BURY will get a further pointer to whether they can live with the best tonight.

The Shakers bid to reverse a 2-1 Coca-Cola Cup second round first leg deficit against a Sunderland side Stan Ternent rates as First Division promotion material.

Gigg Lane is assured of another night of passion and commitment as two determined sides lock horns.

Bury expect to have Gordon Armstrong back at left back after his thigh strain which kept him out of Saturday's dominant 1-1 draw at Port Vale.

Victory would represent a huge coup for the Shakers with Ternent declaring: "It's a smashing draw for us because they are a massive club and I think they will get promotion this season.

"They set the kind of standards we are going to have to attain on a consistent basis if we are going to be successful at this level."

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