Motherwell v Aberdeen: Referee confirmed as VAR makes Lanarkshire debut

Scottish FA chiefs have confirmed that Euan Anderson is to take charge of Saturday's Premiership clash between Motherwell and Aberdeen at Fir Park, when VAR will be used for the first time over this weekend's fixtures.

The high-tech system will make its debut in Scottish football on Friday night when Hibs host St Johnstone, after the SPFL and SFA confirmed VAR would be implemented ahead of schedule.

Euan Anderson will be assisted by Graham McNeillie and Paul O'Neill, with Mike Roncone as fourth official.

Scottish Premiership clubs will foot the £12million cost each season, after 41 of the 42 club voted in favour of VAR being introduced in all top-flight games from this weekend, as well as the later stages of the Scottish Cup and Premier Sports Cup.

Scottish FA head of referee operations, Crawford Allan, said: "We are delighted to have received approval to introduce VAR in Scottish football. We have worked extensively over a near three-year period to get to this point, have tested in every cinch Premiership stadium as part of the training process, and we are ready to go.

“As we have seen across the world, VAR has helped ensure a higher percentage of on-field refereeing decisions are accurate and that is a principle our match officials support.

“I am grateful to the match officials who have given up their time to take part in the training programme and I would like to thank our VAR working group and our key partners at the SPFL, and in particular its COO Calum Beattie, for his help throughout the development phase, as well as the cinch Premiership clubs who have all been supportive and engaged in the process.

“Hawk-Eye and QTV also deserve praise for their technological expertise in creating a world-class VAR centre here