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Referee announced for Chelsea vs Crystal Palace- Same one who was in charge of epic 4-3 game v Man Utd

The referee for Chelsea’s weekend clash against Crystal Palace has been officially announced as Jarred Gillett. The 37-year-old Australian was in charge of Arsenal’s 2-0 opening day win over Wolverhampton Wanderers, and was also the man in the middle for the Community Shield clash between Man Utd and Man City earlier this month- a fixture the Citizens won on penalties.

Blues fans will remember him as the ref for their epic league clash against Manchester United last season- a seven goal thriller that the hosts won after Cole Palmer scored in the 100th and 101st minutes.

Chelsea have a pretty decent record under Gillett as referee- they’ve lost only once in 7 games with him in charge.

Jarred Gillett Referee

CFC games with Jarred Gillett as referee

Chelsea 4-3 Man Utd (2023/24)
Brentford 2-2 Chelsea (2023/24)

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List of Chelsea FC hat tricks in Premier League ( CFC hat trick scorers in EPL)

Gavin Peacock was the first Chelsea player to score a Premier League hat trick back in the 1995/96 season.

Cole Palmer has the most number of hat tricks for Chelsea in Premier League history (4). Among currently active players in the Premier League, only Man City’s Erling Haaland has scored more hat tricks than Palmer.

Hasselbaink, Drogba, Lampard, Hazard and Palmer have multiple EPL hat tricks in Chelsea colours.

Chelsea FC have 24 different players who have scored a hat trick in Premier League history as of the 2025/26 season.

Here’s the full list of CFC EPL hat trick scorers so far (PL era starting 1992)

1 Gavin Peacock (v Middlesbrough 1996)
2 Mark Hughes (v Leeds 1996)

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Italian referee announced for Servette vs Chelsea UECL 2nd Leg Playoff Clash

UEFA have officially announced Marco di Bello as the referee for the Servette v Chelsea Conference League Playoff (2nd Leg) clash on Thursday. The 43-year-old Di Bello will have fellow Italians Alessandro Giallatini and Giovanni Baccini as his assistant refs, with Luca Zufferli as the fourth referee and Gianluca Aureliano on VAR duty. Chelsea lead 2-0 from the first leg.

While Di Bello has never previously refereed a Chelsea or Servette game as the main ref, he was on VAR duty when Servette drew 0-0 with Ludogorets in the UECL last season (February 2024)

The last UEFA game Di Bello refereed before this Chelsea clash with a 4-3 away win for Malmo at PAOK in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League earlier this month.

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