Gillingham welcome Sunderland to Priestfield Stadium, tonight with a place in the FA Cup second round up for grabs.

Gillingham go into the tie with a full squad to pick from, Matty Willock being the only doubt injury wise, he is still recovering from injury.

The Gills will still be without left-Back Tom O’Connor who is away with Republic of Ireland u21s.

Sunderland will be without several players, due to injury and international duty, with manager Phil Parkinson revealing that ‘seven or eight youngsters will travel down.’

Striker Will Grigg is available again after fully recovering from a sickness bug.

Gillingham come into the game buoyant from a 1-0-win over Lincoln City on Saturday, with Steve Evans describing the performance as ‘ruthless.’

Steve Evans could go with the same line-up as Saturday with several players impressing.

Sunderland will make changes with 10 first team players unavailable.

The last time the two sides met was earlier this month where Olly Lee earned Gillingham a 1-1 draw at the Stadium of Light.

Head-to-Head:

Gillingham – 1 win

3 Draws

Sunderland – 7 wins

Kick-off is at 7:45pm

Picture supplied by Gillingham Football Club.