TONY MOWBRAY has made three changes to his Sunderland side for this evening's Championship game at QPR.

The Black Cats boss has opted to switch both of his central midfielders, with Dan Neil and Edouard Michut both dropping out of the starting side. Neil is named amongst the substututes, with Michut not in the squad.

The pair are replaced by Luke O'Nien and Abdoullah Ba, with the pair set to play alongside each other at the heart of the midfield.

The other alteration to Sunderland's starting side sees Amad Diallo drop to the bench, with Alex Pritchard promoted to the starting line-up after he came off the bench during the second half of last weekend's 1-0 win over Reading.

Pritchard will be flanked by Patrick Roberts and Jack Clarke, with Joe Gelhardt continuing as Sunderland's central striker.


QPR (4-4-2): Dieng; Laird, Dickie, Dunne, Paal; Dozzell, Field, Iroegbunam, Chair; Lowe, Martin.

Subs: Archer, Kakay, Johansen, Dixon-Bonner, Gubbins, Armstrong, Adomah.

SUNDERLAND (4-2-3-1): Patterson; Hume, Batth, Ballard, Alese; O'Nien, Ba; Roberts, Pritchard, Clarke; Gelhardt.

Subs: Bass, Cirkin, Amad, Bennette, Lihadji, Neil, Ekwah.