Preston v Sunderland: How to watch, predicted line up, and who is the referee?

Preston North End play hosts to Sunderland this weekend.

Preston North End play hosts to Sunderland in the Championship this weekend.

Sunderland return to Deepdale on Saturday - the ground in which a 3-0 win saw them claim a play-off place on the final day of the 2022/23 campaign.

Tony Mowbray's side go into this one having tasted defeat in the opening game of this season and in the opening round of the Carabao Cup, to Ipswich Town and Crewe Alexandra respectively.

Preston drew with Bristol City in their opening league fixture, before losing to Salford City in the Carabao Cup in midweek.

How to watch?

This game is not available to watch on iFollow, but Black Cats fans internationally can watch the game on SAFC Live - viewers in the UK can access that through a VPN.

Read the full details on how to watch Preston North End v Sunderland here.

Predicted line-up

Patterson (GK)

Gooch

Ballard

O'Nien

Cirkin

Neil

Ekwah

Roberts

Pritchard

Clarke

Hemir

See Sunderland's team news in full - including injuries and suspensions - right here.

Who is the referee?

Tomorrow's game will be officiated by referee James Linington.

His assistants will be Greg Read and Andrew Dallison, with Thomas Parsons being the fourth official.

Read more on tomorrow's officials here.

Kick off is at 3pm at Deepdale tomorrow afternoon.

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