After experiencing a brief hiccup five days prior, Sunderland defeated Sheffield Wednesday last Friday to resume its winning ways.
Cardiff City defeated the Black Cats 1-0 at the Stadium of Light thanks to a late Mark McGuinness header, but the Wearsiders were in complete control at Hillsborough as they were three goals ahead at the break.
When struggling Watford comes to the North East on Wednesday night, Tony Mowbray’s team will be hoping to close the gap on the league’s top three teams. Of course, this depends on how Leicester and Preston North End fare and how Ipswich fare against Hull City.
Let’s review the most recent information from the Sunderland camp before the match against Valerien Ismael’s team.
Mystery injury set to hamper selection ahead of Watford clash
The absence of first-team players Pierre Ekwah, Bradley Dack, and Dennis Cirkin—all of whom are still injured—was already anticipated by Tony Mowbray, but a fresh problem has emerged before of the Watford game.
Mowbray has acknowledged that he had to make a last-minute modification to his tactical strategy and starting lineup due to a new injury issue this week.
According to The Northern Echo, Mowbray stated, “Without telling you everything, we’ve had to do some tactical changes today.”
According to The Northern Echo, Mowbray stated, “Without telling you everything, we’ve had to do some tactical changes today.”
“You’ll see the team when it comes out, but the injury that was sustained is very different.
That’s meant we’ve had to move the team around to make it work.
“We’ve had to do that to make sure we have enough people attacking and enough people defending.
“Otherwise, you have players moving too much in and out of possession and the balance of the team isn’t right.
“There’s lots of tactical stuff we’ve had to, but this group embrace that. It’s good that they want to learn.
“The challenges are always there. We have picked up an injury to a pretty key player in the way we play, but let’s just push on and see if we can keep the fluency of the team going.”
