The match officials for Leeds United’s Premier League clash with Fulham Football Club on Saturday have been announced, with Christopher Kavanagh set to take charge at Elland Road.
The Select Group official is in his tenth season in the Premier League. In that time, the 40-year-old has overseen 180 top-flight matches beginning with a 2017 meeting between West Bromwich Albion and Southampton.
The Lancashire-native has worked his way up the English football pyramid, with more than 100 EFL league matches officiated.
In their 23 matches refereed by Kavanagh, the Whites have won nine and drawn five. This season, the official has overseen both the Whites' 1-0 opening day victory against Everton and their 0-0 stalemate at Anfield.
The opposition, meanwhile, have six wins and five draws in their 17 matches refereed by Kavanagh. In his last match to include Fulham, the Cottagers defeated West Ham 1-0 at the London Stadium in December.
Keeping up with the action from Stockley Park is Video Assistant Referee Timothy Wood and Additional VAR Wade Smith.
2025/26 stats:
Games (all competitions): 25
Yellow cards issued: 95
Red cards issued: 2
Other match officials selected:
Assistant referees: Dan Cook & Ian Hussin
Fourth official: Thomas Bramall
Video Assistant Referee: Timothy Wood
Additional Video Assistant Referee: Wade Smith
