Referees Germany

Frank Willenborg Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Bundesliga 2016/17 - 2025/26
110matches with card data
249matches refereed

Card profile

110 matches · last 2025/26
4.23
Cards per game
2025/26: 4.70 · avg 3.95
4.05
Yellows per game
446 yellow cards
19
Red cards
1 every 5.8 matches
44.9
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
4%
No-card matches
4 of 110 · avg 4%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.201st half 3.042nd half
28% of cards 72% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.20 avg 1.32 3.04 avg 2.62
Half without a card 32% avg 29% 6% avg 10%
Over 1.5 cards 33% avg 39% 70% avg 70%
Home side cards 0.49 avg 0.61 1.39 avg 1.22
Away side cards 0.71 avg 0.71 1.65 avg 1.40

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 40% of matches (avg 45%). 35% 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 96% 96 68% 71 94% 90
Over 1.5 91% 88 33% 39 70% 70
Over 2.5 75% 73 15% 16 59% 48
Over 3.5 56% 54 5% 5 38% 28
Over 4.5 45% 37 0% 2 23% 14
Over 5.5 25% 22 0% 0 11% 7
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 60% 56 8% 7 42% 31
Over 40 50% 40 1% 3 28% 18
Over 50 30% 26 0% 1 16% 11

Home vs away

cards per game
1.88
Home side
avg 1.84
2.35
Away side
avg 2.11

Against the league average for the same seasons, Frank Willenborg shows home sides 0.04 more cards per game and away sides 0.24 more.

Competitions

matches refereed
2. Bundesliga113 Bundesliga111 DFB Pokal25

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
2025/26 10 4.70 1.20 3.50 60%
2024/25 10 4.40 1.30 3.10 50%
2023/24 12 5.08 1.17 3.92 67%
2022/23 13 5.00 1.31 3.77 54%
2021/22 11 4.64 1.36 3.27 45%
2020/21 11 4.45 1.36 3.09 55%
2019/20 12 4.33 1.75 2.58 42%
2018/19 12 2.92 0.92 2.00 17%
2017/18 11 2.55 0.64 1.91 27%
2016/17 8 4.13 0.88 3.25 25%
League average 3.95 1.32 2.62 37%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
16 May 2026 M'gladbach 4-0 Hoffenheim Bundesliga 4-7 4-7 11
2 May 2026 Bayern 3-3 Heidenheim Bundesliga 2-3 3-2 5
26 Apr 2026 Bochum 2-1 Fürth 2. Bundesliga - - no data
22 Feb 2026 Paderborn 5-2 Hertha 2. Bundesliga - - no data
8 Feb 2026 Köln 1-2 Leipzig Bundesliga 0-5 1-4 5
27 Jan 2026 Bremen 0-2 Hoffenheim Bundesliga 0-5 2-3 5
14 Jan 2026 Wolfsburg 2-1 St. Pauli Bundesliga 0-3 1-2 3
13 Dec 2025 Frankfurt 1-0 Augsburg Bundesliga 1-4 2-3 5
22 Nov 2025 Heidenheim 0-3 M'gladbach Bundesliga 1-1 2-0 2
2 Nov 2025 Wolfsburg 2-3 Hoffenheim Bundesliga 1-1 0-2 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.