Sunderland must unleash Jewison Bennette

Sunderland might be seeking to construct on their 2-1 win towards Wigan on the weekend as they journey away to Ewood Park to face Blackburn Rovers tonight.

The Black Cats are at present ninth within the Championship desk and have the potential to finish the night time within the play-off spots if outcomes go their method.

Tony Mowbray’s facet beat fellow newly-promoted facet Wigan of their final outing due to strikes from Dennis Cirkin and Elliot Embleton.

The Sunderland boss, nonetheless, might look to make some modifications to clean up his group despite the constructive end result and efficiency on the Stadium of Mild.

Video games are coming thick and quick forward of the World Cup break and one participant who may very well be due relaxation is left winger Jack Clarke, who has began all 14 matches within the league this season.

He was not at his greatest on the weekend and Mowbray should now unleash 18-year-old gem Jewison Bennette from the beginning forward of the previous Tottenham man.

Ought to Sunderland begin Bennette?

Towards Wigan, Clarke left so much to be desired as he struggled on and off the ball. As per SofaScore, he misplaced 11 of his 12 particular person duels as he was bullied by the opposition defenders.

In 90 minutes on the pitch, the Englishman solely accomplished eight of his 14 tried passes (57%) and failed with two of his three tried dribbles.

It was a drained show from the winger and Bennette ought to now be given a possibility to indicate what he can do from the beginning at Championship degree.

The 18-year-old has made 5 substitute appearances up to now this time period and averaged a SofaScore rating of 6.90 off the bench, scoring one aim, creating two probabilities, and successful 62% of his duels in 105 minutes of motion.

Mowbray praised the ahead’s bodily attributes earlier this season, saying: “He’s very quick and direct, and is a kind of electrical gamers that will get folks out of their seats.”

He’s a participant with the potential to make a huge impact within the ultimate third as he has the tempo and constructive perspective to make issues occur on the prime finish of the pitch, which is evidenced by these feedback and his statistics in a restricted time on the pitch.

Journalist Josh Bunting described him as a “star boy” after the six-cap Costa Rican worldwide scored twice towards South Korea final month and the supervisor should now unleash the younger expertise from the beginning in order that he can lastly explode onto the scene with an enormous efficiency.