The FA Cup is low on the list of priorities for both Burnley and Sunderland this season, with Sean Dyche and David Moyes likely to rotate their squads for this all-Premier League third-round tie. But with the Clarets having failed to win away from home all season -- they were beaten by Accrington Stanley of League Two in the League Cup in August -- there is plenty of incentive for Dyche to target a victory at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.
A number of fringe players could benefit from a start and the likes of James Tarkowski and Michael Kightly could be in line to make rare appearances in the starting XI, with indispensable men like captain Tom Heaton and star player Steven Defour surely not risked.