Swansea v Sunderland Team News: Jeremain Lens keeps his place
Lens - who impressed in last weekend's FA Cup third round defeat at Arsenal - retained his place in the starting XI, with Adam Johnson also included after the ex-Manchester City man took the place of Duncan Watmore out wide.
John O'Shea was passed fit after a scare over a calf injury, with the Sunderland captain partnering ex-Manchester United team-mate Wes Brown in defence.
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Hide AdVito Mannone returned in goal, with fellow stopper Jordan Pickford preferred on the bench to Costel Pantilimon.
Swansea: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Williams, Taylor, Britton, Ki, Barrow, Sigurdsson, Routledge, Ayew. Subs: Nordfeldt, Rangel, Amat, Cork, Montero, Emnes, Gomis.
Sunderland: Mannone, Jones, O’Shea, Brown, van Aanholt, Cattermole, M’Vila, Johnson, Lens, Borini, Defoe. Subs: Pickford, Coates, Yedlin, Rodwell, Watmore, Graham, Fletcher