Referees Germany

Benjamin Brand Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Bundesliga 2015/16 - 2026/27
104matches with card data
185matches refereed

Card profile

104 matches · last 2026/27
4.05
Cards per game
2026/27: 3.00 · avg 4.00
3.86
Yellows per game
401 yellow cards
20
Red cards
1 every 5.2 matches
43.4
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
5%
No-card matches
5 of 104 · avg 3%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.381st half 2.322nd half
37% of cards 63% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.38 avg 1.20 2.32 avg 2.40
Half without a card 31% avg 36% 19% avg 19%
Over 1.5 cards 40% avg 35% 62% avg 64%
Home side cards 0.62 avg 0.56 1.10 avg 1.13
Away side cards 0.77 avg 0.64 1.22 avg 1.27

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 46% of matches (avg 45%). 32% 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% 97 69% 64 81% 81
Over 1.5 88% 88 40% 35 62% 64
Over 2.5 80% 74 20% 14 42% 44
Over 3.5 59% 55 7% 4 25% 26
Over 4.5 38% 38 1% 2 14% 13
Over 5.5 24% 23 1% 0 7% 6
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 59% 57 11% 6 29% 28
Over 40 42% 41 5% 3 19% 17
Over 50 32% 27 2% 1 11% 10

Home vs away

cards per game
1.83
Home side
avg 1.87
2.22
Away side
avg 2.13

Benjamin Brand shows home and away sides about as many cards as the league average for the same seasons (within 0.10 per game).

Competitions

matches refereed
Bundesliga104 2. Bundesliga63 DFB Pokal17 UEFA Champions League1

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

Season by season

Bundesliga
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2026/27 3 3.00 2.33 0.67 0%
2025/26 16 3.81 1.19 2.63 31%
2024/25 16 4.19 1.31 2.88 44%
2023/24 14 5.57 2.07 3.57 71%
2022/23 7 5.00 1.86 3.14 57%
2021/22 8 2.50 0.50 2.00 13%
2020/21 4 4.00 1.75 2.25 25%
2019/20 1 1.00 1.00 0.00 0%
2017/18 13 3.00 1.15 1.85 15%
2016/17 13 4.46 2.15 2.31 46%
2015/16 9 4.11 0.00 0.00 44%
League average 4.00 1.20 2.40 38%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
16 Oct 2026 Frankfurt 1-0 Köln Bundesliga 3-1 2-2 4
18 Sep 2026 Bayern 7-0 Union Berlin Bundesliga 3-1 1-3 4
5 Sep 2026 Bremen 3-1 Leipzig Bundesliga 1-0 1-0 1
22 Aug 2026 Saarbrücken 1-1 Hertha DFB Pokal - - no data
7 Jul 2026 Floriana 2-0 Shamrock Rovers UEFA Champions League - - no data
21 May 2026 Wolfsburg 0-0 Paderborn Bundesliga 1-5 1-5 6
9 May 2026 Leipzig 2-1 St. Pauli Bundesliga 1-1 2-0 2
3 May 2026 Elversberg 5-1 Paderborn 2. Bundesliga - - no data
18 Apr 2026 Leverkusen 1-2 Augsburg Bundesliga 0-3 2-1 3
21 Mar 2026 Wolfsburg 0-1 Bremen Bundesliga 1-3 4-0 4

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.