{"id":2345,"date":"2026-04-05T03:28:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=2345"},"modified":"2026-04-05T03:28:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:28:22","slug":"southampton-vs-arsenal-who-is-the-referee-fa-cup-quarter-final-match-officials-confirmed-read-arsenal-f-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=2345","title":{"rendered":"Southampton vs Arsenal: Who is the referee? FA Cup quarter-final match officials confirmed &#8211; Read Arsenal F.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Arsenal face Southampton in an FA Cup quarter-final tie on Saturday night at St. Mary\u2019s Stadium, with Mikel Arteta\u2019s side eager to bounce back from their Carabao Cup final defeat prior to the international break.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard\u2019s team were beaten by Manchester City at Wembley two weeks ago, with a second-half brace from Nico O\u2019Reilly ending the Gunners\u2019 hopes of winning an unprecedented quadruple. They remain on course for a treble, however, and their run-in begins when they travel to the south coast on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The North Londoners sit nine points clear at the top of the Premier League and have a Champions League quarter-final clash with Sporting CP to come. Thus, Arteta may rotate significantly against the Saints, with key players likely to be protected ahead of these more pressing matches.<\/p>\n<p>Southampton have their own league ambitions to focus on, as they currently sit seventh in the Championship with a game in hand on many of the teams above them. Tonda Eckert\u2019s outfit have a crucial encounter against the side directly above them in the English second division, Wrexham, on Tuesday, and thus, the German boss may also ring the changes for the visit of the Premier League leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal beat Southampton twice last season in the top flight, in comfortable fashion in both games, and Arteta will hope that his team can emerge victorious in a similarly serene way this time out. With that said, here\u2019s a look at the FA\u2019s pick for the match officials for Southampton vs Arsenal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p>\n          <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eberechi Eze POWERS Gunners through \ud83d\udcaa | Mansfield Town (1-2) Arsenal | Emirates FA Cup 2025-26\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C2fihT35IrU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n        <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is the referee for Southampton vs Arsenal?<\/h2>\n<p>The FA have announced that Sam Barrott will be the referee in charge of Arsenal\u2019s match against Southampton.<\/p>\n<p>Barrott has officiated three Gunners games so far this season, with Arteta\u2019s men winning all three of these without conceding.<\/p>\n<p>He was in charge for Arsenal\u2019s 3-0 win over Sunderland back in February, their 1-0 victory over Everton at the Hill Dickinson in December, and their 2-0 Carabao Cup win over Brighton, also in December.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sam Barrott\u2019s record against Arsenal<\/h2>\n<p>Barott has been a Premier League referee since 2024 and has officiated eight Arsenal games throughout his career.<\/p>\n<p>In these games, he\u2019s handed the Gunners 8 yellow cards, no red cards and one penalty.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" colspan=\"4\">Barrott\u2019s record refereeing Arsenal matches<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Matches<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Arsenal wins<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Draws<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Arsenal defeats<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">8<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">8<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Sam Barrott\u2019s record vs Arsenal \u2013 via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/samuel-barrott\/bilanz\/schiedsrichter\/34683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TransferMarkt<\/a> \u2013 correct as of 04\/04\/202<\/em>6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sam Barrott\u2019s record against Southampton<\/h2>\n<p>As for Southampton, Barrott has officiated 5 of the Saints\u2019 games, giving them 9 yellow cards, no red cards, and one penalty in the process.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" colspan=\"4\">Barrott\u2019s record refereeing Southampton matches<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Matches<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Southampton wins<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Draws<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Southampton defeats<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">8<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">8<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Sam Barrott\u2019s record vs Southampton \u2013 via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/samuel-barrott\/bilanz\/schiedsrichter\/34683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TransferMarkt<\/a> \u2013 correct as of 04\/04\/202<\/em>6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who are the assistant referees and VAR?<\/h2>\n<p>Alongside Sam Barrott as the referee will be his assistants, James Mainwaring, Wade Smith and Tom Bramall, with the former two running the line and the latter the fourth official.<\/p>\n<p>In the VAR room, Farai Hallam will oversee the game, with Nick Hopton assisting him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal face Southampton in an FA Cup quarter-final tie on Saturday night at St. Mary\u2019s Stadium, with Mikel Arteta\u2019s side eager to bounce back from their Carabao Cup final defeat prior to the international break. The Spaniard\u2019s team were beaten by Manchester City at Wembley two weeks ago, with a second-half brace from Nico O\u2019Reilly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}