Confirmed Match Officers: Manchester Metropolis vs Leicester Metropolis (Premier League)
Manchester Metropolis return to Premier League motion on the Etihad Stadium this week for the primary time in over a fortnight following the March worldwide break.
It was a return filled with pleasure for Pep Guardiola and his gamers in aggressive membership motion on the weekend because the FA Cup quarter-final journey to Bournemouth caused successful methods and a one-way ticket to Wembley Stadium within the last-four of the competitors.
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A second-half comeback win for the Blues impressed by Nico O’Reilly’s half-time substitution noticed Erling Haaland and Omar Marmoush notch in entrance of purpose and tee-up a semi-final assembly with Nottingham Forest beneath the well-known arch later this month.
Nonetheless, amid the confidence-inducing victory has additionally come additional disappointment as Manchester Metropolis’s newest damage blow involved their 34-goal contributing striker, Erling Haaland.
Having sustained an ankle damage within the second-half of the weekend’s win over Bournemouth, the membership and Pep Guardiola have since revealed a lay-off of as much as seven weeks – ruling Haaland out for almost all of the enterprise finish of the marketing campaign.
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Now, within the first of these Haaland-less contests and forward of the assembly between Manchester Metropolis and Leicester Metropolis, the Premier League have introduced the record of match officers to supervise proceedings on the Etihad Stadium!
Match Referee
Working because the lead on-field match referee for the assembly between Manchester Metropolis and Leicester Metropolis this weekend would be the skilled official Darren England, the Premier League have introduced.
The Doncaster-born official might be taking cost of his nineteenth contest of the continuing season, having recorded appearances within the Premier League, FA Cup, Carabao Cup, and qualifying for the UEFA Champions League.
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Throughout these outings to this point, Darren England has issued a complete of 78 yellow playing cards, with an additional 4 dismissals through pink playing cards or second cautions, in addition to awarding three penalty kicks within the course of.
Relating to Manchester Metropolis specifically, the Etihad membership have been officiated by England in eight matches throughout competitions, successful all eight of these fixtures and seeing 10 yellow playing cards handed out alongside one pink card and 5 penalties awarded.
Manchester Metropolis haven’t been officiated by Darren England since April 2024 en path to a fourth consecutive Premier League title, once they defeated Aston Villa 4-1 on the Etihad Stadium.
Assistant Referees
Accompanying Darren England on the pitch on the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night time would be the Premier League appointed pairing of assistant referees in Gary Beswick and Natalie Aspinall, the division has confirmed.
Video Assistant Referees
Overseeing the fixture from the VAR Hub at Stockley Park this week might be Video Assistant Referee, James Bell alongside the sport’s Assistant Video Assistant Referee, Marc Perry – as per the Premier League.
Fourth Official
Standing between the 2 dugouts and overseeing issues between Manchester Metropolis’s Pep Guardiola and Leicester Metropolis’s Ruud van Nistelrooy would be the recreation’s appointed fourth official, Dean Whitestone.