Jack Ross’s Sunderland have enjoyed an unbeaten start in League One this season.
Jack Ross’s Sunderland side travel to Gillingham on Wednesday evening, as the hectic League One schedule will really begin to take toll on players.
The Black Cats’ game against the side three places below them in the third-tier will be the second of three games in seven days for unbeaten Sunderland.
And Ross will have to make some changes because of not only fatigued players, but also through players being sidelined through injury and Sunderland certainly have plenty of those.
Sunderland continued their unbeaten start with a 3-0 win against Scunthorpe United last Sunday, a team who were expected to be rivals to the Wearside men in their promotion push.
42-year-old Ross has a selection headache ahead of his sides double-header away from the Stadium of Light, with many of his injured players still on the comeback trail.
Full-back Adam Matthews also looks to be sidelined after limping off on Sunday afternoon and Ross may be forced into changing a winning side.
Sunderland’s talisman Josh Maja will be one of the first names on the team-sheet against The Gills, alongside Chris Maguire and Max Power who also impressed against Scunthorpe.
Below is how we think Sunderland will line-up against Steve Lovell’s Gillingham, with just one enforced change to the winning side from last weekend.
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