Referees Spain

César Soto Grado Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · LaLiga 2019/20 - 2026/27
142matches with card data
195matches refereed

Card profile

142 matches · last 2026/27
5.33
Cards per game
2026/27: 5.67 · avg 5.04
5.08
Yellows per game
722 yellow cards
35
Red cards
1 every 4.1 matches
57.0
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
1%
No-card matches
1 of 142 · avg 2%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.731st half 3.612nd half
32% of cards 68% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.73 avg 1.63 3.61 avg 3.41
Half without a card 18% avg 21% 6% avg 6%
Over 1.5 cards 46% avg 47% 82% avg 81%
Home side cards 0.88 avg 0.80 1.78 avg 1.64
Away side cards 0.85 avg 0.84 1.83 avg 1.77

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 52% of matches (avg 50%). 37% 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 99% 98 82% 79 94% 94
Over 1.5 95% 94 46% 47 82% 81
Over 2.5 86% 84 24% 23 61% 61
Over 3.5 74% 70 11% 9 49% 44
Over 4.5 59% 55 8% 3 33% 28
Over 5.5 46% 39 1% 1 21% 17
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 75% 72 14% 11 49% 46
Over 40 61% 58 9% 5 36% 33
Over 50 51% 44 3% 3 27% 23

Home vs away

cards per game
2.65
Home side
avg 2.44
2.68
Away side
avg 2.61

Against the league average for the same seasons, César Soto Grado shows home sides 0.21 more cards per game and away sides 0.07 more.

Competitions

matches refereed
LaLiga142 Copa del Rey22 LaLiga 221 UEFA Conference League5 UEFA Champions League3 Supercopa de España1 UEFA Europa League1

Card stats cover LaLiga from 2019/20. Other competitions count here, not in the averages.

Season by season

LaLiga
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2026/27 3 5.67 2.33 3.33 67%
2025/26 19 5.16 1.74 3.47 47%
2024/25 21 4.62 1.24 3.38 43%
2023/24 21 5.62 1.67 3.95 67%
2022/23 22 6.18 2.36 3.82 82%
2021/22 18 5.67 1.89 3.78 50%
2020/21 19 4.53 1.42 3.11 53%
2019/20 19 5.42 1.63 3.79 68%
League average 5.04 1.63 3.41 55%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
20 Sep 2026 Deportivo 1-1 Real Betis LaLiga 1-1 1-1 2
7 Sep 2026 Getafe 1-1 Celta LaLiga 1-6 5-2 7
22 Aug 2026 Athletic Club 1-3 Sevilla LaLiga 5-3 3-5 8
10 May 2026 Oviedo 0-0 Getafe LaLiga 1-6 4-3 7
24 Apr 2026 Real Betis 1-1 Real Madrid LaLiga 2-1 1-2 3
21 Apr 2026 Mallorca 1-1 Valencia LaLiga 1-1 0-2 2
5 Apr 2026 Alavés 2-2 Osasuna LaLiga 3-6 2-7 9
16 Mar 2026 Rayo Vallecano 1-1 Levante LaLiga 3-7 4-5 9
4 Mar 2026 Real Sociedad 1-0 Athletic Club Copa del Rey - - no data
28 Feb 2026 Oviedo 0-1 Atlético Madrid LaLiga 2-2 2-2 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.