Sunderland vs. Liverpool: Feb 11, 2026

Gomez (hip) is expected to resume team training on Tuesday for the first time and is a late fitness call for Wednesday's clash against Sunderland, coach Arne Slot said in the press conference. "Joe has not trained with us yet. I'm expecting him to train with us for the first time. Indeed, if Joe is not ready to start then we are missing four players who have played in that position."

Ekitike had three shots (zero on goal) and one chance created in Sunday's 2-1 defeat versus Manchester City.

Traore (knee) is set to miss around another three weeks of action as he recovers, according to Phil Smith of the Sunderland Echo. "So it's always symptom-driven, but they are both in a good place. So hopefully we'll have good news in a few weeks. Bertrand suffered an important knee injury and played with his national team in the second half. The diagnosis was that you need to rest and you need to take care of your knee if you want to have a stable knee for the end of the season and for his career as well. So we didn't rush the process and we took care of him just to make sure that he's ready to play."

Xhaka (ankle) is still two to three weeks away from making his return, coach Regis Le Bris told the media, according to the Sunderland Echo. "We don't know yet on Granit. Probably two or three weeks. We'll see according to his feeling and just wait a bit."