Bellingham fit to return for Luton game

Jobe Bellingham has scored four goals in his 27 appearances this season

Jobe Bellingham is fit to return to Sunderland's team for Wednesday's home game with Luton Town after recovering from an ankle injury.

The knock kept him out of Saturday's 2-2 draw at home to Watford as the Black Cats lost ground in the promotion race.

The midfielder, 19, has missed four Championship games this season and Sunderland have not won any of them, drawing all four.

But with him available and wingers Romaine Mundle and Tommy Watson close to a return, head coach Regis Le Bris is thankful for the extra numbers as the season enters the final third.

"With more depth in our squad, it's now possible to manage the game differently," said the Frenchman.

"In the early part of the season, Dan (Neil) and Jobe played so many games and they were tired but they had to play full games.

"But now we'll have the option to manage differently - maybe one player can start until the 65th minute and we'll have another fresh player on the bench ready to play with full intensity.

"That's good for the performance of the team."