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title: "Sunderland: Scott Wilson shares big Ellis Simms injury boost"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/watford-team-news-simms-injury-championship/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Championship News"
published: "2022-09-17T09:15:26Z"
modified: "2022-09-17T09:15:26Z"
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# Sunderland: Scott Wilson shares big Ellis Simms injury boost

**The Northern Echo journalist Scott Wilson has shared a big injury boost for [Sunderland](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/sunderland-afc-news/) before they play Watford away from home in the [Championship](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/championship-news/).**

### The Lowdown: Simms forced off

Simms was forced off in the first half of the Stadium of Light outfit’s 3-0 win away at Reading in the league in midweek, with Tony Mowbray giving his assessment on the injury after the game.

He [admitted](https://twitter.com/JHunterChron/status/1570159299606810624) that he did not know whether the Everton loanee would need a scan, after injuring his big toe, though the boss didn’t think it was a fracture.

### The Latest: Could be involved

Taking to Twitter on Friday morning after Mowbray’s pre-game press conference, [Wilson](https://twitter.com/Scottwilsonecho/status/1570711070838501381) has shared that Simms now has a chance of being involved against the Hornets despite his latest setback, in what is ‘positive injury news’ for the Wearside club:

*“Positive injury news for #SAFC on the Ellis Simms front – with the striker even having a chance of being involved against Watford tomorrow.”*

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### The Verdict: Big boost

Of course, potentially having Simms back for the next match after hi injury is a big boost for the Black Cats.

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They are already missing Ross Stewart through [injury](https://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/football/sunderland-afc/sunderland-afc-injury-news-ellis-simms-luke-onien-bailey-wright-dennis-cirkin-ross-stewart-and-edouard-michut-latest-3844474), meaning that Simms is the [only](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/afc-sunderland/startseite/verein/289) recognised senior striker in the squad available at the moment.

With three goals in hist first eight matches in the Championship so far this season ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ellis-simms/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/511550/plus/0?saison=&verein=289&liga=&wettbewerb=GB2&pos=&trainer_id=)), the Englishman has gotten off to a decent start in his SAFC career, and will want the chance to carry that on as his side play a Watford team that have only just been relegated from the Premier League.