England vs. Ghana: Who is the referee and VAR for 2026 World Cup Group L clash?

England and Ghana quadrate disconnected for their 2nd Group L fixture astatine the 2026 World Cup astatine Gillette Stadium successful Foxborough connected Wednesday.

The Three Lions kick-started their run with a 4-2 triumph implicit Croatia past week courtesy of goals from Harry Kane (2), Jude Bellingham and Marcus Rashford.

As for the Black Stars, they near it precocious to edge past Panama by a 1-0 scoreline, with Caleb Yirenkyi scoring a 95th-minute winner.

Ahead of this matchday 2 contest, Sports Mole takes a person look astatine the referee and VAR appointments for England vs. Gnana.

Who is the referee for England vs. Ghana?

FIFA person confirmed that referee Said Martinez volition beryllium the antheral successful the mediate for the Group L conflict betwixt England and Ghana.

The 34-year-old is from Honduras and has already officiated 1 2026 World Cup match, handing retired 3 yellowish cards and awarding a punishment successful the 1-1 gully betwixt Qatar and Switzerland.

Martinez has shown a full 691 yellowish cards and 30 reddish cards successful the 166 games helium has officiated successful his career, astatine an mean of 4.16 yellowish cards per game.

In caller years, helium has officiated large CONCACAF fixtures, including the Gold Cup finals successful 2021 and 2023, the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League last and much precocious the 2025 CONCACAF Nations League semi-finals.

Said Martinez’s grounds successful England and Ghana matches

Martinez has ne'er officiated an England oregon Ghana crippled successful his refereeing career, with the bulk of his matches officiated successful Central and North America.

He has ne'er officiated against an African nation, portion Switzerland - arsenic mentioned antecedently - and Bosnia-Herzegovina are the lone 2 elder European nations helium has ever encountered, overseeing a 0-0 affable gully betwixt the second and USA backmost successful 2018.

Who is the VAR for England vs. Ghana?

The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) for this lucifer is Guillermo Pacheco, the lone Mexican among this radical of officials.

Ning Ma of China volition enactment arsenic the 4th official, portion Honduran brace Walter Lopez and Christian Ramirez volition beryllium adjunct referees supporting Martinez.

Full database of lucifer officials for England vs. Ghana:

Referee: Said Martinez (Honduras)

Assistant Referee: Walter Lopez (Honduras)

Assistant Referee: Christian Ramirez (Honduras)

Fourth Official: Ning Ma (China)

Video Assistant Referee (VAR): Guillermo Pacheco (Mexico)

Reserve Assistant Referee: Fei Zhou (China)