Mowbray must unleash 21 y/o v Norwich

Sunderland journey to Norfolk on Sunday to face off towards Norwich Metropolis at Carrow Street within the Championship off the again of three straight defeats.

The Black Cats have misplaced their final three video games within the division – to Rotherham, Stoke, and Coventry – and conceded a staggering 9 objectives in these matches.

Tony Mowbray‘s facet now face a Norwich workforce with three wins and eight objectives scored of their final three outings within the league, which illustrates the scale of the duty going through them this weekend.

The Canaries lined up with a three-man midfield of Jacob Sorensen, Kenny McLean, and Gabriel Sara of their final match towards Millwall they usually combined for 2 objectives and one help.

Sunderland, in the meantime, deployed Dan Neil as their solely recognised central midfielder, with attacking midfielders Alex Pritchard and Patrick Roberts filling out the midfield, within the 5-1 loss to Stoke.

Will Pierre Ekwah begin vs Norwich?

The dominance that the Canaries might have in the course of the park ought to result in Mowbray altering his workforce by unleashing Pierre Ekwah to fight the potential risk of their opponents.

Ought to Pierre Ekwah begin?

Since becoming a member of from West Ham United in January, the Frenchman has solely made four appearances instead within the Championship however the nature of the sport on Sunday could possibly be excellent for him to return in to solidify the midfield.

The rarely-seen gem, who was described as “all-action” by journalist Jonty Colman, might present physicality and a few defensive metal in the course of the park in an try to cease the likes of Sara and Sorensen from dictating and deciding the match.

Mowbray as soon as hailed the ace’s physique, saying:

“His left foot is absolutely clean, and but I’ve been attempting to encourage him to deliver his physicality as a result of he’s a giant lad – he’s not a small, skinny, frail, child. He’s obtained large bodily attributes that he ought to deliver to the social gathering.”

The 21-year-old has not had a chance to showcase his high quality within the first-team at Sunderland up to now, with simply the 4 cameos, however did catch the attention within the EFL Trophy for West Ham’s U21s earlier this season.

In three appearances within the competitors, Ekwah averaged a Sofascore rating of 7.00 and made two tackles and interceptions per match while successful 54% of his duels.

This reveals that the potential is there for the teenager to be an imposing power in midfield, while his two key passes per sport within the EFL Trophy implies that he might additionally present a risk on the ball that forces the Norwich gamers to drop off to cope with his high quality in possession.

Due to this fact, Ekwah should be unleashed from the beginning at Carrow Street to bolster Sunderland’s midfield and forestall one other Stoke catastrophe from going down.