Swansea City manager Garry Monk has made one change to the side that lost to Southampton last week, with Bafetimbi Gomis coming in for Wilfried Bony.
Will Buckley replaces Emanuele Giaccherini for Sunderland, who also give Billy Jones his first Premier League start at right-back.
Santiago Vergini partners John O'Shea in central defence with Wes Brown out through injury.
The hosts have drawn four and lost one of their five Premier League games so far this season.
Sunderland: Mannone; Jones, van Aanholt, Vergini, O'Shea; Larsson, Rodwell, Cattermole, Johnson, Buckley; Wickham
Swansea City: Fabianski; Rangel, Fernandez, Williams, Taylor; Ki, Shelvey, Sigurdsson, Dyer, Routledge; Gomis.
