Two more Sunderland games confirmed for live Sky Sports broadcast

The TV companies just can't get enough of Sunderland this season, it seems.

Two more Sunderland games have been selected for live television as Sky Sports continue their love affair with he Black Cats.

Sunderland have been one of the most televised clubs in the whole country this year, and that will continue through March and into April too.

The away trip to table-topping Burnley has been brought forward to Friday March 31 and will now kick off at 8pm.

Just a week later, Sunderland will be on Sky Sports again when they face Hull at the Stadium of Light on Good Friday.

The kick-off time for that game has been move back slightly to the evening, and the action will now get underway at 5.30pm.

It will take the total of Sunderland matches broadcast live on Sky Sports this season to 17, with them also shown live on the BBC once too.

Between now and then, the Wearsiders will also be broadcast live on Sky Sports two more times in the back-to-back games against Norwich City and Sheffield United. 

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