TEAM NEWS: Trippier starts as Eddie Howe names strong side vs Sunderland

The team sheets are in on Wearside, where Newcastle United face Sunderland in the first Tyne and Wear derby for seven and a half years.

Here's the team Eddie Howe has gone with for today's FA Cup third round clash:

STARTING 11: Dubravka; Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn; Longstaff, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Almiron, Isak, Gordon.

SUBS: Karius, Lascelles, Krafth, Dummett, Hall, Livramento, Ritchie, Miley, Parkinson.

Kieran Trippier has passed a late fitness test and starts against Jack Clarke at right-back, with Miguel Almiron also returning to the side in attack after he was benched in our 4-2 defeat at Anfield.

Lewis Miley drops to the bench, meaning Sean Longstaff starts in midfield alongside Bruno Guimaraes and Joelinton; who moves into a deeper role after playing on the left at Liverpool. Alexaner Isak also leads the line once again, with Callum Wilson out through injury.

Sunderland XI: Patterson, Hume, Ballard, O’Nien, Alese, Neil, Ekwah, Pritchard, Bellingham, Clarke, Rusyn.

HOWAY THE LADS!