The Cumbria-based official will travel to the Sands Venue Stadium for his 23rd game of the campaign and his sixth in Sky Bet League Two. The current season is Backhouse's fifth as an EFL official.
He's refereed the Iron on seven previous occasions, with three of those coming on home soil. The first of those games was a 2-0 victory over Portsmouth in which he showed no cards, while he also took charge of our last game of last season prior to lockdown, sending off Levi Sutton against Grimsby Town. Last season, he was the referee when we lost 2-0 at Tranmere Rovers last October, where he showed four yellow cards, and then for the 2-0 defeat at Bolton Wanderers in February, during which five yellow cards were shown.
This season he has officiated 22 games, showing 77 yellow cards and one red.
On Tuesday, Backhouse will be assisted by Matthew Parry and Paul Stonier, while Wayne Grunnill has been appointed as the fourth official.
PAST SCUNTHORPE UNITED ENCOUNTERS
| DATE | COMP | MATCH | Y | R |
| Feb 23, 2021 | LG 2 | Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Iron | 5 | 0 |
| Oct 3, 2020 | LG 2 | Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Iron | 4 | 0 |
| Mar 7, 2020 | LG 2 | Iron 0-2 Grimsby Town | 6 | 1 |
| Jan 18, 2020 | LG 2 | Bradford City 2-2 Iron | 5 | 0 |
| Nov 2, 2019 | LG 2 | Iron 0-0 Stevenage | 1 | 0 |
| Aug 18, 2018 | LG 1 | Sunderland 3-0 Iron | 2 | 0 |
| Sep 23, 2017 | LG 1 | Iron 2-0 Portsmouth | 0 | 0 |
PAST BRISTOL ROVERS ENCOUNTERS
| DATE | COMP | MATCH | Y | R |
| Sep 12, 2020 | LG 1 | Sunderland 1-1 Bristol Rovers | 4 | 1 |
| Jan 14, 2020 | FAC | Coventry City 3-0 Bristol Rovers | 3 | 0 |
| Oct 12, 2019 | LG 1 | Bristol Rovers 1-0 MK Dons | 3 | 0 |
| Apr 7, 2019 | LG 1 | Coventry City 0-0 Bristol Rovers | 2 | 0 |
| Oct 27, 2018 | LG 1 | Barnsley 1-0 Bristol Rovers | 4 | 0 |
