Ref Watch: Marriner to officiate Man City v Stoke City

Andre Marriner has been named as the man in the middle when Stoke visit Manuel Pellegrini`s Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday lunchtime.

The 45-year-old referee was promoted to the Premier League select group of referee`s in 2005 and was then promoted to the UEFA list in 2009.

Marriner`s biggest fixture to date was the 2011 Championship play-off final.

He is currently Stoke`s eleventh best referee, as they average 0.66 points per games whilst he`s in charge.

The 45-year-old has been in charge of 21 fixtures so far this season, handing out 78 yellow cards and four red cards at an average of 3.9 cards per game.

The Birmingham FA official has been in charge of Stoke three times this season; their draws against Leicester City (2-2) and West Ham (0-0). He was also in charge of their 3-0 home defeat against Everton. He handed out eight yellows card over the fixture, four to Stoke players.

Birmingham born Marriner has been in charge of Manchester City once this season; their 2-1 away defeat against Arsenal. He handed out two yellows over the fixture; two being handed out to Manchester City players.

S Ledger and D Cann are Marriner`s assistant referees.


Stoke record with Marriner (2015/16): P 3 W 0 D 2 L 1 F 2 A 5 PTS 2 AV. PTS 0.66

Tottenham Hotpsur record with Marriner (2015/16): P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 2 A 1 PTS 0 AV. PTS 0


Stoke’s Referee Record 2015/16

1. Kevin Friend P 2 W 2 D 0 L 0 F 4 A 1 YC 1 RC 0 PTS 6 AV. PTS 3
1. Mike Jones P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 1 A 0 YC 0 RC 0 PTS 3 AV. PTS 3
1. Graham Scott P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 3 A 1 YC 2 RC 0 PTS 3 AV. PTS 3
4. Neil Swarbrick P 3 W 2 D 0 L 1 F 4 A 5 YC 2 RC 0 PTS 6 AV. PTS 2
4. Robert Madley P 2 W 1 D 1 L 1 F 4 A 4 YC 7 RC 0 PTS 4 AV. PTS 2
4. Craig Pawson P 1 W 1 D 1 L 0 F 2 A 1 YC 1 RC 0 PTS 4 AV. PTS 2
7. Lee Mason P 4 W 2 D 0 L 2 F 5 A 5 YC 3 RC 1 PTS 6 AV. PTS 1.5
7. Anthony Taylor P 2 W 1 D 0 L 1 F 1 A 1 YC 5 RC 0 PTS 3 AV. PTS 1.5
9. Mark Clattenburg P 3 W 1 D 1 L 1 F 6 A 8 YC 5 RC 0 PTS 4 AV. PTS 1.33
9. Martin Atkinson P 3 W 1 D 1 L 1 F 4 A 4 YC 3 RC 0 PTS 4 AV. PTS 1.33
11. Andre Marriner P 3 W 0 D 2 L 1 F 2 A 5 YC 4 RC 0 PTS 2 AV. PTS 0.66
12. Roger East P 2 W 0 D 1 L 1 F 0 A 3 YC 4 RC 0 PTS 1 AV. PTS 0.5
13. Mike Dean P 3 W 0 D 1 L 2 F 1 A 6 YC 4 RC 1 PTS 1 AV. PTS 0.33
14. Michael Oliver P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 0 A 1 YC 0 RC 2 PTS 0 AV. PTS 0
14. Jonathan Moss P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 0 A 2 YC 1 RC 0 PTS 0 AV. PTS 0