Michael Oliver to referee Chelsea v Brighton at Stamford Bridge | OneFootball

Michael Oliver will referee Chelsea v Albion at Stamford Bridge.

According to TheArgus.co.uk, the 41-year-old from Northumberland has begun a busy season after his World Cup. He reached the quarter-finals in the USA, taking charge of Spain v Belgium, his fourth match of the tournament.

He opened his Premier League campaign when Brentford beat Spurs 3-0 last Saturday, then oversaw Bodo/Glimt’s 3-0 Champions League win over NEC Nijmegen in Norway in midweek.

Albion last had Oliver when they lost 1-0 at Leeds late last season. He also took charge of their 2-1 defeat at Fulham in West London, a match remembered for an extremely tight VAR intervention that overturned an on-field decision to award Danny Welbeck a goal.

Oliver is generally sparing with cards, showing only seven yellows across his last five Albion games. In 25 Albion fixtures he has produced two dismissals, a second yellow for Tariq Lamptey at Aston Villa and a straight red for Huddersfield striker Steve Mounie almost eight years ago.

His most recent Chelsea assignment was their 1-0 home defeat to Manchester United. At the weekend he was on VAR for Liverpool v Nottingham Forest and identified a narrow offside that saw a Florian Wirtz effort ruled out.

The officiating team for Chelsea v Albion is Referee Michael Oliver, assistant referees Stuart Burt and James Mainwaring, fourth official Thomas Bramall, VAR Andrew Kitchen and VAR assistant Paul Howard.

Source: TheArgus.co.uk

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