Sunderland's game against Millwall this weekend will be screened live on Sky Sports. Following the World Cup break, the Black Cats resume their Championship campaign against the Lions at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.
Kick-off remains unchanged at 12.30pm, with the earlier timeslot already chosen to avoid a clash with the World Cup last 16 match on that day which could potentially involve England. The match - which was originally due to take place on September 10 -was part of the slew of fixtures postponed following the death of Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
It was rescheduled for Saturday, December 3, which means that the two clubs' World Cup break has been shortened by a week, while the remainder of their Championship rivals not returning to action until December 10. Both clubs agreed to the early restart and the EFL also gave their permission for the change.
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When the game was rescheduled, Sunderland boss Tony Mowbray was in favour of the move and said: "It was proposed to me and I liked the idea - let's get the game played and out of the way. Why wouldn't we want to play on a Saturday in front of a full stadium at the Stadium of Light, rather than a Wednesday night in February where we are fitting Millwall in as a third midweek game on the bounce?
"Let's get it played and it will be a big occasion really because at that point we'll have had no football for three weeks. Millwall were happy to play it, the EFL were happy to do it, so here we are."
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