Match officials: Bournemouth vs Manchester United (Premier League)

Saturday’s match between Manchester United and Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium will be an opportunity for the former to tighten their hold on a top-four Premier League finish.

The last time these two teams played, Manchester United defeated Bournemouth by a score of 3-0 at Old Trafford with the help of goals from Casemiro, Luke Shaw and Marcus Rashford.

Bournemouth have surprised many people by maintaining their spot in the top tier this season, despite enduring successive setbacks in their last two games against Chelsea and Crystal Palace, twelve months after gaining promotion back to the Premier League.

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A 3-1 loss to the Blues at home was followed by a 2-0 loss to the Cherries at Selhurst Park the previous Saturday. The Eagles prevailed against the Cherries despite having zero shots on goal.

The match officials for the fixture have been confirmed.

Match Referee

Chris Kavanagh will be the main man in charge of the match on Saturday. He has previously refereed two Manchester United fixtures this season – most recently United’s 3-1 win over Fulham in the FA Cup in March.

That was the famous fixture where United came back from 1-0 down after Kavanagh sent off two Fulham players in a matter of minutes, including a red card that saw Aleksandar Mitrović suffer an eight-match ban.

He has issued 40 yellow cards and no red cards across 12 Premier League fixtures this season but has awarded six penalties.

Assistant Referees

Marc Perry and Steve Meredith will be the assistant referees for the match.

Fourth Official

Dean Whitestone will be on the sidelines between Erik ten Hag and Gary O’Neil on Sunday.

Video Assistant Referee

Craig Pawson will take charge of VAR for the game, with Natalie Aspinall his assistant.