{"id":1417058,"date":"2025-12-04T13:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1417058"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:30:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:30:04","slug":"referee-aston-villa-vs-arsenal-06-12-25","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/referee-aston-villa-vs-arsenal-06-12-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa vs Arsenal referee: Peter Bankes&#8217; history with both clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/stats\/clubs\/aston-villa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aston Villa<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/stats\/clubs\/arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arsenal<\/a> face off in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Premier League<\/a> on Saturday at 12:30pm, with Peter Bankes appointed as the referee.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bankes is one of the most-used Premier League referees this season, with this set to be his 11th game in the middle. But despite the 10 games so far, Bankes is yet to referee either Aston Villa or Arsenal this season. That&#8217;s even with six of Bankes&#8217; 10 Premier League matches this season having featured a London club. Bankes has, however, been VAR for three Villa games, as well as one as fourth official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arsenal go into this game five points clear at the top of the table, with Aston Villa now up to third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Jump to:<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-peter-bankes-aston-villa-record\" data-level=\"2\">Peter Bankes&#8217; Aston Villa record<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-peter-bankes-arsenal-record\" data-level=\"2\">Peter Bankes&#8217; Arsenal record<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-what-should-we-expect-from-peter-bankes\" data-level=\"2\">What should we expect from Peter Bankes?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-peter-bankes-aston-villa-record\">Peter Bankes&#8217; Aston Villa record<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This will be Bankes&#8217; 24th Aston Villa game as a referee, and he&#8217;ll have only officiated one team more during his career. A good chunk of that came in the Championship as Bankes was moving up the ranks of refereeing. Villa are now unbeaten in their past five games which Bankes has refereed across all competitions, all of which have come at Villa Park.  He has also awarded Aston Villa five penalties across their 23 matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Category<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Total<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Matches<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">23<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Wins<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Draws<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Defeats<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">League points<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">29<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Penalties per game<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0.22<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Yellow cards per game<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1.78<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Red cards per game<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0.09<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-happened-when-peter-bankes-last-refereed-aston-villa\">What happened when Peter Bankes last refereed Aston Villa?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bankes&#8217; last Villa game was their 2-0 win over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/stats\/clubs\/tottenham-hotspur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> in the penultimate gameweek last season. It was a pretty uneventful game with just three yellow cards shown, one of which went to Aston Villa. Matty Cash was the man to receive it in the first half for dissent, having been unhappy after a challenge made on him by Pape Sarr.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"article-page__title\">Dabble sign-up offer: <b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">Bet \u00a310+ &amp; Receive \u00a310 In Free Bets<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<p><strong>Not signed up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/dabble-sign-up-offer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dabble<\/a> yet? 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Stake not returned. Promotional Terms Apply.\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"http:\/\/gambleaware.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"http:\/\/GambleAware.org\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">GambleAware.org<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-peter-bankes-arsenal-record\">Peter Bankes&#8217; Arsenal record<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bankes has refereed Arsenal 11 times during his career so far. And the Gunners have a strong record. They&#8217;ve won eight of their matches with Bankes in the middle, only lossing two. And both of those defeats, interestingly, were 1-0 losses away to Southampton. Bankes doesn&#8217;t book Arsenal players often, with just 0.91 cards per game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Category<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Total<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Matches<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Wins<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Draws<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Defeats<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">League points<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Penalties per game<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Yellow cards per game<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0.91<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Red cards per game<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-happened-when-peter-bankes-last-refereed-arsenal\">What happened when Peter Bankes last refereed Arsenal?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bankes was the man in the middle for Arsenal&#8217;s 5-1 win over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/stats\/clubs\/manchester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Manchester City<\/a> last season. Bankes only showed two yellow cards in that game, but they were both to Arsenal. Jurrien Timber was booked for a first-half foul while Martin Odegaard&#8217;s yellow card came for dissent after conceding a foul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-should-we-expect-from-peter-bankes\">What should we expect from Peter Bankes?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bankes is among the stricter referees in the Premier League, averaging 4.5 cards per game this season. He also allows just 5.4 fouls per card so far, not letting too much slide &#8212; though he is by no means the harshest referee there. Bankes is also one of just three referees to award at least four penalties this season, and one of two to show two red cards. He likes to be involved.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/premier-league\/\"><strong>Premier League predictions &amp; tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/premier-league-title-odds\/\"><strong>Premier League outright odds <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/\"><strong>Latest football news<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best betting sites<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/best-free-bet-offers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best free bet offers<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/accumulator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football accumulator tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa and Arsenal face off in the Premier League on Saturday at 12:30pm, with Peter Bankes appointed as the referee. Bankes is one of the most-used Premier League referees this season, with this set to be his 11th game in the middle. But despite the 10 games so far, Bankes is yet to referee&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":1402765,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Peter Bankes is the referee for Aston Villa's Premier League game against Arsenal. 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