West Ham United continue their survival fight as they host Manchester City in the Premier League on Saturday night. Nuno Espirito Santo’s team beat Brentford on penalties in the FA Cup to keep their winning run going, but will be without Crysencio Summerville for the visit of the Cityzens.
Pep Guardiola’s side failed to beat Nottingham Forest in their last Premier League game but bounced back with an FA Cup win over Newcastle United. Manchester City have been in Madrid this week playing against Real Madrid, something West Ham will hope works in their favour.
Match Officials
Referee: Michael Oliver
Assistant Referees: Stuart Burt and Nick Greenhalgh
Fourth Official: Sam Allison
VAR: Jarred Gillett
Assistant VAR: Marc Perry
Michael Oliver will take charge of this game, marking the 47th time he has been in the middle for a West Ham match.
The 41-year-old has been a referee since the age of 14, taking charge of the National League playoff final in 2007, aged just 22, the youngest to ever referee at Wembley Stadium.
Since joining the Premier League ranks just three years later, Oliver has gone on to officiate over 750 games that includes two FA Cup finals, an EFL Cup final and the UEFA Super Cup final.
This will be his second West Ham appointment of the season, after he took charge of the visit of Chelsea in August 2025.
Assisting Oliver will be Stuart Burt and Nick Greenhalgh.
Burt has officiated matched in the UEFA Champions League, World Cup and Euros over the last ten years. He has also run the line at 40 West Ham games in his career, including alongside Oliver vs Chelsea earlier in the season.
Greenhalgh has assisted over 15 West Ham games, including the opening weekend against Sunderland, where the Hammers lost 3-0.
Fourth official Sam Allison has refereed 150 EFL fixtures in his career. First entering the Premier League in 2023, he has now served as fourth official in seven top flight games this camaign.
VAR
Jarred Gillett will take charge of VAR for the visit of Manchester City. Gillett is an experienced Premier League referee with over 80 top flight games under his belt. He has also overseen 84 games in the division from the VAR booth, including both of West Ham’s games with Tottenham Hotspur this season.
Marc Perry will serve as VAR assistant, after doing so in 40 games of his career this season.
