The Premier League [has confirmed that Michael Oliver will officiate Liverpool's game away to Everton](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-learns-referee-final-merseyside-30506226) next weekend.
Oliver will be assisted by linesmen Stuart Burt and James Mainwaring, while Tony Harrington has been confirmed as the fourth official. Chris Kavanagh will be the main VAR at Stockley Park and he will be assisted by Eddie Smart.
Oliver has refereed [Liverpool](https://www.liverpool.com/) more often than any other team, officiating 63 matches involving the Reds during his career. Liverpool has won 30 of those matches, while there have been 19 draws and 14 losses for the Reds.
In those 63 games, Oliver has issued 98 yellow cards and just one red card, which was shown to Fabio Borini during a 2-2 draw between Liverpool and Arsenal in December 2014.
Meanwhile, the officials for Wednesday's game against Newcastle have also been confirmed. Andy Madley will be the man in the middle at St. James' Park, with Wade Smith and Craig Taylor as the assistants, and Anthony Backhouse as the fourth official. Stuart Attwell will be the VAR, with James Mainwaring as the assistant VAR.
Attention on Premier League officials has increased in recent weeks following last month's scandal surrounding PGMOL official David Coote. Coote found himself at the center of a number of allegations when two incriminating videos emerged that allegedly featured the Nottinghamshire referee.
Coote was suspended by the PGMOL pending a full investigation following the emergence of the first video, which showed a man alleged to be Coote describing a Liverpool performance as 's---' and calling Jurgen Klopp, who was the Liverpool manager when the video was recorded, a 'German c---'.
The second video showed a man alleged to be Coote snorting a white powder in a German hotel room during the summer. Coote was in Germany earlier this year in his capacity as a referee at Euro 2024.
Coote is also being investigated by the FA after it was alleged that he discussed giving a yellow card with a fan before a Championship match between Leeds and West Brom in 2019.
Coote denied the yellow card allegations, saying: "I strongly refute these false and defamatory allegations. Whatever issues I may have had in my personal life they have never affected my decision-making on the field. I have always held the integrity of the game in the highest regard, refereeing matches impartially and to the best of my ability."