Meet the officials | Sunderland

Farai Hallam will be the man with the whistle when Swansea City visit Sunderland on Saturday (3pm).

It will mark the second time the former Stevenage apprentice has taken charge of a fixture involving the Swans senior side, and will be just his 12th Championship game.

The Surrey official had the whistle for the dramatic victory over Luton Town at the Swansea.com Stadium at the end of December.

Having once been on the books of Boro and had a spell in Spain, Hallam moved into grassroots refereeing in 2012 and progressed to take charge of his first EFL game in May 2023.

He has also held the role of senior referee officer at the FA’s Centre of Refereeing Excellence (CORE).

At the time of writing he has had the whistle for 34 games in all competitions, dishing out 109 yellow cards and two reds.

On Saturday he will be assisted by Andrew Dallison and Lee Venamore, while Simon Mather will be the fourth official.