Wolves-Arsenal ref handed 1st Gunners recreation in 2 seasons

The Premier League have confirmed the match officers appointed to Arsenal’s match away to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Wednesday.

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The have confirmed the match officers for Arsenal’s recreation away to Wolves on Wednesday, the one remaining match in Matchweek 26.

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The rescheduled fixture was initially resulting from be performed in March, however given Arsenal prevented the Champions League play-off spherical and succeeded in reaching the League Cup closing, this was a extra handy date for the sport to happen.

So while the remainder of the league both have this midweek off or are collaborating in European play-offs, Arsenal and Wolves are the one groups concerned in Premier League motion.

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The have appointed Paul Tierney to referee the match, assisted by Richard West and Mark Scholes. The fourth official will likely be Craig Pawson.

On VAR, Michael Salisbury will take cost, assisted by Craig Taylor at Stockley Park.

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Arsenal have a comparatively blended report with Tierney refereeing, profitable 10 however drawing 5 and dropping six.

These video games haven’t been with out controversy both, with three pink playing cards awarded to the Gunners and one to an opponent, in addition to 9 penalties (six for Arsenal, three for opponents).

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It’s been fairly some time since Tierney was final given an Arsenal recreation, with the final one occurring in Might 2024. That was two seasons in the past now, with Tierney avoiding the Gunners all through 2024/25 and 2025/26 thus far.

That’s largely as a result of Tierney suffered an harm ruling him out of a lot of the 2024/25 season, barring VAR duties. However he’s been again on Premier League video games once more this season, together with a few matches involving Arsenal’s title rivals Manchester Metropolis.

Tierney’s final Gunners match was a comparatively uncontroversial 1-0 win for Arsenal away to Manchester United. Most followers would most likely welcome a equally drama-free recreation on Wednesday.

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