Spurs v Arsenal – Match Officials Confirmed

The match officials have been confirmed for the Premier League encounter between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal on Sunday 15th September (14:00).

Referee: Jarred Gillett.
Assistant Referee: Darren Cann.
Assistant Referee: James Mainwaring.
Fourth Official: Robert Jones.
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell.
Additional Video Assistant Referee: Constantine Hatzidakis.

Jarred Gillett oversaw four matches involving Tottenham last season and two involving Arsenal:

Tottenham Hotspur:

Nottingham Forest 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur (Premier League) (6 yellow cards and 1 red card, including bookings for Destiny Udogie, Ben Davies, Pape Sarr, Son Heung-Min and a red card for Yves Bissouma)

Brighton & Hove Albion 4-2 Tottenham Hotspur (Premier League) (5 yellow cards, including bookings for Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison)

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Luton Town (Premier League) (7 yellow cards, including bookings for Yves Bissouma, Giovani Lo Celso and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg)

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Burnley (Premier League) (8 yellow cards, including bookings for Oliver Skipp, Pape Sarr and James Maddison)

Arsenal:

Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal (Premier League) (6 yellow cards, including bookings for Oleksandr Zinchenko and Declan Rice)

Burnley 0-5 Arsenal (Premier League) (3 yellow cards, including a booking for Bukayo Saka)

So far this season, he has refereed four matches, showing 20 yellow cards (5.00) and 1 red card. He was most card-happy in the Champions League qualifying match between Shamrock Rovers and Vikingur (2-1) when he showed 7 yellow cards and 1 red card. He also refereed Arsenal’s 2-0 win at home against Wolverhampton Wanderers, showing 4 yellow cards, including bookings for Gabriel Jesus and Bukayo Saka.

Jarred Gillett was the man in the middle for 30 matches during the 2023/24 season, showing 128 yellow cards (4.23) and 3 red cards. He showed 8 cards on two occasions: Sunderland 0-4 Middlesbrough in the Championship (7 yellow cards and 1 red card, including bookings for two former Arsenal youngsters Dan Ballard and Sam Greenwood) and Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Burnley in the Premier League (8 yellow cards).

Sources: Premier League and Soccerbase.