Jermaine Beckford and Joel Griffiths will also feature, whilst Tomi Ameobi is due to start his first game upfront for the reserves.
Former Leeds player Martin Woods, who joined Sunderland on a free transfer last season after just one appearance for Leeds, is in the Black Cats line-up that also features Anthony Le Tallec and Daryl Murphy.
Leeds Squad: Bennett, Madden, Harding, Hird, McKeown, Bayly, Griffiths, Gray, Beckford, Ameobi, Parker, Stone, Gardner, Howson, Camfield, Brown.
Sunderland: Carson, Ball, Connolly, Weir, Taylor, Hartley, K Smith, Woods, D Murphy, Le Tallec, Dennehy.
Subs: Backhouse, Dowson, Chapman, R Smith.