Albion will meet a referee who recently showed his red card in three successive matches.

Tony Harrington, from Cleveland, will take charge of the Premier League fixture at Ipswich town on Thursday.

Harrington has shown 62 yellow cards and four reds in 14 games across all competitions this season.

That includes reds in successive matches for Jack Stephens (Southampton), Andy Robertson (Liverpool) and Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United).

His cards-per-game average is boosted by the 11 yellows and one red he showed in the East Lancs derby between Burnley and Blackburn Rovers early in the campaign.

Albion last saw him in the middle when he sent off Billy Gilmour duding 1-1 draw with Everton last February.

Michael Salisbury will be on VAR, a role in which he had a poor game when Albion lost 2-1 at Tottenham two season ago.

Salisbury was stood down the following week following a performance which, most notably, saw him fail to recommend a pitchside review when Kaoru Mitoma was fouled in the Spurs penalty area.

The full officiating team for Ipswich Town v Albion is as follows.

Referee: Tony Harrington. Assistants: Marc Perry, Mat Wilkes. Fourth official: Matt Donohue. VAR: Michael Salisbury. Assistant VAR: Richard West.