Team News: Shane Long, Jack Cork return for Southampton against Sunderland

Southampton boss Ronald Koeman has made two changes for his side's Premier League match against Sunderland this afternoon.

Shane Long and Jack Cork both come into the starting lineup to replace Victor Wanyama and Sadio Mane from their 1-0 defeat last time out to Tottenham Hotspur.

Sunderland boss Gus Poyet has been forced into one change from his side that defeated Stoke City 3-1 in his team's last outing.

Wes Brown replaces Billy Jones in the side and drops back in a centre-back alongside John O'Shea, a move which sees Santiago Vergini shift to right-back.

Southampton: Forster, Clyne, Fonte, Alderweireld, Bertrand, Cork, Schneiderlin, S. Davis, Tadic, Long, Pelle Subs: K. Davis, Yoshida, Gardos, Mane, Wanyama, Mayuka, Reed

Sunderland: Mannone, Vergini, Van Aanholt, O'Shea, Brown, Cattermole, Larsson, Gomez, Buckley, Wickham, Fletcher. Subs: Pantilimon, Bridcutt, Rodwell, Johnson, Cabral, Mavrias, Graham

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