Sunderland have been gifted a potential double boost ahead of their game away at Charlton Athletic in League One this afternoon.

The Lowdown: Building momentum

Alex Neil will now be looking to build some momentum after gaining his first win as manager at the Stadium of Light, following their 3-0 win away at Wigan Athletic in the division last time out.

They are facing an Addicks side who are now looking anxiously over their shoulders after five defeats in a row in the league, and another three points would really help in terms of their play-off push.

The Latest: Two returnees?

Speaking in his pre-game press conference ahead of the match, Neil has teased that two out of Nathan Broadhead, Aiden McGeady and Luke O'Nien could now return to the team, following periods out with injury:

"Of the three, there's one who is nowhere near ready, there's one who is getting there, and there's one who is a lot closer - I'll let you decide which one is which!"

The Verdict: Needed

Even though Charlton does look like a winnable fixture on paper, the Black Cats will no doubt be wary about their previous bad form, and so getting two of those three players back would be a welcome boost and may certainly be needed.

Broadhead, McGeady and O'Nien currently rank in the best-six performing players for the Wearside club in League One so far this term, as per WhoScored, and have scored ten goals and made a further five assists in total between them.

Nonetheless, after Neil confirmed one of them won't make it, we will not know who has made it into the squad until the team sheet is released, but SAFC fans will be eager to see two of those players listed.

In other news, find out whose display against Wigan was lauded by Neil here!