{"id":1426172,"date":"2026-01-23T11:45:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1426172"},"modified":"2026-01-29T12:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:32:11","slug":"referee-arsenal-vs-man-utd-25-01-26","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/referee-arsenal-vs-man-utd-25-01-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal vs Man Utd referee: Craig Pawson&#8217;s history with both clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/stats\/clubs\/arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arsenal<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/stats\/clubs\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Manchester United<\/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 Sunday at 4:30pm, with Craig Pawson set to referee.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being one of the most-recognisable names in the current crop of Premier League referees, Pawson has overseen 12 games so far. While that&#8217;s still quite a lot, he isn&#8217;t in the group of the most-used officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pawson has refereed both Arsenal and Man Utd in the Premier League this season. But this will be his first &#8220;big&#8221; match. In fact, it&#8217;s his first big match since showing 10 yellow cards in a heated game between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/stats\/clubs\/chelsea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chelsea<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/stats\/clubs\/tottenham-hotspur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> in April. He has overseen this fixture three times, so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arsenal are seven points clear at the top of the table, with Man Utd a point outside the top four.<\/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-craig-pawson-s-arsenal-record\" data-level=\"2\">Craig Pawson&#8217;s Arsenal record<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-craig-pawson-s-man-utd-record\" data-level=\"2\">Craig Pawson&#8217;s Man Utd record<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-what-should-we-expect-from-craig-pawson\" data-level=\"2\">What should we expect from Craig Pawson?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-craig-pawson-s-arsenal-record\">Craig Pawson&#8217;s Arsenal record<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Pawson has refereed Arsenal 34 times during his career so far, with the large majority of those games coming in the Premier League. The Gunners are winless in their past three games with Pawson in the middle, losing one and drawing two. The sole defeat also saw Arsenal reduced to 10 men after a VAR review. Pawson has awarded Arsenal five penalties, while also giving three against them.<\/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\">34<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Wins<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">18<\/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\">11<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">League points<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">56<\/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\">0.15<\/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\">1.56<\/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-craig-pawson-last-refereed-arsenal\">What happened when Craig Pawson last refereed Arsenal?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Pawson&#8217;s previous Arsenal game this season wasn&#8217;t an eventful one. He showed just three yellow cards, all for fouls, with one going to Arsenal&#8217;s Martin Zubimendi. 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He&#8217;s yet to send off a Man Utd player too, the most he has refereed a team without showing a red card. Pawson has only sent off one opposition player too, so it&#8217;s not that he overly favours Man Utd. But Man Utd have lost their past three games with Pawson in the middle. <\/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\">40<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Wins<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">20<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Draws<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Defeats<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">League points<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">51<\/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\">0.08<\/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\">2.08<\/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-craig-pawson-last-refereed-man-utd\">What happened when Craig Pawson last refereed Man Utd?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a bit of controversy in Pawson&#8217;s previous Man Utd game this season. The Red Devils were beaten 3-1 by Brentford and were awarded a second-half penalty to equalise. Bruno Fernandes missed, but Man Utd wanted Brentford reduced to 10 men. Bryan Mbeumo was brought down in the box by Nathan Collins, who had made no attempt to win the ball. So he wasn&#8217;t protected by the double jeopardy rule. Pawson only deemed it worthy of a yellow, with VAR agreeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-should-we-expect-from-craig-pawson\">What should we expect from Craig Pawson?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Pawson is the most lenient referee in the Premier League this season. He has averaged just 2.0 cards per game, showing 23 yellows and one red. He also averages 10.1 fouls per card. So this game could be allowed to flow, which is what everyone wants to see in a big match.<\/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>Arsenal and Manchester United face off in the Premier League on Sunday at 4:30pm, with Craig Pawson set to referee. Despite being one of the most-recognisable names in the current crop of Premier League referees, Pawson has overseen 12 games so far. While that&#8217;s still quite a lot, he isn&#8217;t in the group of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":1405896,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Craig Pawson is the referee for Arsenal's Premier League game against Manchester United. 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