Le Fee is one of three changes from the last Championship game, with Dennis Cirkin and Chris Rigg also coming in. Aji Alese, Adil Aouchiche and Eliezer Mayenda drop out.
There’s another boost for Sunderland, with Dan Ballard back in the squad for the first time since the win over Norwich last month. He’s on the bench.
Cirkin comes into the side at left-back, while Rigg makes his first Championship start since Boxing Day.
Salis Abdul Samed and Trey Ogunsuyi are among the substitutes.
SUNDERLAND: Patterson, Hume, Mepham, O’Nien, Cirkin; Neil, Bellingham, Roberts, Rigg, Le Fee, Isidor
SUBS: Ballard, Mayenda, Samed, Moore, Aouchiche, Aleksic, Hjelde, Ogunsuyi, Jones
BURNLEY: Trafford, Roberts, Egan-Riley, Esteve, Humphreys, Cullen, Laurent, Brownhill, Anthony, Foster, Flemming
SUBS: Hladky, Egan, Worrall, Pires, Sonne, Koleosho, Sarmiento, Barnes, Rodriguez
