Charalampos “Babis” Kostoulas leads the attack and Pascal Gross skippers the side as Brighton and Hove Albion face Sunderland at the Stadium of Light at 3pm.
Club captain Lewis Dunk is in the match-day squad but is down to start on the bench as third-placed Brighton take on the Mackems who start in 14th in the Premier League table.
Chema Andres lines up alongside Gross, with Diego Gomez, Yasin Ayari and Maxim De Cuyper also in midfield.
Luka Vuskovic, Pascal Struijk, Olivier Boscagli and Ferdi Kadioglu make up the defence, with Bart Verbruggen in goal.
Joao Costinho, Promise David, Georginio Rutter and Malick Yalcouye join Dunk on the bench, along with Jaouen Hadjam, Ibrahim Osman, Matt O’Riley and reserve keeper Jason Steele.
Albion head coach Fabian Hürzeler has urged his side to shut their stunning 3-0 win over Arsenal last month out of their minds and focus only on the match today.
The Seagulls go into the game on a high and Hürzeler acknowledged the raised expectations.
He told a press conference: “We’ve spoken enough about the Arsenal game. We will get judged now after that performance but it is important for us that we focus on the things we can control.
“It’s a completely new game, new opponents and a different environment. We start from point zero. We have to do the basic things again. We have to set up into the game and understand that it is a fight.”
Hürzeler reported no new injuries after the extended international break and said that Dunk and midfielder Jack Hinshelwood were both available once again.
But Hürzeler urged new signing Femi Azeez to remain patient, with the former Millwall man forced to wait longer before making his first top-flight appearance.
Hürzeler added: “He needs to adapt to our intensity and the demands of the Premier League but he is feeling now that he is in a patient phase.
“It’s not an injury but there are some minor issues. He’s a player who is quite sensitive and we have to get a feeling of what makes sense for him. It doesn’t make sense for him to play tomorrow or the next game.”
Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris said that Juan Riquelme Angulo could prove that he fits the profile of a Black Cats striker after a positive display on international duty.
The 18-year-old arrived on Wearside at the end of the summer transfer window and has yet to feature for the first team although he scored his first senior goal for Ecuador earlier this week against Panama.
The teenager could be within reach of first-team action in the coming weeks, with first-choice Brian Brobbey now sidelined due to a “short-term” hamstring injury, leaving Wilson Isidor and Angulo as Sunderland’s remaining recognised strikers.
Le Bris said: “We set a clear picture of this position with three strikers. I think Brian is in a really good place (and) started the season really well. He got a small injury. It’s not a problem.
“It’s true that we would like to have him perfectly fit but we have Wilson, who is a really good striker with a different style of play, but really competitive for the Premier League. (He) showed his qualities last season.
“The third striker is always a bit different because if you don’t have game time it’s hard to keep them involved.
“It’s always interesting to have a young player, an underdog spirit and I think Juan is exactly that profile. We are in our set up and happy with it.”
Le Bris was full of praise for Angulo, saying: “He trained really well (on Thursday) morning. He’s in a good place as a third striker becoming the second for a period, which is good.
“We have young potentials in the squad and they are in different stages of their career. For Juan, I think it’s just the beginning.”
