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Albion will face Liverpool without the prospect of any VAR involvement on Wednesday. The video assistant system is not in use for the Carabao Cup until the final. Darren Bond will take the middle with Darren Cann and Matthew Wilkes on the touchlines and Simon Hooper as his fourth official.
Bond, from Lancashire, refereed Crystal Palace’s 1-0 win over Tottenham yesterday. In seven games so far this term, he has shown 32 yellow cards and one red. This will be his first middle at the Amex since April 2017, when Albion beat Birmingham 3-1 on course for promotion from the Championship.
His last Albion match was the 2-0 win at Bournemouth 19 months ago. Bond’s history with the Seagulls includes the 1-1 draw at Aston Villa on the day they missed out on the Championship title and the match at Wolverhampton almost ten years ago when Bruno was shown his only red card in the club’s colours..
