Hampshire born official Keith Stroud has been appointed the referee for the Swans trip to Sunderland on Saturday.
It will be the second time that Stroud has officiated a Swansea City game this season, the other being the 3-0 home win over Hull City back in September.
Stroud was also the fourth official for the Swans 2-1 win at Watford also in October, when he added 17 minutes of additional time.
Referee Stroud will be assisted by Matthew Jones and Andrew Fox, with Robert Madden the 4th Official for the game at the Stadium of Light.
If you take a closer look at Keith Stroud’s statistics when officiating Swansea City games, you’ll understand why he isn’t one of the most popular officials with Swansea City fans.
Keith Stroud EFL Championship Record 2022/2023
This will be the 20th Championship game that Stroud has taken charge of so far this season, and so far he has handed out 92 yellow cards, 2 red cards and awarded two penalties – both against Coventry City ironically.
He averages 5.11 yellow cards per game, with Norwich City (10), Coventry City (8), QPR (8) and Stoke (7) being highest on the list of recipients of a yellow card, with Blackpool and Burnley each receiving one red card.
Nathan Wood is the only Swansea City player to be booked by Keith Stroud so far this season.
This will be Stroud’s third Sunderland game this season, having overseen the Black Cats 2-1 home win over Wigan in October and the 3-2 win at Bristol City back in August.
Five Sunderland players have been shown a yellow card by Stroud in those two games – Corry Evans, Dennis Cirkin, Elliot Embleton, Alex Pritchard and Anthony Patterson.