of Sunderland celebrates during the Premier League match between Sunderland and West Ham United at Stadium of Light on August 16, 2025 in Sunderland, England. (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n Getty Images<\/p>\n Attack: Chemsdine Talbi, Eliezer Mayenda, Simon Adingra<\/p>\n Same again in attack as well \u2013 the only switch I could see potentially happening is Enzo coming in for Talbi but I think we\u2019ll line up unchanged in attack. It was brilliant to see Mayenda, as well as Isidor, getting on the scoresheet last week, and Adingra getting an assist too. It all augers well, but we need to keep the momentum up and take advantage of it.<\/p>\n SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND – AUGUST 16: Sunderland\u2019s Chemsdine Talbi during the Premier League match between Sunderland and West Ham United at Stadium of Light on August 16, 2025 in Sunderland, England. (Photo by Rob Newell – CameraSport via Getty Images) CameraSport via Getty Images<\/p>\n Sunderland\u2019s Spanish striker #12 Eliezer Mayenda celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Sunderland and West Ham United at The Stadium of Light in Sunderland in north east England on August 16, 2025. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN \/ AFP) \/ RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club\/league logos or \u2018live\u2019 services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club\/league\/player publications. \/ (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN\/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n Offside via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>2 Comments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The celebrations after last Saturday rightly lasted a little longer than they would have after a more routine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[59,43782,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-87178","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-match-previews","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}