Manchester United and West Ham United face off in the Premier League on Thursday at 8:15pm, with Andrew Kitchen set to referee.
Kitchen is a relative newbie to Premier League football, with this being just his five top-flight game as a referee. Two of those have come this season. But of those four Premier League matches, Kitchen does already have history with West Ham.
Man Utd go into this game seventh in the league, just four points outside the top four. West Ham, meanwhile, are only outside the relegation zone on goals scored.
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Andrew Kitchen’s Man Utd record
This will be Kitchen’s first Man Utd game as a referee. He has been fourth official for two Red Devils’ matches, including one in the league last season, and VAR for one game. Kitchen has also been referee for two of Man Utd U21s’ Premier League 2 games, but they came back in 2019 and 2020.
| Category | Total |
|---|---|
| Matches | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
| Defeats | 0 |
| League points | 0 |
| Penalties per game | 0 |
| Yellow cards per game | 0 |
| Red cards per game | 0 |
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Andrew Kitchen’s West Ham record
As mentioned, Kitchen has refereed West Ham once before. Their 1-1 draw with Southampton last season is one of Kitchen’s four previous Premier League matches. Kitchen showed West Ham two yellow cards in the draw, and one for Southampton. It was a foul-filled match, though, with 27 in total — 14 for West Ham to Southampton’s 13.
| Category | Total |
|---|---|
| Matches | 1 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Defeats | 0 |
| League points | 1 |
| Penalties per game | 0 |
| Yellow cards per game | 2 |
| Red cards per game | 0 |
What should we expect from Andrew Kitchen?
Kitchen has been very quick to blow his whistle in the Premier League this season, with 50 fouls across his two games. And they’ve been pretty equal too, with 24 in one match and 26 in the other. However, he has only shown seven cards — averaging 7.1 fouls per booking.