The Football League have now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the EFL Cup tie between Aston Villa and Wigan Athletic this Tuesday.
Aston Villa host Wigan Athletic on Tuesday August 22 for the second round EFL Cup tie at Villa Park and the match carries a 7.45pm kick off.
Referee: Darren Drysdale
Assistant Refs: Anthony Moore and Darren Strain
Fourth Official: Nigel Smith
The Match Day referee has officiated three games in 2017/18, showing five yellow cards and two red cards already.
He took in 22 games so far in 2016/17, with a return of 67 yellow cards and three red cards.
His highest card count so far that year was nine yellows in the game between Bury and Oxford United.
He took in 34 matches in 2015-16 and in those games, across all competitions and football divisions, he handed out a total of 80 yellow cards and two red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Blackburn Rovers and Derby County on October 21 with a total of six yellows being shown. He followed that in his next game between Walsall and Gillingham with another six.
Let`s hope it`s not another repeat and more of the players edge closer to automatic bans.
