35 year old Scottish referee to take charge of first leg

John Beaton was born on the 9th January 1982. He took his refereeing course at the young age of 19 and has been refereeing games in the Scottish league since 2009. He made it into the FIFA group of officials in 2012. Beaton was one of the match officials in the 2014 European Championship qualifying game between Romania and Hungary, which ended 1-1. Current Videoton players Roland Juhasz and Jozsef Varga took part in that game. 

John Beaton was most recently involved in the August Champions League qualifier between Kobenhavn and Vardar, which ended in a 4-1 home win. The referee will be assisted in Thursday's game by Graham Stewart, Stuart Stevenson with fourth official being Donald Robertson.