TONY Mowbray has made one change to his Sunderland team for tonight's game at Blackburn, with Alex Pritchard replacing the injured Pierre Ekwah.

Patrick Roberts is again among the substitutes for the Black Cats, with Abdoullah Ba keeping his place in the team after impressing and scoring in the win at QPR.

It's not clear whether Pritchard is partnering Dan Neil in midfield or whether Jobe Bellingham will drop back into the deeper midfield role. Mason Burstow again leads the line for Sunderland.

Ellis Taylor and Tom Watson come into the squad in place of the injured Ekwah and Jewison Bennette, who is absent.

Jon Dahl Tomasson has made two changes to his Blackburn team after the weekend victory over Middlesbrough, with Harry Leonard and Andrew Moran replacing Tyrhys Dolan, who is on the bench, and Sam Gallagher, who misses out with a calf injury.

SUNDERLAND: Patterson, Hume, O'Nien, Ballard, Huggins; Neil, Pritchard; Ba, Jobe, Clarke, Burstow

Subs: Bishop, Aouchiche, Hemir, Seelt, Triantis, Rigg, Roberts, Taylor, Watson

BLACKBURN: Pears, Brittain, Hyram, Carter, Pickering; Wharton, Travis, Szmodics; Hedges, Moran, Leonard

Subs; Wahlstedt, Hill, Dolan, Rankin-Costllo, Wharton, Markanday, Garrett, Telalovic, Edmondson