Referees
France
Eric Wattellier Referee Stats
Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Ligue 1 2018/19 - 2026/27
Card profile
146 matches · last 2026/273.32
Cards per game
2026/27: 3.40 · avg 4.02
3.10
Yellows per game
452 yellow cards
32
Red cards
1 every 4.6 matches
36.4
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
6%
No-card matches
9 of 146 · avg 3%
Cards by half
yellow + red cards · both teams
1.071st half
2.242nd half
32% of cards
68% of cards
Per match
1st half
2nd half
Cards per game
1.07
avg 1.44
2.24
avg 2.59
Half without a card
38%
avg 26%
10%
avg 10%
Over 1.5 cards
32%
avg 42%
65%
avg 73%
Home side cards
0.49
avg 0.67
1.06
avg 1.20
Away side cards
0.58
avg 0.76
1.18
avg 1.38
When the cards come
0.18
0.30
0.57
0.62
0.60
0.93
Cards per game
League average
First card before the 30th minute in 36% of matches (avg 48%). 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
94% 97
62% 74
90% 90
Over 1.5
83% 90
32% 42
65% 73
Over 2.5
62% 77
10% 18
36% 46
Over 3.5
44% 57
3% 7
18% 26
Over 4.5
23% 38
0% 2
9% 13
Over 5.5
15% 21
0% 0
5% 6
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30
51% 60
7% 10
25% 31
Over 40
32% 43
3% 4
16% 20
Over 50
22% 29
1% 2
9% 12
Home vs away
cards per game1.55
Home side
avg 1.88
1.77
Away side
avg 2.15
Against the league average for the same seasons, Eric Wattellier shows home sides 0.33 fewer cards per game and away sides 0.38 fewer.
Competitions
matches refereed
Ligue 1146
Ligue 252
Coupe de France13
UEFA Conference League3
Stoiximan Super League1
UEFA Champions League1
Card stats cover Ligue 1 from 2018/19. Other competitions count here, not in the averages.
Season by season
Ligue 1
Season
MP
Cards/g
1H
2H
O4.5
2026/27
5
3.40
1.00
2.40
20%
2025/26
17
3.24
1.00
2.24
24%
2024/25
19
3.74
1.26
2.42
37%
2023/24
16
4.75
1.63
3.13
38%
2022/23
25
2.56
0.76
1.80
16%
2021/22
19
3.37
1.05
2.32
16%
2020/21
17
2.59
0.82
1.76
0%
2019/20
12
3.00
1.08
1.92
25%
2018/19
16
3.56
1.13
2.44
31%
League average
4.02
1.44
2.59
38%
Recent matches
last 10
Date
Match
1H-2H
H-A
Cards
18 Oct 2026
Le Havre 1-3 Auxerre Ligue 1
1-2
1-2
3
10 Oct 2026
Brest 5-1 Angers Ligue 1
1-2
1-2
3
12 Sep 2026
Strasbourg 1-1 Monaco Ligue 1
0-2
1-1
2
5 Sep 2026
Lens 0-1 Lorient Ligue 1
2-4
5-1
6
28 Aug 2026
Lille 2-2 PSG Ligue 1
1-2
2-1
3
24 Aug 2026
Reims 3-1 Annecy Ligue 2
-
-
no data
6 Aug 2026
Inter 2-1 Vaduz UEFA Conference League
-
-
no data
23 Jul 2026
AEK Larnaca 0-1 Beitar Jerusalem UEFA Conference League
-
-
no data
3 May 2026
Auxerre 3-1 Angers Ligue 1
3-4
2-5
7
18 Apr 2026
Lorient 2-0 Marseille Ligue 1
0-3
0-3
3
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.