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David Moyes will be hoping that Everton can maintain their promising start to the Premier League campaign against Hull City. The Toffees make a beeline for the east coast to face the Tigers, with one place and one point separating the two sides, with both sitting within striking distance of the European places.
An intriguing encounter awaits; however, Moyes might not be entirely happy with the officials who have been selected by the Premier League to take charge.
Hull City v Everton Officials Named by the Premier League
It might be early in the season, but Everton are only three points off second place and will be wanting to secure as many points as possible whilst those who are in Europe face a congested fixture list.
Hull have shown that they are no mugs with their return to the top flight, although it would be a game that is earmarked as one that Moyes will be wanting to return to Merseyside with all three points.
The Premier League, of course, is never this easy though.
The match officials for the Premier League fixture between Hull City and Everton on Sunday, 11 October 2026, have been confirmed by the Premier League:
Referee: Michael Salisbury
Assistant Referees: Adrian Holmes and Simon Long
Fourth Official: Will Finnie
Video Assistant Referee (VAR): Tim Wood
Assistant VAR: Mat Wilkes
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What Moyes Has Said About Referee Salisbury
With Salisbury operating as the VAR, Everton were denied a penalty after William Saliba kicked Thierno Barry’s foot inside the box during a 1-0 defeat to Arsenal in December last year.
In such a competitive league, two points can be the difference between safety and relegation or between the Europa League and Champions League.
After Fulham were awarded a penalty for a near-identical incident 48 hours later, Moyes admitted he was fuming, via BBC Sport: “I was half-choking last night when I saw the decision given [to Fulham], and ours wasn’t. It feels as though certain clubs get those decisions and other clubs don’t. We seem to be on the latter side of that.”
In the second half of the season, Salisbury was at it again, coincidentally with Barry at the heart of the controversy once more.
With Moyes’ former club West Ham fighting relegation, Salisbury was on VAR duty when West Ham’s Mateus Fernandes handled the ball in the penalty area while marking Thierno Barry.
Neither the on-field referee nor Salisbury recommended a penalty review. Leaving Moyes according to the Liverpool Echo, shocked: “I’m a bit surprised. I’ve been to see them [the officials] and VAR are saying it was grappling – well, the boy marking him was grappling. He punched the ball. It would have been harsh, but I’m amazed they haven’t given it.”
The Last Word
Everton are a team that doesn’t score a lot of goals, and these two incidents cost them four points, if penalties had correctly been awarded and then scored. It can be the finest of margins that are so important at the end of the season.
This would have seen them finish level on points with eighth-placed Brighton and just one behind seventh-placed Sunderland. With European football on the line, results over the last few weeks could have been different with such a motivating factor.
Moyes will be hoping that Barry gets the headlines for his performance this time, rather than because of the officials.
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