Betting stats
Premier League referee statistics
Fouls, yellow cards and red cards for every official taking charge of Premier League matches, alongside two indices that show how strict each one is against the league average. The same numbers feed our player card and foul projections whenever an appointment is confirmed.
Referee profiles — 2026/2027
Per-team averages: a figure of 12.0 fouls means 12 fouls by each side, 24 in the match.
| Next match | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S Attwell | 4 | 13.4 | 3.00 | 0.25 | 0.224 | 1.04 | 1.09 | No appointment yet |
| L Smith | 1 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.333 | 0.99 | 1.06 | No appointment yet |
| J Brooks | 4 | 9.9 | 2.63 | 0.13 | 0.266 | 0.96 | 1.16 | No appointment yet |
| C Kavanagh | 4 | 13.6 | 2.63 | 0.25 | 0.193 | 1.05 | 1.04 | No appointment yet |
| C Pawson | 3 | 14.3 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.174 | 1.05 | 1.01 | No appointment yet |
| A Herczeg | 1 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.227 | 1.00 | 1.02 | No appointment yet |
| J Smith | 1 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.263 | 0.99 | 1.04 | No appointment yet |
| F Hallam | 2 | 11.3 | 2.25 | 0.00 | 0.200 | 1.00 | 1.02 | No appointment yet |
| A Madley | 3 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.190 | 0.98 | 1.03 | No appointment yet |
| J Gillett | 4 | 11.3 | 1.88 | 0.00 | 0.167 | 0.99 | 1.00 | No appointment yet |
| P Bankes | 4 | 10.3 | 1.88 | 0.13 | 0.183 | 0.97 | 1.02 | No appointment yet |
| D England | 4 | 10.5 | 1.75 | 0.00 | 0.167 | 0.98 | 1.00 | No appointment yet |
| S Barrott | 4 | 10.0 | 1.63 | 0.00 | 0.163 | 0.96 | 0.99 | No appointment yet |
| T Harrington | 3 | 9.3 | 1.50 | 0.17 | 0.161 | 0.96 | 0.99 | No appointment yet |
| R Jones | 3 | 15.5 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.097 | 1.07 | 0.92 | No appointment yet |
| P Tierney | 3 | 12.7 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.118 | 1.02 | 0.94 | No appointment yet |
| M Oliver | 5 | 11.5 | 1.40 | 0.10 | 0.122 | 1.00 | 0.91 | No appointment yet |
| M Salisbury | 3 | 10.8 | 1.17 | 0.00 | 0.108 | 0.99 | 0.93 | No appointment yet |
| T Bramall | 4 | 11.3 | 1.13 | 0.13 | 0.100 | 0.99 | 0.89 | No appointment yet |
How to read these numbers
Every figure is per team, per match. Fouls per game of 12.0 therefore means 24 fouls in the match. The two indices are the part worth betting off: foul index is how often this official stops play compared with the league, and card index is how heavily he punishes what he does stop. They move different markets — foul index shifts player fouls and total fouls, card index shifts bookings, card minutes and booking supremacy.
Where it feeds through
Once a referee is confirmed for a fixture, the indices flow into our player spreads, player fixed odds and the card-minute markets on every match preview. Where no appointment has been published, the fixture is modelled with an average official rather than a guess.
Referee stats FAQs
Why do referee statistics matter for card and foul bets?
Two officials can turn the same match into very different card markets. A referee who blows up for 13 fouls a side and books one in five of them produces close to three yellows a team; one who lets 9 fouls a side go and books one in eight produces barely one. Because bookings settle on counts, that difference is worth more than most team-strength differences.
What do the foul index and card index columns mean?
Both compare an official with the league average for the same season, where 1.00 is exactly average. A foul index of 1.15 means he awards roughly 15% more fouls than his colleagues. A card index of 1.15 means that, for the same number of fouls, he books 15% more of them. The two are deliberately separate — a whistle-happy referee is not always a card-happy one.
How many matches before a referee's numbers can be trusted?
We shrink every official back toward the league average until they have around 15 Premier League matches on file, and blend the current season with the previous one. A referee three games into a season will therefore show an index close to 1.00 even after an unusually fierce afternoon.
Where does the data come from?
Match-by-match Premier League records covering fouls, yellow cards and red cards by each side, for the current and two previous seasons. It is refreshed as results come in, so the profiles keep learning across the campaign.
Do these figures feed the card and foul projections?
Yes — once an official is confirmed for a fixture. The foul index lifts or trims every player's projected fouls, and the card index adjusts how many of those fouls are punished. Where no appointment is published yet, the fixture is modelled with an average official rather than a guess.