Source: Northern_Echo
Kilgallon makes Sunderland home bow
AS Sunderland put the finishing touches to a loan deal for Manchester City striker Benjani, manager Steve Bruce has handed a home debut to Matthew Kilgallon.[LNB] Kilgallon, likely to be joined in the defence by Alan Hutton when Saturday travel to Wearside on Saturday after his loan move from Tottenham, joined ten days ago from Sheffield United.[LNB] Bruce has also been able to call upon Lee Cattermole for tonight's visit of Stoke City, despite a hamstring scare last week.[LNB] Stoke include former Sunderland midfielder Dean Whitehead in the middle, while Danny Collins is on the bench.[LNB] SUNDERLAND (4-4-2): Gordon; Mensah, Turner, Kilgallon, McCartney; Malbranque, Cattermole, Cana, Reid; Jones, Bent. Subs: Fulop, Bardsley, Da Silva, Henderson, Meyler, Zenden, Campbell. STOKE CITY (4-4-2): Sorensen; Huth, Shawcross, Faye, Higginbotham; Whelan, Whitehead, Diao, Etherington; Tuncay, Sidibe. Subs: Simonsen, Lawrence, Beattie, Fuller, Collins, Delap, Wilkinson.[LNB]
