Sunderland vs Middlesbrough: How to watch, match officials, predicted line up

Sunderland host Middlesbrough in the Championship tomorrow afternoon.

Sunderland host Middlesbrough in the Championship tomorrow afternoon.

Sunderland welcome Middlesbrough to the Stadium of Light, for what should be a very interesting and very difficult game for both sides.

The international break is just around the corner and another win could leave Tony Mowbray's side in a very strong position.

Five wins from their last six in the Championship sees the Black Cats in 4th place of the league table, compared to Boro down in 17th.

Michael Carrick's side though go into this one on the back of three-straight wins.

How to watch

This game is available to watch live on both Sky Sports and ESPN+, as well as on SAFC Live which UK viewers can access through a VPN.

Kick off is at 12:30pm.

For all the information on how to watch tomorrow's game, click here.

Australian Jarred Gillett is tomorrow's referee, and it's only the third time he's overseen Sunderland; the Black Cats are winless under his watch.

His assistants tomorrow are Darren Cann and Akil Howson, and Jeremy Simpson is the Fourth Official.

For all the information on tomorrow's match officials, click here.

Alex Pritchard is the latest casualty for Sunderland.

Elsewhere, the likes of Pierre Ekwah and Bradley Dack remain on course to return later this month.

Dennis Cirkin, Eliezer Mayenda, Aji Alese, Jay Matete, Corry Evans, and Timothee Pembele remain longer-term absentees.

Here's how we expect Sunderland to line up tomorrow...

Patterson (GK)

Hume

O'Nien

Ballard

Huggins

Neil

Bellingham

Roberts

Clarke

Rusyn

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