Team line-ups for Millwall v Sunderland: Jake Cooper misses out due to injury

For today’s home match against Sunderland, the leaders of the Championship, Millwall head coach Neil Harris has made five changes.

Shaun Hutchinson will take Jake Cooper’s place at center-back after the star player is sidelined by injury.

Danny McNamara makes place for Joe Bryan, who starts at left-back in other shifts.

Ryan Wintle is replaced by George Saville, while Duncan Watmore is picked over Femi Azeez when he plays his old team.

Josh Coburn is expected to be the primary striker for the South Londoners, who have won their previous seven league games, while George Honeyman replaces Tom Bradshaw.

In their last three league home games, Millwall has won by a combined score of 1-0. The last time they won four straight at the Den was in October 2022; the last time they did so in League One was in March 2010.

This season, Sunderland has amassed 31 points in 15 Championship games (W9 D4 L2), which is their greatest start to a season at this level since 1998–99, when they won the league with 31 points as well.

In addition to having a lengthy list of injuries, the Black Cats have three players on suspension: Patrick Roberts, Jobe Bellingham, and Trai Hume.

Millwall: Jensen, Leonard, Hutchinson, Cooper, Bryan, Saville, De Norre, Honeyman, Esse, Watmore, Coburn. Subs: Roberts, McNamara, Wallace, Bradshaw, Azeez, Wintle, Langstaff, Emakhu, Ivanovic.

Sunderland: Patterson, Neil, Ballard, Rigg, Mayenda, O’Nien, Isidor, Connolly, Mepham, Watson, Alese. Subs: Moore, Ba, Aouchiche, Aleksic, Johnson, Anderson, Ogunsuyi, Jones, Middlemas.

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