Soccer:Republic of Ireland international John O'Shea will miss Sunderland's Barclays Premier League trip to Manchester City because of a calf injury.

Manager Martin O’Neill will also be without left back Wayne Bridge for the match against second placed City as the England international is ineligible under the terms of his loan agreement. Kieran Richardson has only just returned to training after a calf injury.

Midfielder Jack Colback, who missed the 2-0 FA Cup sixth-round replay defeat by Everton in midweek to attend the birth of his first child, has played in defence this season and could deputise. Lee Cattermole is also a doubt with a twisted knee.

Sunderland squad:Mignolet, Gordon, Bardsley, Richardson, Turner, Kilgallon, Kyrgiakos, Lynch, Cattermole, Gardner, Larsson, Elmohamady, McClean, Vaughan, Meyler, Colback, Sessegnon, Bendtner, Wickham, Ji, Campbell.