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Sunderland travel to Stoke City on Saturday October 15 for the game at the Bet365 Stadium and the match carries a 3pm kick off.
Referee: Mike Jones
Linesmen: M Scholes and R West
Fourth Official: G Scott
Match Day referee Jones has officiated five games in 2016/17, with a return of 20 yellow cards and two red cards.
This season his highest card count was seven yellows and one red in the Accrington v Morecambe game.
Jones has already been in charge of a game involving Sunderland this season, he was the man in the middle when the Black Cats tasted defeat at home to Everton on September 12.
In that game Idrissa Gueye was shown the yellow card for Everton and Duncan Watmore got the same. Sunderland lost the game 3-0.
Jones took in 40 matches in 2015-16 and in those games, across all competitions and football divisions, he handed out a total of 131 yellow cards and three red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Crystal Palace and Bournemouth on February 2 with a total of seven yellow cards shown. Seven were also shown between Crystal Palace and Bournemouth on February 2.
