Bruce makes two changes for Trotters clash

SUNDERLAND make two changes for the visit of Bolton Wanderers today.   After playing an hour at Fulham, David Meyler is not named in Steve Bruce's squad, with Asamoah Gyan starting up top with Darren Bent for the second successive home game. Simon Mignolet drops to the bench, with Craig Gordon returning to the starting line-up. Danny Welbeck is expected to start on the left side of midfield. Owen Coyle makes two changes for Bolton today, the suspended Mark Davies is replaced by Fabrice Muamba, while Matt Taylor who famously scored a spectacular goal against Sunderland for Portsmouth in 2005-6 season replaces Chung-Yong Lee in the starting line-up.   SUNDERLAND (4-4-2): Gordon; Onuoha, Ferdinand, Mensah, Bardsley; Henderson, Cattermole, Richardson, Welbeck; Gyan, Bent. Subs: Mignolet (gk), Angeleri, Malbranque, Zenden, Elmohamady, Da Silva, Riveros. BOLTON: Jaaskelainen; Ricketts, Cahill, Knight, Robinson; Holden, Petrov, Muamba, Taylor; Davies, Elmander. Subs: Bogdan, Steinsson, Klasnic, Moreno, Blake, Cohen, Lee. Referee: Chris Foy (St Helens)

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