The Premier League have confirmed the checklist of match officers to supervise proceedings between Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis on the Emirates Stadium this weekend.
It’s a mammoth conflict between two of the division’s heavyweights and two sides which have gone head-to-head for the Premier League crown within the two earlier seasons, each of which noticed Manchester Metropolis come out on prime.
This season has been very completely different from the a part of Pep Guardiola’s aspect, with a number of gamers together with the supervisor himself brazenly admitting that their outcomes throughout November and December have largely dominated themselves out of a chase for the top-flight title.
Nonetheless, Manchester Metropolis stay very a lot insistent of their hunt for 3 factors in each recreation, because the squad appears to file a top-four end this marketing campaign and because of this safe a UEFA Champions League spot for the 2025/26 season.
These top-four hopes took a major increase of their final Premier League outing as Manchester Metropolis got here from behind to safe all three factors towards big-six rivals Chelsea on the Etihad Stadium because of targets from Josko Gvardiol, Erling Haaland, and Phil Foden.
Now, forward of the assembly between Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis this weekend, the Premier League have now introduced the checklist of match officers to supervise proceedings on the Emirates Stadium!
Match Referee
The Premier League have confirmed that Merseyside-based official, Peter Bankes has been appointed into the position of lead match referee on the pitch on the Emirates Stadium for Arsenal towards Manchester Metropolis this weekend.
This weekend will mark Bankes’ 20 outing throughout all competitions to date this season, and his fifteenth look within the Premier League having overseen contests within the Championship, EFL Cup, and FA Cup, too.
Peter Bankes has overseen Manchester Metropolis on seven earlier events, together with his most-recent contest involving Pep Guardiola’s aspect coming in mid-December because the Etihad membership fell to a 2-1 defeat at Villa Park towards Unai Emery’s Aston Villa.
Metropolis’s file in matches involving Bankes have been blended, having received three of their seven outings, shedding three, and drawing the opposite contest, together with defeats away to Southampton within the League Cup and Brentford within the Premier League throughout their Treble successful season.
Assistant Referees
Accompanying Peter Bankes on the sphere on the Emirates Stadium this weekend can be an assistant referee pairing of Eddie Good and Nick Greenhalgh, the Premier League have confirmed.
Video Assistant Referees
Overseeing issues from the VAR Hub at Stockley Park would be the Premier League’s appointed Video Assistant Referee Paul Tierney, with assist from the allotted Assistant Video Assistant Referee, Craig Taylor.
Fourth Official
As for the person charged with overseeing issues between the 2 dugouts headed up by Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta and Manchester Metropolis’s Pep Guardiola can be Anthony Taylor within the position of fourth official.
