Family commitments rule out Sunderland pair Liam Miller and Stephen Elliot plus Manchester City's Stephen Ireland.
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The hosts should have been cruising at half-time, but Liam Miller and Kenwyne Jones went close as Sunderland rallied.
Republic caretaker boss Don Givens sent on replacement Hunt for the poor Liam Miller and the move paid instant dividends.
The visitors played most of the match with 10 men, Liam Miller dismissed on 32 minutes for a foul on Jim O'Brien.
Sunderland hung on and were rewarded with an equaliser three minutes after the interval as Jones rose to head Liam Miller's cross past Almunia.
Paul Hanlon was allowed space in the Hearts box and headed wide from Liam Miller's cross when a shot may have caused the visitors more problems.
Jones is tracking 22 potential transfer targets and has been linked with Manchester City's young Wales striker Ched Evans and Republic of Ireland midfielder Liam Miller.
The visitors had Tottenham camped in their own half and there was still time for Cerny to produce a fabulous double save from Murphy and then Liam Miller.
St Johnstone were given the chance to level when Liam Miller was adjudged to have handled in the penalty area and referee Alan Muir once again pointed to the spot.
The 21-year-old winger again cut inside and shrugged off the challenges of Galbraith, Michael Hart, Bamba and Liam Miller before tucking a cool right-foot finish low past Brown from just inside the penalty box.
Goalkeeper Jakub Divis made his Hibernian debut alongside David Stephens, Lewis Stevenson and Ricardo Vaz Te in a much-changed line-up, with Mark Brown, Liam Miller, Derek Riordan and David Wotherspoon all dropping to the bench.
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