Port Vale welcome Northampton Town to Burslem this weekend in Sky Bet League Two, and the match officials have now been confirmed by the EFL ahead of the fixture.

Thomas Bramall will be the man in the middle on Saturday afternoon, and this fixture will be his sixth of the current season. He also refereed 18 games during the 2017/18 campaign, with a breakdown of the competitions listed below:

17 National League games.

1 Emirates FA Cup game.

During those 18 matches, Bramall brandised 42 yellow cards and four reds. In his five games so far this term, he has handed out a total of six cautions, with no reds being shown.

His assistants at Vale Park will be Ken Haycock and Nik Barnard, whilst Ian Dudley will take up the role of fourth official.