Wednesday night’s game had originally been due to take place at the Eppleton Colliery Welfare ground in Hetton-le-Hole, but will now be played at the Black Cats’ stadium, where kick-off remains at 7pm.

And the winners of that tie will host last year’s International Cup winners FC Porto – who beat Sunderland 5-0 in the 2017 final – in this year’s semi-finals.

Arsenal have been drawn at home to Villarreal in the other semi-final tie.

Meanwhile, Newcastle United Under-18s’ home fixture against Middlesbrough – which was due to take place on Saturday before being postponed because of the weather – will now take place on Tuesday, 10th April at the Little Benton Academy, with kick-off set for 11am.