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Venue: Stadium of Light Date: Saturday, 13 December Kick-off: 1500 GMT
Coverage: Live commentary on BBC WM 95.6FM. Score updates on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sport website & highlights on Match of the Day; featured game on Final Score <hr><!-- S SF -->Sunderland are boosted by the return of Kieran Richardson from suspension.
But goalkeeper Craig Gordon (ankle) and full-back George McCartney (foot) are still fighting for fitness.
West Brom are without striker Ishmael Miller for the remainder of the season after he suffered a cruciate ligament injury against Portsmouth.
But the Baggies have no other fresh injury worries and striker Craig Beattie has been recalled from a loan spell with Crystal Palace.
Sunderland (from): Fulop, Colgan, Bardsley, Chimbonda, Ferdinand, Nosworthy, Collins, Malbranque, Whitehead, Richardson, Tainio, Leadbitter, Edwards, Miller, Yorke, Reid, Henderson, Colback, Diouf, Cisse, Jones, Murphy, Healy.
West Brom (from): Carson, Kiely, Zuiverloon, Olsson, Meite, Robinson, Morrison, Valero, Greening, Koren, Brunt, Moore, Bednar, Beattie, Hoefkens, Cech, Barnett, Do-Heon, MacDonald, Dorrans, Pele, Teixeira, Donk.