Liverpool's UEFA Super Cup final against Chelsea will be a historic football occasion as the first major men's European game to be officiated by a female referee.
France's Stephanie Frappart will be in charge as the Champions League and Europa League winners do battle at Besiktas' Vodafone Park in Istanbul and will be joined by two female assistant referees Manuela Nicolosi from Italy and Ireland's Michelle O'Neill.
But who is the woman in the middle who will be making the key decisions on this landmark occasion?
Born on December 14 1983 in Herblay-sur-Seine – a town twinned with Yeovil – some 12-and-a-half miles north west of central Paris, Frappart is 35 years old.
It was announced on August 2 that she had been appointed to referee this showpiece game some four months after Frappart had become the first female referee in France's Ligue 1.
Her debut game in that competition was a goalless draw between Amiens and Strasbourg on April 28 in which she brandished a single yellow card to the home side and three to the visitors.
It came some five years after Frappart became the first female referee in Ligue 2 – the second tier of professional men's football in France – while she first took charge of a fixture in Championnat National, the French Third Division, back in 2011.
She has been a FIFA listed referee for a decade now and officiated in matches at both the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada and this year's tournament on home soil where she was appointed for the final between the USA and the Netherlands.
Standing at 164cm (5ft 4½in), most men's players tower above Frappart but she insists she holds no fears over the responsibilities of being handed the potentially-explosive clash between two Premier League rivals.
Asked whether there were any concerns, she said: “I don't think so. We have to prove physically, technically and tactically that we are the same as the men. I'm not afraid about that. Nothing changes for me.
“Of course my life has changed because I am more popular now all over the world.
“I think there is not a lot of difference (between refereeing a men's match and a women's game), because football is the same.”
