Kamo Moktojo has been restored to the Brentford XI to face Sunderland in place of Nico Yennaris.
The former Arsenal man is left out of the squad entirely for reasons, as of yet, unknown.
Elsewhere, Chris Mepham and Ryan Woods both return to the squad after illness and injury respectively and take their place on the substitutes bench with Dean Smith preferring to retain captain John Egan and Josh McEachran.
Brentford: Bentley, Dalsgaard, Egan, Bjelland, Clarke, McEachran, Sawyers, Mokotjo, Watkins, Maupay, Jozefzoon.
Substitutes: Daniels, Macleod, Woods, Marcondes, Judge, Barbet, Mepham.
Sunderland: Camp, Jones, Clarke-Salter, O'Shea, Browning, Cattermole, Robson, Honeyman, McGeady, Asoro, Fletcher.
Substitutes: Steele, Maja, Williams, McManaman, Gooch, Kone, Matthews.
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