Referees England

Graham Scott Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Premier League 2015/16 - 2023/24
107matches with card data
284matches refereed

Card profile

107 matches · last 2023/24
2.92
Cards per game
2023/24: 2.83 · avg 3.62
2.76
Yellows per game
295 yellow cards
17
Red cards
1 every 6.3 matches
31.5
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
6%
No-card matches
6 of 107 · avg 5%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.051st half 1.872nd half
36% of cards 64% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.05 avg 1.20 1.87 avg 2.42
Half without a card 36% avg 33% 21% avg 13%
Over 1.5 cards 29% avg 33% 52% avg 66%
Home side cards 0.48 avg 0.56 0.85 avg 1.15
Away side cards 0.57 avg 0.64 1.02 avg 1.27

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 43% of matches (avg 40%). 32% 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% 95 64% 67 79% 87
Over 1.5 76% 84 29% 33 52% 66
Over 2.5 57% 67 8% 13 30% 44
Over 3.5 34% 48 3% 5 16% 24
Over 4.5 21% 31 0% 1 7% 12
Over 5.5 7% 18 0% 0 2% 5
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 37% 50 7% 7 20% 26
Over 40 27% 34 3% 3 11% 16
Over 50 17% 21 0% 1 7% 9

Home vs away

cards per game
1.33
Home side
avg 1.71
1.59
Away side
avg 1.91

Against the league average for the same seasons, Graham Scott shows home sides 0.38 fewer cards per game and away sides 0.32 fewer.

Competitions

matches refereed
Championship136 Premier League108 FA Cup27 EFL Cup13

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

Season by season

Premier League
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2023/24 6 2.83 1.17 1.67 33%
2022/23 7 2.86 0.71 2.14 29%
2021/22 12 3.50 1.25 2.25 42%
2020/21 13 2.77 0.92 1.85 15%
2019/20 20 3.35 1.45 1.90 30%
2018/19 18 2.33 0.83 1.50 0%
2017/18 20 2.45 0.90 1.55 10%
2016/17 8 3.13 1.00 2.13 25%
2015/16 3 4.67 1.00 3.67 67%
League average 3.62 1.20 2.42 31%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
19 May 2024 Burnley 1-2 Forest Premier League 0-1 1-0 1
4 May 2024 Brentford 0-0 Fulham Premier League 0-2 1-1 2
27 Apr 2024 Sheffield Wed 3-0 West Brom Championship - - no data
21 Apr 2024 Crystal Palace 5-2 West Ham Premier League 4-1 3-2 5
6 Apr 2024 QPR 0-2 Sheffield Wed Championship - - no data
2 Apr 2024 Bournemouth 1-0 Crystal Palace Premier League 1-4 3-2 5
29 Mar 2024 Hull 0-2 Stoke Championship - - no data
3 Feb 2024 Preston 3-2 Ipswich Championship - - no data
7 Jan 2024 West Ham 1-1 Bristol City FA Cup - - no data
29 Dec 2023 West Brom 1-0 Leeds Championship - - no data

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.