Referees France

Benoît Bastien Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Ligue 1 2015/16 - 2025/26
210matches with card data
417matches refereed

Card profile

210 matches · last 2025/26
4.37
Cards per game
2025/26: 3.55 · avg 4.04
4.11
Yellows per game
863 yellow cards
54
Red cards
1 every 3.9 matches
47.5
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
2%
No-card matches
4 of 210 · avg 3%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.431st half 2.572nd half
36% of cards 64% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.43 avg 1.33 2.57 avg 2.34
Half without a card 30% avg 33% 19% avg 18%
Over 1.5 cards 37% avg 39% 66% avg 66%
Home side cards 0.70 avg 0.62 1.28 avg 1.09
Away side cards 0.72 avg 0.71 1.30 avg 1.25

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 47% of matches (avg 49%). 29% 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 98% 97 70% 67 81% 82
Over 1.5 90% 90 37% 39 66% 66
Over 2.5 78% 76 19% 18 47% 42
Over 3.5 62% 57 10% 7 30% 24
Over 4.5 43% 38 3% 2 17% 12
Over 5.5 29% 22 2% 1 8% 5
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 64% 60 14% 9 34% 28
Over 40 48% 43 5% 4 23% 18
Over 50 36% 29 4% 2 13% 11

Home vs away

cards per game
2.14
Home side
avg 1.87
2.22
Away side
avg 2.17

Against the league average for the same seasons, Benoît Bastien shows home sides 0.27 more cards per game and away sides 0.05 more.

Competitions

matches refereed
Ligue 1281 Ligue 242 UEFA Champions League31 UEFA Europa League29 Coupe de France28 UEFA Conference League5 Trophée des Champions1

Card stats cover Ligue 1 from 2015/16. Other competitions count here, not in the averages.

Season by season

Ligue 1
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2025/26 20 3.55 1.25 2.30 25%
2024/25 17 4.47 1.76 2.71 53%
2023/24 18 4.11 1.72 2.39 39%
2022/23 21 4.10 1.57 2.52 33%
2021/22 19 4.68 1.89 2.79 53%
2020/21 20 4.55 1.35 3.20 45%
2019/20 12 5.00 1.58 3.42 58%
2018/19 21 5.05 1.48 3.57 52%
2017/18 23 4.78 1.87 2.91 52%
2016/17 22 3.50 0.00 0.00 27%
2015/16 17 4.53 1.47 3.06 41%
League average 4.04 1.33 2.34 38%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
26 May 2026 Saint-Étienne 0-0 Nice Ligue 1 0-1 1-0 1
17 May 2026 Strasbourg 5-4 Monaco Ligue 1 1-2 1-2 3
13 May 2026 Lens 0-2 PSG Ligue 1 1-0 0-1 1
10 May 2026 Le Havre 0-1 Marseille Ligue 1 1-5 4-2 6
26 Apr 2026 Rennes 2-1 Nantes Ligue 1 1-4 3-2 5
12 Apr 2026 Lyon 2-0 Lorient Ligue 1 1-4 4-1 5
9 Apr 2026 Rayo Vallecano 3-0 AEK UEFA Conference League - - no data
22 Mar 2026 Marseille 1-2 Lille Ligue 1 4-0 1-3 4
18 Mar 2026 Bayern 4-1 Atalanta UEFA Champions League - - no data
8 Mar 2026 Brest 2-0 Le Havre Ligue 1 2-2 3-1 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.