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Accrington Stanley (h): EFL Trophy Match Officials Confirmed

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The Football League has now announced the officials that will take charge of the match between Lincoln City and Accrington Stanley in the EFL Trophy.

Lincoln City host Accrington Stanley on Tuesday, January 10 at Sincil Bank, and the match carries a 19:00 kick-off.

Referee: Simon Mather.
Assistants Referees: Paul Stonier and Daniel Woodward.
Fourth Official: Will Finnie.

You can discuss this refereeing appointment HERE, as well as get involved with our pre-match threads: You can post your score predictions, and discuss the starting XI.

We have also published a quiz about the times The Imps have played Accrington Stanley in the EFL Trophy, which can be found HERE, and also at the bottom of the page!

Simon Mather has been the man in the middle for 2 matches involving Lincoln City:

18/04/22: Lincoln City 3-0 Cheltenham Town (League One) – 3 yellow cards
23/08/22: Barrow 2-2 Lincoln City (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 2 Yellow Cards: 6 Red Cards: 0

Simon Mather: 2022/23 Stats:

30/07/22: AFC Wimbledon 2-0 Gillingham (League Two) – 8 yellow cards
23/08/22: Barrow 2-2 Lincoln City (EFL Cup) – 3 yellow cards
27/08/22: Sheffield Wednesday 5-0 Forest Green Rovers (League One) – 4 yellow cards
30/08/22: Walsall 0-1 West Ham United U21s (EFL Trophy) – 4 yellow cards
13/09/22: Rochdale 0-1 Leyton Orient (League Two) – 5 yellow cards
17/09/22: Fleetwood Town 1-1 Charlton Athletic (League One) – 2 yellow cards
27/09/22: Grimsby Town 1-2 Carlisle United (League Two) – 3 yellow cards
01/10/22: Cambridge United 0-2 Derby County (League One) – 1 yellow card
14/10/22: Tranmere Rovers 3-0 Crewe Alexandra (League Two) – 1 yellow card
22/10/22: Morecambe 1-0 Barnsley (League One) – 5 yellow cards
29/10/22: Stockport County 3-0 Sutton United (League Two) – 3 yellow cards and 1 red card
05/11/22: Port Vale 2-3 Exeter City (FA Cup) – 2 yellow cards
08/11/22: Mansfield Town 1-2 Bradford City (League Two) – 5 yellow cards and 1 red card
19/11/22: Oxford United 1-1 Forest Green Rovers (League One) – 7 yellow cards
26/11/22: Shrewsbury Town 3-1 Peterborough United (FA Cup) – 8 yellow cards
02/12/22: Doncaster Rovers 0-2 Walsall (League Two) – no cards
13/12/22: Cheltenham Town 4-0 Chelsea U21s (EFL Trophy) – 5 yellow cards
26/12/22: Port Vale 1-0 Morecambe (League One) – 6 yellow cards and 1 red card
29/12/22: Bristol Rovers 3-4 Exeter City (League One) – 7 yellow cards
02/01/23: Barrow 0-0 Rochdale (League Two) – 4 yellow cards

TOTALS: Matches: 20 Yellow Cards: 83 Red Cards: 3

He received an average rating of 8.425 following the 3-0 win at home against Cheltenham Town last season. Some of the comments can be found below:

sedgleyimp: “I’ll kick off with an impressive 8.5. His decision to book their player for the dive to try and get a penalty early doors set the tone for what was a very good display. I might have gone higher if the game was in any way a difficult one to referee. He can come back again.”

Scotimp: “No errors to speak of, let the game run where possible and allowed the players to challenge (not that Cheltenham seemed too bothered with such irrelevancies). 9.”

evenstephen: “One of the better ones and tried to play the advantage rule for both sides when it was possible. I thought we might have been given a spot-kick but generally, I thought he had a decent game. 7.5.”

Simon Mather was the man in the middle for 32 matches last season, showing 137 yellow cards and 10 red cards.

He was just a little card happy in the League One encounter between AFC Wimbledon and Sunderland (1-1), showing 12 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Mather oversaw a total of 23 matches during the 2020/21 season. In those matches, he showed 65 yellow cards and 7 red cards.

He showed 7 cards on two occasions, both of which were in the Conference: Barnet 0-2 Chesterfield (6 yellow cards and 1 red card, including a booking for former Imp Adi Yussuf) and Solihull Moors 1-0 Aldershot Town (5 yellow cards and 2 red cards).

Sources: English Football League & Soccer Base.

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