Andre Marriner will referee the EFL Cup final between Manchester United and Southampton on February 26.
The EFL announced the appointment of the 46-year-old on Monday. He will be assisted by Richard West and Stuart Burt, with Kevin Friend as fourth official.
Marriner has been a Premier League official since 2004 and on FIFA’s panel since 2009.
He refereed the 2013 FA Cup final, when Wigan beat Manchester City.
Andre Marriner has been appointed as the match referee for the EFL Cup final between Manchester United and Southampton later this month.
The 46-year-old will oversee the match between the Red Devils and the Saints at Wembley, due to take place on February 26th.
He will be supported by Richard West and Stuart Burt, with Kevin Friend appointed as the fourth official.
Marriner oversaw the EFL Cup quarter-final between Liverpool and Leeds.
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Andre Marriner will referee the EFL Cup final between Manchester United and Southampton on February 26.
The EFL announced the appointment of the 46-year-old on Monday.
He will be assisted by Richard West and Stuart Burt, with Kevin Friend as fourth official.
Marriner, who hails from the West Midlands, has been a Premier League official since 2004 and on FIFA’s panel since 2009.
He refereed the 2013 FA Cup final, when Wigan beat Manchester City.
Marriner was in charge of Sunderland’s surprise 4-0 win at Crystal Palace at the weekend where he dished out six yellow cards during the Premier League clash.
He has dished out four red cards this season with three of them coming in Ajax’s 2-1 win over Panathinaikos in the Europa League.
His only domestic sending off this season was given to Ahmed Elmohamady during Liverpool’s 5-1 triumph over Hull in September.
United have won two of their three games when Marriner has refereed the Red Devils this season with Jose Mourinho’s side beating Bournemouth and Reading. They also drew 1-1 with Arsenal at Old Trafford while he was the man in the middle.
Southampton, on the other hand, are yet to be officiated by Marriner this season.
Andre Marriner to referee EFL Cup final between Manchester United and Southampton
Andre Marriner will referee the EFL Cup final between Manchester United and Southampton.
The 46-year-old will be assisted at Wembley Stadium on February 26 by Richard West and Stuart Burt in a match which will be shown live on Sky Sports.
Kevin Friend has been appointed as fourth official, while Matthew Wilkes is the reserve assistant referee.
Marriner, a member of the Birmingham County Football Association, has been an EFL official since 2000.
He was given his first Premier League appointment in 2004 and was awarded a place on the FIFA panel in 2009.
Marriner has previously took charge of the FA Youth Cup final, the FA Community Shield, the Championship play-off final and, most recently, the FA Cup final.
Marriner featured in the quarter-final stage of this year’s EFL Cup, taking charge of Liverpool versus Leeds United, before his appointment to the final.
United booked their place in the final by beating Hull City over two legs in the semi-finals, while Southampton progressed to Wembley at the expense of Liverpool.
The Sky Sports Premier Predictor is tipping Manchester United to finish above rivals Liverpool in the final Premier League standings - but also says the two giants of English football will miss out on the top four.
Liverpool slipped out of the Champions League qualifying spots following their shock 2-0 defeat by Hull City at the weekend, while United’s victory at Leicester moved them to within one point of Jurgen Klopp’s side.
Now, our stats-based prediction system - which uses an algorithm to rank results, previous performances and the difficulty of upcoming fixtures - says Jose Mourinho’s men will continue their upward trend, leap-frog the Anfield club, but fall short of qualifying for a place in Europe’s elite club competition.
Instead, the Premier Predictor expects Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester City and Arsenal to occupy the top four spots, in that order.
Indeed, Chelsea have been given a 91 per cent chance of winning the Premier League title, following their 3-1 win over Arsenal which leaves them nine points clear at the top of the table with 14 games to play.
Further down the league, Hull City, Sunderland and Crystal Palace are the three sides tipped to go down, with defending champions Leicester predicted to just escape the drop.
The Sky Sports Premier Predictor also makes weekly predictions for upcoming Premier League matches, and Arsenal, Chelsea, United, and Stoke are seemingly set for wins this weekend.
Scroll down to see the predicted Premier League table and this week’s predicted results…
Record signing Boufal is undergoing tests after hobbling out of Saturday’s 3-1 defeat at home to West Ham with an ankle injury. Boufal has played a key role in Saints’ march to Wembley. And Saints boss Claude Puel is praying his £16m signing will be fit for their Wembley showdown with Manchester United on February 26.
