Referees England

Anthony Taylor Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Premier League 2015/16 - 2025/26
329matches with card data
622matches refereed

Card profile

329 matches · last 2025/26
3.78
Cards per game
2025/26: 4.00 · avg 3.71
3.66
Yellows per game
1,204 yellow cards
40
Red cards
1 every 8.2 matches
39.6
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
5%
No-card matches
17 of 329 · avg 5%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.221st half 2.562nd half
32% of cards 68% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.22 avg 1.22 2.56 avg 2.49
Half without a card 32% avg 32% 14% avg 12%
Over 1.5 cards 35% avg 34% 68% avg 68%
Home side cards 0.60 avg 0.56 1.28 avg 1.18
Away side cards 0.63 avg 0.66 1.28 avg 1.31

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 39% of matches (avg 40%). 34% of all cards come after the 75th minute.

Over / under cards

% of matches · league avg below
Line Full match 1st half 2nd half
Over 0.5 95% 95 68% 68 86% 88
Over 1.5 85% 85 35% 34 68% 68
Over 2.5 69% 69 14% 14 47% 45
Over 3.5 50% 50 4% 5 25% 25
Over 4.5 33% 33 2% 1 15% 13
Over 5.5 22% 19 1% 0 9% 6
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 52% 52 6% 7 27% 27
Over 40 37% 35 3% 3 18% 16
Over 50 26% 23 2% 2 12% 9

Home vs away

cards per game
1.88
Home side
avg 1.74
1.91
Away side
avg 1.97

Against the league average for the same seasons, Anthony Taylor shows home sides 0.14 more cards per game and away sides 0.06 fewer.

Competitions

matches refereed
Premier League435 UEFA Champions League52 FA Cup49 Championship34 UEFA Europa League34 EFL Cup7 FIFA Club World Cup5 UEFA Conference League4 Community Shield1 UEFA Super Cup1

Card stats cover Premier League from 2015/16. Other competitions count here, not in the averages.

Season by season

Premier League
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2025/26 31 4.00 1.35 2.65 42%
2024/25 31 3.32 1.42 1.94 29%
2023/24 27 5.11 1.33 3.78 56%
2022/23 30 3.93 1.40 2.53 33%
2021/22 28 3.93 1.29 2.64 43%
2020/21 29 2.83 0.93 1.90 10%
2019/20 32 4.09 1.16 2.94 44%
2018/19 32 3.22 1.06 2.16 22%
2017/18 27 3.48 0.93 2.56 30%
2016/17 30 4.20 1.47 2.73 37%
2015/16 32 3.59 1.13 2.47 22%
League average 3.71 1.22 2.49 33%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
24 May 2026 West Ham 3-0 Leeds Premier League 2-1 0-3 3
19 May 2026 Bournemouth 1-1 Man City Premier League 1-5 4-2 6
10 May 2026 Burnley 2-2 Aston Villa Premier League 0-2 1-1 2
4 May 2026 Chelsea 1-3 Forest Premier League 2-2 3-1 4
30 Apr 2026 Braga 2-1 Freiburg UEFA Europa League - - no data
25 Apr 2026 Wolves 0-1 Tottenham Premier League 1-6 3-4 7
19 Apr 2026 Man City 2-1 Arsenal Premier League 1-3 2-2 4
16 Apr 2026 Celta 1-3 Freiburg UEFA Europa League - - no data
11 Apr 2026 Liverpool 2-0 Fulham Premier League 0-0 0-0 0
22 Mar 2026 Newcastle 1-2 Sunderland Premier League 1-6 1-6 7

H-A = home side cards - away side cards.

Source: match statistics per half (yellow + red cards, both teams). Averages divide by matches with card data, not all matches. "avg" = the league average over the same seasons. Updated nightly.