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Sunderland hope to bounce back from their first league loss of the season at Portsmouth with tonight’s trip to Rochdale

The Black Cats head into tonight’s game hoping to bounce back from their first league loss of the season in their last outing to Portsmouth

Phil Parkinson’s side are currently five points behind league leaders Lincoln City with one game in hand

Tom Flanagan could return to the starting lineup tonight, while Luke O’Nien will miss a suspension following his red card in Saturday’s loss

James Hunter is in Spotland for us tonight to bring you all the latest news

Sunderland suffered its first setback of the season as promotion rivals Portsmouth won 3-1 at the Stadium of Light

A whirlwind start at the Stadium of Light scored two goals in the first ten minutes

Marcus Harness opened the scoring for the visitors, but their lead didn’t last long, with Charlie Wyke back on the scene for the Black Cats

He got the end of Denver Hume’s center to tie the game minutes after Pompey’s opener

Lee Burge had to be vigilant to prevent Raggett and Jacobs from evading efforts as visitors pressed again

Sunderland was much better in the second half, passing close by Wyke and Lynden Gooch, but the visitors were victorious when O’Nien gave a penalty and Marquis made no mistake on the spot

Rochdale boss Brian Barry-Murphy made just one change to the team that won at Shrewsbury on Saturday, with Ryan McLaughlin replacing Jimmy Keohane

Phil Parkinson made four changes to the squad that started the weekend’s loss to Portsmouth, only one of which was imposed on him

This forced change saw Tom Flanagan enter the starting XI in place of Luke O’Nien, who missed his suspension after his red card against Pompey

Parkinson also handed over the deadline day loan signing by Wolves Dion Sanderson in his debut, replacing Jordan Willis in the final three

And George Dobson and Conor McLaughlin came to the camp in place of Grant Leadbitter and Josh Scowen

Dobson was a direct trade for Leadbitter in midfield, but the inclusion of McLaughlin as the right-winger allowed Lynden Gooch to play further

Portsmouth forward John Marquis has revealed the game plan that ended Sunderland’s unbeaten Ligue 1 record

The Black Cats lost for the first time this season with Pompey running out of 3-1 winners at the Stadium of Light, with Marquis scoring two goals

Benji Kimpioka and Josh Hawkes both scored twice as Sunderland U23s caught up from a two-goal deficit to beat Fulham 5-3 at the Academy of Light

The Black Cats took the lead in the 16th minute thanks to Josh Hawkes, with Elliot Embleton – who played 45 minutes on his return from the thigh injury that has prevented him since the summer – providing the ‘help

But Tyrese François equalized just two minutes later and the visitors took an impressive lead, Ryan De Havilland putting them in front in the 24th minute and the same player made it 3-1 in the 32nd minute

And 20 minutes into the second half, Patrick Almond equalized, setting the stage for a dramatic final

Sunderland took the lead for the second time in the game when Hawkes converted a penalty in the 79th minute, and Kimpioka killed the game by winning his second goal and the Black Cats’ fifth with eight minutes remaining.

Sunderland claimed a 2-1 victory on their last visit to Spotland in August 2019 with Charlie Wyke taking the winner!

Any complacency that might have set in after Sunderland’s six-game unbeaten start has been swept away by this loss at the hands of promotion rivals Portsmouth

It was a reminder that even a team with the best defensive record in the EFL – the bragging Sunderland could bring into this game – can be undermined by individual mistakes

Sunderland’s defense had been excellent in the first six games and fully earned the praise it received, keeping five sheets clean and conceding just one goal – and that penalty on day one

Bailey Wright insists Sunderland won’t let their first loss of the season derail them

Their six-game unbeaten start comes to a close this weekend as Portsmouth took advantage of a below-par Black Cats performance to knock out the winners 3-1 at the Stadium of Light

But despite the setback, Sunderland still averages two points per game – seen as the benchmark for clubs to win automatic promotion to Ligue 1 – and center-back Wright says a poor result shouldn’t hurt them. team efforts in the previous one six games

Phil Parkinson admits the end of Sunderland’s unbeaten start is a big blow – but says there shouldn’t be a hangover when they head to Rochdale tonight

The Black Cats had gone six games unbeaten in the league and were also undefeated in three Cup games, although they left the Carabao Cup at the hands of Hull City after a penalty shootout

But that record ended on Saturday when they were beaten 3-1 by Portsmouth at the Stadium of Light, a result that also interrupted their streak of five successive clean sheets in the league

Despite the disappointment with the result and performance, Parkinson insists his team have always started the campaign with 14 points in seven games and says they have to respond to their weekend loss of the good manner in Rochdale

Tom Flanagan is expected to return in place of suspended Luke O’Nien when Sunderland travels to Rochdale tomorrow night

O’Nien will be absent from Sunderland’s trip to Spotland as he serves a one-game ban after being sent off for a second bookable offense in the weekend’s loss to Portsmouth at the Stadium of Light

The versatile defenseman replaced Flanagan on the left side of the last three in the last three games, first when Flanagan himself was suspended and then after suffering a fear of injury while on international duty with North Ireland

But O’Nien’s absence means Flanagan is set to return to his starting spot, while Dion Sanderson – another center-back – who signs the loan on deadline day – could be on the bench , with manager Phil Parkinson saying the Wolves man is available tomorrow after being given a week of training to upgrade him

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