Confirmation of the starting eleven and substitutes named for the evening game away to Middlesbrough.
| Competition: with Budweiser F.A. Cup Date: Wednesday, 8th February 2012 Time: 19:45 Venue: Riverside Stadium | ||||
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Middlesbrough | v | Sunderland |  |
| Starting line-ups | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Steele | |
| 3 | Joseph Bennett | |
| 4 | Matthew Bates | |
| 14 | Rhys Williams | |
| 15 | Sebastian Hines | |
| 2 | Justin Hoyte | |
| 29 | Anthony McMahon | |
| 18 | Julio Arca | |
| 8 | Kevin Thomson | |
| 25 | Curtis Main | |
| 30 | Lukas Jutkiewicz | |
| Substitutes | ||
| 22 | Malaury Martin | |
| 32 | Adam Reach | |
| 31 | Connor Ripley | |
| 33 | Richard Smallwood | |
| 16 | Bartholomew Ogbeche | |
| 9 | Marvin Emnes | |
| 6 | Stephen McManus | |
| Starting line-ups | ||
|---|---|---|
| 22 | Simon Mignolet | |
| 16 | John O'Shea | |
| 2 | Phillip Bardsley | |
| 4 | Michael Turner | |
| 11 | Kieran Richardson | |
| 7 | Sebastian Larsson | |
| 23 | James McClean | |
| 28 | Stéphane Sessegnon | |
| 14 | Jack Colback | |
| 8 | Craig Gardner | |
| 9 | Fraizer Campbell | |
| Substitutes | ||
| 27 | Ahmed Elmohamady | |
| 17 | Dong-Won Ji | |
| 10 | Connor Wickham | |
| 38 | Craig Lynch | |
| 37 | Adam Reed | |
| 18 | David Meyler | |
| 20 | Keiren Westwood | |
