The Premier League have now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game between Everton and Bournemouth this Saturday.
Everton host Bournemouth on Saturday September 23 for the game at Goodison Park and the match carries a 3pm kick off.
Referee: Martin Atkinson
Assistant Refs: Stephen Child and Adrian Holmes
Fourth Official: Jonathan Moss
Match Day referee Atkinson has officiated three games in 2017/18, showing eight yellow cards and one red card.
He took in 43 games in 2016/17, returning 146 yellow cards and three red cards.
His highest card count that season was eight yellows in the game between Crystal Palace and Hull City. He showed seven yellows in the game between Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion and seven yellows have appeared on four occasions.
He took in 46 matches in 2015-16 and in those games, across all competitions and football divisions, he handed out a whopping total of 169 yellow cards but only one red card.
He was most card happy in the game on February 14 between Arsenal and Leicester where he showed eight yellow cards and one red card. He showed eight yellows in April in the game between Sparta Prague and Villarreal. Prior to that Barcelona and Bayer Leverkusen back on September 29 saw seven yellows He’s also hit six yellows in five games as well.
Let`s hope it`s not another repeat and more of the players edge closer to automatic bans.
