Premier League rookie to referee Crystal Palace vs Everton as Anthony Taylor returns
Referee Sam Barrott will take charge of his fourth Premier League match when Everton travel to Selhurst Park to play Crystal Palace on Saturday.
In the final round of fixtures before the November international break, Sean Dyche takes his side to South London aiming to extend their unbeaten run against the Eagles to four matches. The Blues' last trip to Palace in April saw a goalless draw play out in front of 25,000 fans.
The Premier League have today allocated their team of referees matches for the weekend, with a blend of youth and experience charged with officiating the Everton game.
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The 30-year-old Barrott will be the man in the middle for only the fourth time in the Premier League in his career. The West Riding-based official was promoted to the top division at the start of last month for Fulham's 3-1 win against Sheffield United, and has since been used for Nottingham Forest's draw with Luton Town plus Bournemouth's win over Burnley.
In those three fixtures he has issued eight yellow cards, though is still yet to reach for his back pocket in the Premier League.
By no means does this mean he is not experienced. Barrott has taken charge of matches throughout all levels of the English football pyramid - most notably the 2022 FA Vase final - as well as youth international matches, totalling almost 100 games according to the EFL.
Forming the rest of Barrott's team will be assistants Marc Perry and Dan Robathan, fourth official Anthony Taylor, VAR Andy Madley and assistant VAR Constantine Hatzidakis.
The most eye-catching of that selection is Taylor, who last week was
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