Sunderland will look to maintain the pressure on the top two sides in League One when they take on Lincoln at Sincil Bank on Saturday.
The Black Cats are currently three points adrift of the automatic promotion places - five adrift of league leaders Ipswich - but head into the clash on the back of a five match unbeaten run in all competitions.
Following last weekend's 2-1 win over MK Dons they now take on newly promoted Lincoln. After a bright start to the season, the Imps are on a seven game run without victory heading into the clash.
However, the match represents new manager Michael Appleton's first home league match in charge of Lincoln and Jack Ross' men will have to be wary of the new manager bounce.
When is Lincoln vs Sunderland?
The match takes place on Saturday, October 5. The action gets under way at 3pm and is one of 10 League One fixtures taking place on Saturday.
Is Lincoln vs Sunderland on TV? How can I follow it live?
No, this one is not on TV, but you can follow all the action in our live match blog with team news, live updates, reaction and analysis from our writers at Sincil Bank.
Can you still buy tickets?
No, Sunderland's allocation of 1936 tickets have completely sold out.
What are the injury concerns? Who is in the teams?
Sunderland will be without Duncan Watmore and Elliot Embleton will miss the trip to Lincoln through injury. Aiden McGeady and Marc McNulty missed the win over MK Dons with injury and could well be unavailable for Saturday as well.
Lincoln likely XI: Vickers; Eardley, Bolger, Shackell, Toffolo; Connolly, Morrell; Anderson, Payne, Andrade; Walker
Sunderland likely XI: J.McLaughlin; C.McLaughlin, Willis, Lynch, De Bock; McGeouch, Power; Maguire, O'Nien, Gooch; Wyke
Who is the ref?
Brett Huxtable is the man in the middle on Saturday.
It is the first time the Devon referee has officiated a Sunderland game this season.
What are the bookies saying?
Lincoln 2/1
Sunderland 11/8
Draw 12/5
