Mateu Lahoz will be in charge of directing the derby between Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid. The referee, famous for his particular style of directing matches and a regular on the El Día Later cameras for years for his dialogues with the players, has been appointed by the RFEF Technical Committee of Referees to take over the match of the day that will mark the future of this part of LaLiga.
His experience precedes him since the Valencian Committee referee has been in the First Division since 08-09 and in 11-12 he became an international refereeing both in the Champions League and in the Europa League. With regard to both teams, Mateu Lahoz has whistled these teams more than forty times. Atlético has provided a balance of 23 victories, eleven draws and ten defeats. Madrid, in this case, has fewer games but a better percentage of victories with 28 wins, five draws and seven times in which they did not catch a single point.
When it comes to derbies, Mateu Lahoz has whistled six with a favorable balance for the whites who prevailed in three games between the League and the Copa del Rey. LThe rojiblancos won twice and the last one with Mateu on the pitch ended in a draw. This time he will have the VAR in addition to his referee team. In this will be Iglesias Villanueva.
ANDn so far this season he has refereed five games and has an average of 3.6 yellows per game (18 in total) and has taken just one red. His overall balance average in first division rises to 4.94 yellows per game. The tone of the derby will mark the continuity or not of the statistics.
As for his record, the referee twice won the Guruceta Award for best referee of the season both in 10-11 and 13-14. This Saturday will have a meeting of substance between two archrivals who share a city.