Who is the referee for Sporting CP vs Arsenal? UEFA match officials and VAR details confirmed

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The Champions League enters matchday five as Arsenal travel to Sporting CP in hopes of moving closer to a top-eight finish.

The Gunners have seven points from their opening four games, leaving them outside of those automatic places for the round of 16.

Sporting, on the other hand, are unbeaten with three wins and one draw from the first half of their Champions League league phase campaign.

Mikel Arteta will have his own ideas about how to overcome the Portuguese side, who recently smashed Manchester City 4-1.

Arsenal may need a bit of luck on the night, including from the match officials, with the referee set to play a big part of proceedings.

So with that said, here’s a look at the referee, match officials and VAR appointed for the big clash on Tuesday night.

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Who is the referee for Sporting CP vs Arsenal?

UEFA have announced that Polish referee Szymon Marciniak will be in charge of Arsenal’s trip to Sporting CP on Tuesday night.

It’ll be the 43-year-old’s second match in the Champions League this season, having previously officiated Atletico Madrid’s clash with PSG.

Szymon Marciniak’s referee stats this season

Marciniak has been the main match official for 14 games this season – though he has also been a fourth official and linesman during other matches.

The referee usually officiates in the Polish top division – where he has dished out 45 yellow cards, one red card and four penalty kicks in 12 matches.

In the Champions League, he gave out just one yellow card in Atletico Madrid’s clash with PSG, while Champions League qualifiers saw four yellow cards handed out.

Marciniak was also the fourth official in the European Championship final between England and Spain earlier this year.

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Match officials and VAR for Sporting CP vs Arsenal

UEFA have announced that Marciniak will be joined by his assistants Adam Kupsik and Radoslaw Siejka, who will be running the line – while Pawel Raczkowski is the fourth official.

In the VAR booth, Tomasz Kwiatkowski will be heading up the proceedings, while Jerome Brisard will be joining him as an assistant.

There are automatic offside procedures in place, which will make for quicker offside calls in the VAR booth.