Who are the match officials for Sunderland vs Norwich City?

Sunderland welcome Norwich City to the Stadium of Light on Saturday.

Sunderland welcome Norwich City to the Stadium of Light on Saturday.

Sunderland are back at the Stadium of Light this weekend, where they face an out of form Norwich City side.

The Black Cats are out of form themselves though. They've lost their last three now and have dropped down into 10th place of the Championship table, having lost away at Stoke City and Leicester City since the international break.

Norwich have now lost three of their last four in the Championship, having lost 2-1 at home to Middlesbrough in their last outing.

The Canaries sit in 14th place of the table, but just two points behind Sunderland.

Who are the match officials?

Anthony Backhouse is the man in the middle on Saturday.

He's mostly refereed League One and League Two football in his career, but has since stepped up to the Championship.

He's overseen six Sunderland games in the past, all in the third tier, with the Black Cats winning two of them.

His assistants on Saturday are Paul Hodskinson and Blake Antrobus, and the Fourth Official is Simon Mather.

Kick off is at 3pm on Saturday.

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