“For Sofiane it is the ankle and we will see how long he stays out” Puel said: “For Sofiane it is the ankle and we will see how long he stays out. I hope it’s not important for us. “We will see this in the next days. Of course he is an important player for us and we hope he can stay at the level for the next game and for the final also. “I hope but we will see.”
Southampton are already without key defender Virgil van Dijk (ankle) and Jose Fonte’s exit has left Southampton short defensively. Free agent Martin Caceres could be targeted by Puel as a potential short-term option. The Uruguay centre-half is without a club after failing to earn a deadline-day move but is believed to be keen on moving to England. Meanwhile, Andre Marriner has been appointed as referee for the League Cup final later this month.
He was once the most expensive teenager in football, now Luke Shaw appears to have been frozen out at Manchester United.
Shaw was not included in the squad to play Hull last week and did not even travel to Leicester on Sunday.
In fact, he has not played in the Premier League since October and has only managed 14 outings all season.
The left-back, who has been capped six times by England, might be hankering for a summer move to free himself from Jose Mourinho.
Mourinho may yet do a U-turn and put his faith in Shaw, but if he does not, where could the young defender end up?
Here are six possible destinations for the 21-year-old…
A return to where he played his best football could be the best remedy to save Shaw’s career.
Shaw joined the Saints’ academy aged eight before progressing through the age groups to become yet another player bred for stardom on the South Coast - following Gareth Bale, Theo Walcott, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlin et al.
He played 67 times for Southampton around and returning to somewhere he was loved could be the way to bring his form back.
The worry for Shaw is his departure has laid the trail for Matt Targett and Sam McQueen who are highly-rated home growns - and even if he can top them he will still have to fight off Ryan Bertrand.
Eddie Howe has reinvigorated Jack Wilshere’s dwindling career and solved his injury jinx, why couldn’t he do that to Shaw?
There are huge similarities between Wilshere and Shaw. Both slung into international football early, both have suffered their fair share of injuries and both have found game time at their top four clubs tough to nail down.
Howe has a way of getting the best of out players who want his help and his methods could be perfect for Shaw.
Again it is back to a slice of the country where Shaw knows like the back of his hand as well which is only another bonus.
Going out the limelight like Wilshere could be great idea but at his part of his lifespan as a professional footballer he might want more than relegation worries.
United will want to recoup all of the £30m they spent to sign Shaw from Saints in June 2014.
The most likely place to get that money back at the moment is the money bags in the Chinese Premier League.
A player with the stature and youthfulness as Shaw could be exactly what the young league needs to grow its brand and prove they are looking for the future.
But would party fan Shaw want to move to the isolated communist state? Probably not.
Shaw rejected the Blues to join United two and a half years ago. They were keen on him then and would definitely look again.
A wing-back role might be great for Shaw, more inline with the attacking impetus he was so good at when with Saints.
Antonio Conte’s men are waltzing towards the title so bringing in a risk like Shaw would seem strange, but the left flank could do with being beefed up with not a lot behind Marcos Alonso.
Shaw might have played his best football for Saints, but it was almost exclusively down to Mauricio Pochettino how well he did.
The exciting forward thinking brand of football by the Argentine got the best out of Shaw and made him worth more than nearly every other teen in history, except teammate Anthony Martial.
Danny Rose is arguably the best full-back in the Premier League, so he might have to get used to sitting on the bench at Wembley if he was to move to Spurs for next season.
James Milner has been shoehorned into Klopp’s team for too long, and Shaw is the antidote.
All the stars align to make this is a great move for all parties, with Shaw likely getting the Champions League football he craves.
But would Mourinho sell one of his assets to a neighbour and massive rival? He has previous when he let Juan Mata go to Old Trafford when Chelsea boss.
Andre Marriner will referee the EFL Cup final between Manchester United and Southampton on Feb. 26.
The EFL announced the appointment of the 46-year-old on Monday. He will be assisted by Richard West and Stuart Burt, with Kevin Friend as fourth official.
Marriner has been a Premier League official since 2004 and on FIFA’s panel since 2009.
He refereed the 2013 FA Cup final, when Wigan beat Manchester City.
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