{"id":1438912,"date":"2026-03-14T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1438912"},"modified":"2026-03-14T15:32:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T15:32:01","slug":"referee-liverpool-vs-tottenham-15-03-26","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/referee-liverpool-vs-tottenham-15-03-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool vs Tottenham referee: Chris Kavanagh&#8217;s history with both clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/stats\/clubs\/liverpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/stats\/clubs\/tottenham-hotspur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/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 Chris Kavanagh set to referee.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kavanagh is one of the most-used referees in the Premier League this season, with this set to be his 22nd game in the middle. Only Anthony Taylor will have overseen more matches in the competition in 2025-26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five of Kavanagh&#8217;s 21 matches so far have featured Liverpool, and he has also officiated the Reds in the Community Shield. Kavanagh has refereed Tottenham just once in the league and once in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/efl-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carabao Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Liverpool will be looking to bounce back in their race for a top-four finish, while Tottenham are trying to move themselves away from the relegation zone.<\/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-chris-kavanagh-s-liverpool-record\" data-level=\"2\">Chris Kavanagh&#8217;s Liverpool record<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-chris-kavanagh-s-tottenham-record\" data-level=\"2\">Chris Kavanagh&#8217;s Tottenham record<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-what-should-we-expect-from-chris-kavanagh\" data-level=\"2\">What should we expect from Chris Kavanagh?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-chris-kavanagh-s-liverpool-record\">Chris Kavanagh&#8217;s Liverpool record<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"h-liverpoz\">Liverpool are Kavanagh&#8217;s second-most refereed team across his career, with this set to be his 30th game featuring the Reds. They&#8217;ve won more matches under Kavanagh than any other team he has refereed. As mentioned, this will be the seventh Liverpool game Kavanagh has taken charge of arcoss all competitions this season. But they don&#8217;t have the best record. Liverpool have won two, drawn one and lost three with Kavanagh as referee this season &#8212; including the Community Shield defeat to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/stats\/clubs\/crystal-palace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Crystal Palace<\/a> on penalties.<\/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\">29<\/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\">4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Defeats<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">League points<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">55<\/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\">0.10<\/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\">1.48<\/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-chris-kavanagh-last-refereed-liverpool\">What happened when Chris Kavanagh last refereed Liverpool?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kavanagh&#8217;s last Liverpool game was a pretty uneventful one. The Reds beat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/stats\/clubs\/sunderland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sunderland<\/a> 1-0 at the Stadium of Light, with just one yellow card shown to the Black Cats&#8217; Reinildo Mandava. He awarded 18 fouls across the game too, so was just letting things slide with the one booking coming for time wasting. <\/p>\n\n\n<hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Bet \u00a310 &amp; Get \u00a330 in Free Bets with Bet365<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>Not signed up to bet365 yet? 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Free Bets are paid as Bet Credits and are available for use upon settlement of qualifying bets. Min odds, bet and payment method exclusions apply. Returns exclude Bet Credits stake. Time limits and T&amp;Cs apply.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-chris-kavanagh-s-tottenham-record\">Chris Kavanagh&#8217;s Tottenham record<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This will be Kavanagh&#8217;s 22nd Tottenham game as a referee, and they have an interesting record with him in the middle. Spurs have won 11 of the 21 games so far, but they&#8217;ve also drawn five and lost five. He is yet to send a Tottenham player off, but has shown three red cards to their opponents. Tottenham are also win less in their past four games with Kavanagh as referee.<\/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\">21<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Wins<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11<\/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\">5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">League points<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">35<\/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\">0.14<\/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\">1.62<\/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-chris-kavanagh-last-refereed-tottenham\">What happened when Chris Kavanagh last refereed Tottenham?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kavanagh was the man in the middle for Tottenham&#8217;s 2-0 defeat to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/stats\/clubs\/newcastle-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newcastle United<\/a> in the Carabao Cup fourth round. He showed seven yellow cards in total, with three going to Tottenham players. And two of those were for dissent, with Richarlison and Joao Palhinha booked for protesting decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-should-we-expect-from-chris-kavanagh\">What should we expect from Chris Kavanagh?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kavanagh is one of five referees to have awarded at least six penalties in the Premier League this season. But he&#8217;s actually pretty lenient. He averages just four cards per game and 5.6 fouls per card. He&#8217;s not the most lenient referee, but he&#8217;s certainly not harsh. 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Kavanagh is one of the most-used referees in the Premier League this season, with this set to be his 22nd game in the middle. Only Anthony Taylor will have overseen more matches in the competition&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":1401202,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Chris Kavanagh is the referee for Liverpool's Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur. 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