Referees Germany

Benjamin Cortus Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Bundesliga 2016/17 - 2022/23
74matches with card data
187matches refereed

Card profile

74 matches · last 2022/23
3.86
Cards per game
2022/23: 5.00 · avg 3.87
3.78
Yellows per game
280 yellow cards
6
Red cards
1 every 12.3 matches
39.9
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
3%
No-card matches
2 of 74 · avg 4%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.281st half 2.582nd half
33% of cards 67% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.28 avg 1.33 2.58 avg 2.55
Half without a card 26% avg 30% 14% avg 10%
Over 1.5 cards 42% avg 39% 65% avg 69%
Home side cards 0.53 avg 0.61 1.22 avg 1.18
Away side cards 0.76 avg 0.72 1.36 avg 1.36

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 49% of matches (avg 45%). 33% 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 97% 96 74% 70 86% 90
Over 1.5 84% 87 42% 39 65% 69
Over 2.5 66% 72 11% 16 45% 47
Over 3.5 55% 53 1% 5 32% 26
Over 4.5 38% 36 0% 2 19% 13
Over 5.5 26% 21 0% 0 5% 6
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 55% 55 3% 7 32% 28
Over 40 38% 39 1% 3 19% 17
Over 50 26% 25 0% 1 8% 10

Home vs away

cards per game
1.74
Home side
avg 1.79
2.12
Away side
avg 2.08

Benjamin Cortus 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
2. Bundesliga94 Bundesliga74 DFB Pokal19

Card stats cover Bundesliga from 2016/17. Other competitions count here, not in the averages.

Season by season

Bundesliga
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2022/23 10 5.00 1.50 3.50 70%
2021/22 10 3.90 1.50 2.40 40%
2020/21 11 4.91 1.82 3.09 45%
2019/20 12 3.17 0.75 2.42 33%
2018/19 11 3.27 1.27 2.00 18%
2017/18 12 4.17 1.25 2.92 50%
2016/17 8 2.38 0.88 1.50 0%
League average 3.87 1.33 2.55 36%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
27 May 2023 Wolfsburg 1-2 Hertha Bundesliga 2-4 1-5 6
28 Apr 2023 Paderborn 5-1 Braunschweig 2. Bundesliga - - no data
15 Apr 2023 Köln 1-1 Mainz 05 Bundesliga 2-3 3-2 5
11 Mar 2023 Hertha 1-1 Mainz 05 Bundesliga 1-2 2-1 3
18 Feb 2023 Stuttgart 3-0 Köln Bundesliga 2-5 3-4 7
11 Feb 2023 Hannover 3-4 Paderborn 2. Bundesliga - - no data
24 Jan 2023 Schalke 1-6 Leipzig Bundesliga 0-2 1-1 2
11 Nov 2022 Fortuna 1-2 Kaiserslautern 2. Bundesliga - - no data
4 Nov 2022 Darmstadt 1-0 Hannover 2. Bundesliga - - no data
29 Oct 2022 Bayern 6-2 Mainz 05 Bundesliga 1-1 1-1 2

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.