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The match officials have now been confirmed for Tuesday night’s match between PSV Eindhoven and Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League, which is live on TNT Sports 2 with a kick-off time of 17:45.
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany).
Assistant Referee: Christian Gittelmann (Germany).
Assistant Referee: Mark Borsch (Germany).
Fourth Official: Martin Petersen (Germany).
Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert (Germany).
Additional Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal).
UEFA Referee Observer: Michael Tomas Ross (Northern Ireland).
UEFA Delegate: Aleksandra Pejkovska (North Macedonia).
This will be the first time Tobias Stieler has overseen a match involving PSV Eindhoven and only his second match involving Arsenal.
His only match involving Arsenal was the 2-2 draw away a Sporting Lisbon last season in the Europa League. In this match, he showed 4 yellow cards, including bookings for Oleksandr Zinchenko and Grabriel Martinelli.
His record last season:
Matches: 33
Yellow Cards: 91 (2.76)
Red Cards: 4
Tobias Stieler oversaw a total of 33 matches last season, most of which were in the top two divisions in Germany. He showed 91 yellow cards and 4 red cards. He showed 6 cards on four occasions: Eintracht Braunschweig 4-4 Hertha Berlin (6 yellow cards) in the German Cup, HJK Helsinki 1-0 Maribor (6 yellow cards) in the Europa League, Stade Rennais 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk (6 yellow cards) in the Europa League and SSV Jahn Regensburg 2-2 FC Magdeburg (5 yellow cards and 1 red card) in the German second division.
So far this season:
Matches: 10
Yellow Cards: 76 (7.60)
Red Cards: 4
Stieler has been the man with the whistle on 10 occasions so far this season, showing 76 yellow cards and 4 red cards. He was most card happy in the Champions League encounter between Feyenoord and Lazio (3-1) when he showed 12 yellow cards, including a booking for former Arsenal midfielder Matteo Guendouzi.
