The Match Officials: Carlisle United v. Notts County

Notts will be preparing for a trip to Preston North End's stadium 'Deepdale', as Carlisle will also due to flooding up in Cumbria on Saturday 19^th December. The 'home' advantage will probably go out of the window for this reason, however it doesn't mean that the Magpies will be favourites based on this alone. Notts will be hoping a return to the Deepdale, may see them edge closer to the play-off places.

Carlisle United have only lost one game within their last six league fixtures, having won 3 and drawing 2.

The Match Officials for the game will be referee Darren Bond, assistants Peter Wright and Peter Gooch, and fourth official Richard Bartlett.

Referee: Darren Bond
From: Lancashire

His matches involving Notts County within the last four seasons;

JPT – Tuesday 3^rd September 2013 – Notts County 1-0 Burton Albion
League One – Saturday 23^rd November 2013 – Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Notts County
F.A Cup – Sunday 9^th November 2014 – Notts County 0-0 Accrington Stanley
League One – Sunday 28^th December 2014 – Bradford City 1-0 Notts County
League One – Tuesday 17^th February 2015 – Notts County 1-2 Sheffield United

Run down of his last three games:

League One – Tuesday 24^th November 2015 – Oldham 2-5 Southend (3 yellow cards, no reds)
League One – Saturday 28^th November 2015 – Chesterfield 0-4 Swindon (4 yellow cards, no reds)
Championship – Saturday 12^th December 2015 – Middlesbrough 0-0 Birmingham (4 yellow cards, 1 red card)

In his last three games 11 yellow cards have been issued and only 1 red card.

So far this season in total of seventeen games, he has shown fifty-four yellow cards and two red cards - 3.1 yellow cards per game.

Assistant Referee: Peter Wright
From: Merseyside

Last three games:

Championship – Friday 21^st August 2015 – Birmingham City 1-1 Derby County
League One – Saturday 29^th August 2015 – Bury 1-1 Oldham Athletic
Championship – Thursday 29^th October 2015 – Leeds United 0-2 Blackburn Rovers

Assistant Referee: Peter Gooch
From: Lancashire

Last three games:

League One – Saturday 31^st October 2015 – Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Colchester United
League One – Tuesday 3^rd November 2015 – Dartford 1-2 Altrincham
League One – Saturday 21^st November 2015 – Crewe Alexandra 1-5 Peterborough United

Fourth Official: Richard Bartlett
From: Cheshire