"Under Premier League rules an independent three-man panel assesses video replays before deciding on any action, but League Cup regulations are different and the final decision is the referee's. That means Oliver would be asked to assess the incident retrospectively. If in his judgement Costa was guilty of a straight red-card offence the player would automatically be banned for league games against City, Aston Villa and Everton. Costa would have until 6pm the following day to contest the decision, and a hearing would then be fast-tracked. Whatever the outcome, there would be a resolution before the City game." http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/9684205/referee-michael-oliver-to-make-final-call-on-diego-costa-stamp-ahead-of-chelsea-manchester-city-game Also, our game is on Saturday .