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Federico La Penna Referee Stats
Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Serie A 2015/16 - 2026/27
Card profile
100 matches · last 2026/274.59
Cards per game
2026/27: 2.50 · avg 4.65
4.39
Yellows per game
439 yellow cards
20
Red cards
1 every 5.0 matches
48.9
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
3%
No-card matches
3 of 100 · avg 2%
Cards by half
yellow + red cards · both teams
1.671st half
2.922nd half
36% of cards
64% of cards
Per match
1st half
2nd half
Cards per game
1.67
avg 1.63
2.92
avg 3.02
Half without a card
19%
avg 22%
8%
avg 6%
Over 1.5 cards
53%
avg 49%
79%
avg 78%
Home side cards
0.74
avg 0.74
1.36
avg 1.42
Away side cards
0.93
avg 0.89
1.56
avg 1.60
When the cards come
0.25
0.51
0.89
0.64
0.84
1.30
Cards per game
League average
First card before the 30th minute in 48% of matches (avg 52%). 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
97% 98
81% 78
92% 94
Over 1.5
92% 93
53% 49
79% 78
Over 2.5
84% 83
21% 23
51% 56
Over 3.5
66% 67
10% 10
33% 36
Over 4.5
46% 49
2% 3
20% 20
Over 5.5
37% 33
0% 1
11% 10
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30
67% 69
12% 12
36% 39
Over 40
47% 52
5% 5
23% 25
Over 50
39% 37
2% 3
15% 16
Home vs away
cards per game2.10
Home side
avg 2.16
2.49
Away side
avg 2.49
Federico La Penna 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
Serie B135
Serie A102
Coppa Italia7
Cyprus League by Stoiximan1
Supercoppa Italiana1
Card stats cover Serie A from 2015/16. Other competitions count here, not in the averages.
Season by season
Serie A
Season
MP
Cards/g
1H
2H
O4.5
2026/27
2
2.50
0.50
2.00
0%
2025/26
15
4.33
1.47
2.87
40%
2024/25
14
4.57
1.43
3.14
29%
2023/24
15
5.00
1.53
3.47
53%
2022/23
7
3.86
1.43
2.43
43%
2020/21
10
5.40
2.00
3.40
70%
2019/20
17
5.76
2.47
3.29
76%
2018/19
15
3.67
1.47
2.20
27%
2017/18
3
3.67
0.67
3.00
33%
2016/17
1
2.00
2.00
0.00
0%
2015/16
1
3.00
3.00
0.00
0%
League average
4.65
1.63
3.02
49%
Recent matches
last 10
Date
Match
1H-2H
H-A
Cards
17 Oct 2026
Carrarese 2-1 Modena Serie B
-
-
no data
20 Sep 2026
Milan 3-0 Lecce Serie A
0-1
0-1
1
6 Sep 2026
Parma 1-1 Monza Serie A
1-3
2-2
4
21 Aug 2026
Vicenza 3-2 Catanzaro Serie B
-
-
no data
17 May 2026
Sassuolo 2-3 Lecce Serie A
0-5
1-4
5
1 May 2026
Empoli 1-0 Avellino Serie B
-
-
no data
26 Apr 2026
Genoa 0-2 Como Serie A
2-2
1-3
4
11 Apr 2026
Monza 2-0 Bari Serie B
-
-
no data
6 Apr 2026
Lecce 0-3 Atalanta Serie A
0-2
0-2
2
15 Mar 2026
Pisa 3-1 Cagliari Serie A
1-6
2-5
7
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.