Confirmed Match Officers: Manchester Metropolis vs Brighton & Hove Albion (Premier League)
Manchester Metropolis return to Premier League motion on Saturday afternoon with one other stern take a look at within the chase for a UEFA Champions League spot subsequent season.
It was an extra setback and but mot frustration for Pep Guardiola’s aspect final day trip as they succumbed to a late Callum Hudson-Odoi winner with lower than 10 minutes remaining towards Nottingham Forest on the Metropolis Floor.
That outcome leaves Metropolis trailing Nuno Espirito Santo’s aspect by 4 factors and bringing their general report for the season similar with Newcastle United, whom they’re now tied on factors with in fifth and sixth place respectively.
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Brighton will definitely be no walkover for the reigning Premier League champions this weekend both, with Fabian Hurzeler’s aspect having impressed all through the season and holding their very own ambitions of a European marketing campaign subsequent time round.
Manchester Metropolis proceed to face numerous harm and health points and are doubtless to take action over the course of the approaching weeks with John Stones, Manuel Akanji, Nathan Ake, and Rodri all definitely dominated out of this one.
However forward of the assembly between Manchester Metropolis and Brighton & Hove Albion, the Premier League have now introduced the listing of match officers to supervise proceedings on the Etihad Stadium!
Match Referee
As confirmed by the Premier League forward of the subsequent spherical of English top-flight fixtures, Manchester Metropolis’s assembly with Brighton & Hove Albion might be overseen by Simon Hooper from the position of match referee.
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This weekend will mark the twenty fifth contest overseen by the Wiltshire-born official, having already taken on contests within the Premier League, Carabao Cup, FA Cup, and League Cup in the course of the ongoing marketing campaign.
Manchester Metropolis are but to lose a single match throughout competitions when officiated by Simon Hooper, successful eight and drawing 5 of the 13 matches the 42-year-old has taken cost of involving the Etihad Stadium aspect.
Nevertheless, the final time the Premier League champions had been overseen by Hooper from the position of match referee did not lead to victory, with Manchester Metropolis held to a 1-1 draw by Everton on the Etihad Stadium in late December.
Many Manchester Metropolis followers may even be acquainted with Hooper’s title after his appointment to the position of referee after they had been held to a dramatic 3-3 draw towards Tottenham Hotspur halfway via the final season.
Assistant Referees
Accompanying match referee Simon Hooper on the Etihad Stadium this weekend might be an assistant referee pairing of Adrian Holmes and Simon Lengthy, the Premier League have confirmed.
Video Assistant Referees
As for these overseeing Manchester Metropolis’s conflict with Brighton & Hove Albion from Stockley Park, James Bell has been appointed into the position of Video Assistant Referee with help from Assistant Video Assistant Referee, Nick Hopton.
Fourth Official
Standing between the 2 dugouts on the Etihad Stadium and making certain that every one is saved in verify between Manchester Metropolis’s Pep Guardiola and Brighton’s Fabian Hurzeler would be the appointed fourth official, Anthony Taylor.