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Sunderland captain Lorik Cana must serve a two-match suspension for picking up 10 bookings this season.
David Meyler is available after a ban, but Lee Cattermole, Kieran Richardson and Jordan Henderson are all doubtful.
Manchester City are boosted by the return of Patrick Vieira after his three-match ban, but Emmanuel Adebayor remains suspended.
Kolo Toure could be recalled after his recent knee injury but Michael Johnson and Martin Petrov are still sidelined.
Sunderland
Suspended: Cana (two matches)
Doubtful: Cattermole (hamstring), Henderson (ankle), Richardson (calf)
Injured: Reid (hamstring)
Man City
Suspended: Adebayor (three matches)
Injured: Petrov & M Johnson (both knee)
MATCH PREVIEW
There was a mysterious and surreal feeling to Manchester City's 4-3 win over Sunderland earlier this season, as the curtain abruptly came down on Mark Hughes's tenure as City boss shortly after the game. Roberto Mancini was reportedly in the Eastlands stands that day as victory saw City rise to sixth in the table. Three months on, and his team are the bookmakers' favourite to finish fourth, largely thanks to their impressive win at Chelsea last time out.
Sunderland's emphatic midweek victory over Bolton ended a run of 14 league games without a win. Darren Bent also fired his first Premier League hat-trick to take him to 19 goals for the season in all competitions.
However, his father quickly brought him back down to earth by letting him know he should really have scored five. Bent's hat-trick was the first scored in the Premier League by a Sunderland player at the Stadium of Light.
It was also the first hat-trick scored by a Sunderland player in the top flight since Kevin Phillips in a 4-1 win at Bradford. Ex-City and Black Cats striker Niall Quinn was the other scorer that day, and he will be watching on with interest from the directors' box in his modern day capacity as Sunderland chairman.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• City have become a bogey side for Sunderland, having won nine successive league games against the Wearsiders, including the last four at the Stadium of Light.
• Sunderland's last victory against City was a 1-0 home win in December 2000. Don Hutchison scored the winner.
• Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn spent the majority of his career with the Black Cats and Man City. He scored twice for Sunderland against his former club, including a 3-1 win at Roker Park in August 1997.
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